My Husband Likes Porn and Other Girls
I have been married now for 12 years and have been with my husband for 15. I have been battling with his addiction to porn the whole time. He also continues to seek out attention from other females. About 6 years ago after we had our son, one day he just up and left me and as I started to find out things. He was seeing another woman. He still to this day claims that it was only a friend. After that we reconciled.
About 6 months later while he was working out of town he started acting strange every time I go near or tried to look at his phone, and then I found out he as talking with some girl that was a receptionist at the hotel he was staying at when he was out of town. I did get to speak with her and she was very sorry claiming that she had no idea he was married and had kids. His excuse for the situation was that he was trying to set her up with a friend of his at work but the girl claimed that there was no friend.
Another incident was when I got a phone call from a girl, who would not give me her name, telling me that she was having sex with him. She knew a lot about him, even down to the fact that he had a particular pair of underwear. His excuse this time was he had no clue who it was and that nothing was going on.
For the last year, he has been on a particular social networking site a lot while I was working. Befriends a lot of females. I was very uncomfortable with this and explained this to him, he claimed that he was just playing the different games and when I asked him specifically if he was chatting with other women he said NO. This past month I found some messages from a girl. I asked him about it and he said that he was trying to get her a job. I then looked on his phone bill and saw that he was texting and calling her. When I felt like I was not getting any information from him, I asked the other women. She knew a lot about me and my schedule, as I work on the weekends. She said that my husband had been wanting to meet with her and that he was sending pictures of his private parts to her.
He finally admitted it and said that she was sending pictures of herself to him too. I have heard him time and time say I am sorry and I promise that it will not happen again, we have tried counseling and it worked for 2 months. He always goes back in the same pattern. For the last two weeks he has went to church and says that he will never do it again and that he loves me and wants to spend the rest of his life with me. All of which has been said before.
I have been praying a lot about my marriage and asking God to show me the path he wants me to take. I don’t trust my husband and a big part of me wants to just get out and stop being hurt again and again.
-Jacqui
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Dear Jacqui,
Thanks for taking the time to share your situation with me and it sounds like the last 12 years haven’t at all been what you thought your marriage would be like. You have endured a lot or lies and unfaithfulness from your husband and you can rest assured that you have gone above and beyond what was expected of you as godly wife.
You are free to leave and get your life back. He has trampled on you time and time again. Even if he is sorry and promises to never do it again, you are not required to take him back. You can forgive him, but you don’t have to be in relationship with him. There is a difference between forgiveness and continually allowing someone to walk all over you. There’s a good saying that I’m sure you have heard which applies here. “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me”!
Also your son is learning what a marriage is all about and I don’t think he’s learning very good lessons from watching the two of you. Feel free to walk away and find a guy that will cherish you and love you like you deserve to be loved! This decision wont be easy but rest assured that you have a God who loves you and who will give you strength to do whats best for your heart.
All the best,
Ted
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