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Q: my husband is using online dating sites
asked by: alfabet on October 19th, 2009
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I need some advice. I got married to the love of my life a year ago and a few weeks ago I walked in on my husband and saw something on the computer and asked him what it was, he panicked and shut the computer down. After a huge argument he said he was looking at porn and crashed his computer because he knew I’d be upset. We had our 1st proper massive fight in the whole 5 years we have been together and he promised he would never hurt me again and that I am his rock, his best friend, his soul mate and the love of his life and he was being inconsiderate of my feelings .But Something just wasn’t feeling right in my mind and I knew he was lying about what he had been doing. Anyway to cut the story short I managed to reset a password to an email account I had found but never expected to find that he was registered to 3 online dating chat sites (which he had set up 1 month before we got married) He had even set his profile as single and even posted a picture of himself to someone (not a rude one but a photo all the same). He had lots of emails from people but hadn’t ever opened any of them other than the odd one to accept a friend or request a friend. When I confronted him he told me he had been really stupid and never thought about what he was risking. He works 14 hour days He works full time and then comes home to work on his business which he hopes to make a success for us so we can have the life we have always talked and dreamed about. He says he only ever went on a couple of times when he had had an awful day and that it made him feel better to exaggerate his life -a nice car, big house etc. He says he never talked dirty and at the most a bit flirty (which I find hard to believe on an online dating site) and he was never turned on by anyone. It’s now been a week and we have talked and cried so much but I feel so sick inside that I can’t eat, sleep or work and am having suicidal thoughts. He is extremely sorry and I know he loves me but I feel like although he has not physically cheated on me he has mentally. He is everything to me, my best friend, my husband, my life. I feel cheated. He has been throwing up, not eating etc. and is desperate to make things work. He says he will do anything to show me that I’m everything to him. He says he hasn’t been on since I nearly caught him (when he crashed the computer)and that he was never going to again but all I think is what about if I hadn’t caught him, in 10 years time he could still be doing it. He shut down all 3 profiles and his email account in front of me. But when I read other peoples experiences of similar things online, they all say if men do that they can never be trusted and you should end things. Please help...
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motherofhighspiritedones
replied on October 19th, 2009
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What he did was wrong. But I can tell you he is truly sorry. There was a patch in the beginning of my relationship with my husband where his mother forced him (we were 16 and 17, so yes she could force him) to break up with me. I was devastated. At the time I was pregnant and it was an additional blow I did not need. He still came over, still said he loved me. All that good stuff. And he was so sick, throwing up, not eating, not sleeping. I could tell he was sorry and did not want to break up with me. A man just does not get physically sick like that due to emotions. If he did delete his profiles and email accounts, that is a positive step forward. Not all married men who have gone on online dating services are bad, you don't have to end things. There is marriage counselling and therapy, both which could save your marriage. You cannot judge your man by other womens' experiences. Yes, tread carefully, but don't be so quick to judge him. Even good people have lapses in good judgement.
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ServiceU
replied on October 24th, 2009
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i believe that he is sorry and deserve another chance. my ex of five years did silly things like that and i ignored the red flags. it took me five years to figure out that he loved me but didnt want to give up the single life.
and remember any guy that does wrong has an excuse why. he probably regret what he did, but the question is will he sneak and do it again when things isnt so rosey?
all im saying is keep your eyes open.
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mothertobe
replied on October 24th, 2009
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Oh wow!! That's really horrible. I am having issues similar to yours, but not that severe YET! Poor thing! I don't blame you for having suicidal thoughts. I have them too.
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ServiceU
replied on October 25th, 2009
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mothertobe, if you been through almost the same thing, then what positive advice would you offer her.
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