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Told my family about my partners addiction

Discussion in 'Partner Support' started by Gallupah1234, Sep 11, 2017.

  1. Gallupah1234

    Gallupah1234 New Fapstronaut

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    Hey there
    I have been trying to deal with discovering my partners porn for the past 3 months. When I discovered it myself and confronted him, I completely fell apart. He wouldn't really talk about it and so I went to seek comfort and advice in 2 family members who turned out to be fairly unsupportive (made me feel like I was talking too much and taking up their time).
    So fast forward to the past few days. Things got really crazy. My partner was lying, minimising relapses, hurting me over and over.
    I was so desperate I confided in 2 more family members. I thought I would go insane if someone didn't listen to me.
    Now I feel extremely guilty about telling them. He has no idea I've told them and would go crazy if they knew. In one way I feel it was the right thing for me but in another I really fear how he would feel about this if he knew.... I'm so despondent and need some opinions.
     
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  2. I completely understand where your coming from. I did this with a friend of his. I reached out and then I felt so guilty about it I asked them not to say anything. I still haven't told him I did that. But ultimately he has no right to mad bc you need help and support from somewhere!
     
  3. Joe1023

    Joe1023 Fapstronaut

    I can't really speak to what you should do, because I'm the guy with the problem, and my wife is the innocent one dealing with all of it. What I would suggest is to find someone that you absolutely trust to never judge your partner, or to ever throw it in his face even if she sees the two of you arguing about anything, especially this whole deal. If you don't have anyone that you know for certain you can trust, I would suggest maybe looking at a counseling center. Do some research on it first, if you can. I know that its very hard to talk about this with him, especially if he's lying and doesn't want to discuss it. I'm sorry you're going through this and I hope it all works out. I know that for my wife and me, nothing ever really started to improve until I told her EVERYTHING and made every possible effort to stop the crap I'd been doing and start doing other productive things instead like taking walks or clean up around the house or whatever.

    Also, here's something I thought you might like to read:
    http://www.covenanteyes.com/2016/05...e-of-pornography-use-no-one-is-talking-about/
     
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