Hi I was wondering if you could help me with this:
I am female and was in a common law relationship with my husband for the
past several years. We have recently split up. Since the split up was a bit
shocking to me and my husband has been pretty quiet to the reasoning behind it
except to blame it on me, I was doing a bit of snooping to see if I could
figure out why. I found a recent credit card statement that had me puzzled to a
purchase so I called the toll free number to find out what it was. Turns out it
is a gay/bi, guys only dating or hook up site. When calling to investigate what
it was, they willingly provided me with information about the account since I had
acted as if I was unaware of the charge. My husband has been a free member of
the site for several years and he has been a paying member for over a year. They even provided me
with the user name and email address used for the account so there is no denying
it is him.
I’m sure you can imagine my shock, surprise and initial
anger, but since we are still trying to work through a separation agreement I
have decided to not rock the boat right now. I have taken the time to read
through many of your posts and like a lot of the direction you provide people
with in somewhat similar situations. That being said I think my initial anger
has subsided except for the anger of involving myself, my children and our own
child in this scenario when he was obviously aware of his desires at the time.
I rationalize that perhaps he was still mixed with his emotions and afraid of
his own feelings and therefore was hoping a new relationship/family would fix
what he seems to view as a problem? With having time to think this through I
can now see some of the possible “warning signs” that I obviously overlooked.
He was constantly wanting me to allow him to have anal sex with me and he liked
to perform anal sex with toys on himself. If this is a big enough sign? He has
even stated since our break up that he has “looked into” being gay. I brushed
this off as a joke at the time.
So truly my question, once the dust settles from the turmoil
of our separation do I confront him on what I know now? I have no intentions of
being angry with him. I am more thinking along the lines of allowing him to
have someone to talk to if he so wishes. Ultimately, is it fair for me to “out”
him when he probably isn’t prepared for me to know this information? But I also
don’t want to hold this in and at some point blurt it out in anger…
I think it would be helpful for you to at some point have a discussion with this man regarding his sexuality. You may be right that he was conflicted and not necessarily trying to defraud you or use you as a beard. Nevertheless, he knew about his attraction to men all the while. Some men like this consider themselves bisexual -- rightly or wrongly as each case is different -- but being bi does not mean a person has to have both sexes -- in other words, cheating is cheating. When all is said and done you are well out of the relationship. I must say his blaming you for the break-up is completely unfair as he was dishonest with you on many levels. I think at some point you need to get it out in a non-judgmental fashion if for no other reason than to get closure and move on.
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