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Had enough

Discussion in 'Partner Support' started by Deleted Account, Mar 4, 2018.

  1. So, we started "dating" again. We had a few dates, he made love to me and hasn't touched me since.
    My engagement ring is gone - I've given it him back. He says he still wants to work on it. However, he spends time at the gym and is asleep when he gets home = no time together.
    The truth of it is that I just can't forgive him. Preferring porn to me is one thing but the lying is what destroys me. I decided this morning, I'm worth more than this.
    Looks like I'm leaving.
    Thank you all for being here.
     
  2. Pain in Paradise

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    I am sorry that you were unable to work through things, but I can empathize. The lies, and lack of effort are difficult to get past when they don't seem to be making any effort to help. Especially considering their actions are why you need their effort and support.
    May your future bring you peace and happiness.
     
  3. TryingToHeal

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    I'm sorry it isn't working out. Hugs to you.
     
  4. EyesWideOpen

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    I'm so sorry. Don't feel like you have to leave these forums just because you are leaving him. You may find a lot of healing for yourself here even after he's gone.
     
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  5. 21yearsin

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    So sorry.... stay here to get support.
     
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  6. Thanks y'all, your responses are really kind. Thank God for sites like this because I can't talk about this outside, in the real world. And it's not just to protect my PAs dignity/privacy, oh no. I don't want people I know to think I'm the failure. Which is why I get so much comfort reading the SO's partner support forum. It's been a blessing to have contact with other women who are going through this. I mean, it's a 'specialist' subject isn't it? Eg - not bringing it up at family Xmas dinner.
    I feel better than a few hours ago (love n hugs back). I've read lots of these SO threads - not the PAs threads, I'm not ready for that :)
    Having thought about it more, I now know that forgiveness isn't enough. I thought that if I could forgive, and he sticks to this programme (he says he's 40+ days now), then we could get better. How wrong I was.
    In one recent thread, one lady talks about feeling anger, independent of the PAs behaviour/abstinence because of the lying. I totally identify. However, the anger isn't porn-induced. It's lying-induced. I can't cope with the lying. Since our DDay (mid-Jan), he's been leaving himself alone completely, no PMO. And I believe him. We had real sex last weekend, no little blue pill, no going soft before penetration, no DE which means the abstinence bit worked! It doesn't stop me being angry though but it did give me hope.
    Fast forward one week later and he hasn't touched me since. I think that he thinks because we had one successful sex session that we're okay. But we're not. At least, I'm not. I'm replaying our 3 years together in my mind because I see it in a new light now. He had PIED from the start but I attributed it to just ED caused by an abusive marriage. I comforted him, loved him, reassured him, was faithful to him etc. And he LET ME DO THAT!! He watched me feeling ugly, unattractive & going without sex forever rather than admit to his seedy habit. I asked him today if it was worth it? Was having a cheap thrill (or a thousand) worth our relationship? Is it worth being alone for?
    Anyway, it's not just forgiveness I need to reach. I need to understand how he could disconnect so coldly, especially as he's actually a loving, sweet man. In other words, how does he separate porn and me so easily? He says it's stress relief (he doesn't consider it cheating). I asked him why he didn't do it while I was in the room and he couldn't answer. His denial astounds me.
    Thank you for letting me post. I don't just get SO support & advice here. It also helps me stay sober (this is not the kind of thing to share at an AA meeting) so I've had no choice but to bottle it up. But I don't need to since I found partner support here. Anyway, I'm 7 months sober now and have you to also thank for that. Ain't the internet grand X
     
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  7. BetrayedMermaid

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  8. BetrayedMermaid

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    This is where I fear I will be at once (and if) I decide I have sex with my husband again... I feel like I will be so self conscious and I fear triggering him to a porn he remembers... like.. with alcohol, you can't even have one drink right? then isn't sex like one drink of alcohol to the PA? How am I suppose to be sexy, I mean will my voice trigger? will a position trigger? It makes me not want to have sex.... FEAR.
     
  9. 21yearsin

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    It's not likely you will trigger him. Our attempt at sex the 1st time the the other night was disasterous- too many nerves on his part.
     
  10. BetrayedMermaid

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    That’s so sad, the nerves. I hope it’s not a let down if we ever get there. Part of me really hopes to get there and then part of me is still so grossed out... like I used to be so turned on by his hands and what he did with them... and now I just see them fapping... ugh. And that does the opposite of turn me on. Nope... keep your hands to yourself. How can I get over being grossed out? I mean we are not even close to initiating sex again but ew. It’s so sad that I used to look at him and just think he was so handsome and this has changed everything.
     
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  11. TryingToHeal

    TryingToHeal Fapstronaut

    I felt this exact thing about the hands and told my husband that. And his eyes, I used to love his eyes but then all I could think was him watching P with them. Now, sometimes I can't even look him in the eye because of that. The feeling has chilled out a bit, but it comes and goes.
     
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  12. Queen_Of_Hearts_13

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    Yes, this still happens to me, in fact I broke down the other night and said something along those lines of I can't stop seeing you do that and don't want you to touch me. It hurt him to hear, but I just couldn't stop thinking about it and he was all cuddly and holding me tight and I just wanted to run! It sucks, and yes, his eyes I love his eyes and sometimes I just look at him and remember when he did and can't look at him or be near him without it being excuriatingly painful at times.
     

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