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Mystical0129
12th May 2007, 10:49 PM
:(Hello,
I'm new to this site but so happy to find it. I'm in search of marriage help. My marriage is in severe crisis right now. My husband and I met in 1997 when I was 17 and he was 21. We fell deeply in love and starting talking about marriage and the possibilities for how many kids we'd have from the get go. We knew we would be together and be married. Keep in mind, this is my first love and first relationship, not his. He had other relationships before me that failed. He was so wonderful to me. He made me feel like the most important person on earth. I had never felt anything for anyone like what I felt for him. I was so head over heals in love I couldn't think, eat, or hardly breath. I got pregant about 3 months into our relationship with our first daughter. He was my first sexual experience too. I moved in with him to his mother's apartment which she did not live in all the time. Our daughter was born and we were so much in love we couldn't believe it. His family did not like me at all and didn't want him with me. His mother kicked me out of her home the day my daughter was born because I asked for some privacy with him and the baby without anyone else. She eventually came to her senses and changed her mind. We lived with his mother until our daughter was 10 months old. We then had decided to get married. We wanted to plan our wedding and get married in 2 months. The same day wouldn't have been soon enough for me. because of this, his mom kicked us all out and told us to get our own place, which we did. We got married and it was beautiful. I never once second guessed that decision or tried to figure out if it was the right thing. I just knew it was the right thing. I got pregnant again about a year later and found out I lost the baby at 4 months along. My dad died too when my daughter was 5 months old. He was killed. When I lost that baby thought, we were both so devastated. We were each other's strength though. We were there for each other when we would wake in the night crying, which I did alot. I got pregnant with our second child about a year after that. Somewhere along that line, after the misscarriage, he quit talking to his family all together. They of course blamed me for it and hated me for it. I tried time and time again to get him to talk to his family. He would not. It was never my choice. They weren't there when our second child was born. We saw his sis at the mall a few weeks after the baby was born and it sparked up contact with them again. I let my oldest go spend time with them, as she didn't know them at all. When our second daughter was about 1, I got pregnant with our third child. I did not tell my family and he did not tell his until we thought there may be something wrong when I was 5 1/2 months along. We found out that it was the boy he'd always wanted. He was so happy. Our families accepted it and our son was born. That was nearly 4 years ago. We've been ok since then. I had my tubes tied so I can't have anymore kids. We have just spent time raising our kids and being a family for the past 4 years. He's always told me he loves me and that he will always love me. Last year, he did something that I never thought he could. He had a 2 month phone affair, I call it, with wait he says was just a guy friend. During this time though, he was being distant and cold to me. That's what made me search. I started looking for anything I could find as a reason for this. I found a cell phone bill finally, with some odd phone calls. He denied it at first, but later admitted it. He swore, and still swears it was a guy. Things between us haven't been the same since then, I'll admit. We did however, after months of fighting and working through it, somehow manage to salvage our marriage. We had been pretty ok until about 2 weeks ago. We had been having fights on and off about him not being considerate of my feelings and caring during my emotional breakdowns I was having. That in turn made him not want to be there even more, which in turn, hurt me more and made me more upset. It just turned into a never ending cycle of fights and emotions. He started taking things from me slowly but surely. First, it was no kisses goodbye, or hello. Then, it was no kisses goodnight, and he stopped sleeping with his arm around me at night as he usually did. Now, he's taken away all physical contact all together. I try to go near him and hug and kiss him and he pulls away or pushes me away. He doesn't want anything to do with me anymore. He did it again last night and I had had enough. :mad: I was sick and tired of being treated like that and I told him. I told him it had to stop. I told him he needed to be with me or not be with me. No gray area. Black or white only. He still wouldn't talk to me or tell me what is making him hold onto his anger. See, this started with him doing something wrong and not appologizing for it. Which he still hasn't. Me, being someone who loves my husband more that anything else in the world, wanted to make it work so bad that I actually appologized to him profusely. I was willing to let go of the need for an appology because I wasn't getting it anyway and wanting it just made things worse. Yet he is the one still holding onto the anger. I've poored my heart out to him and told him how much he means and how much we mean, and how much I want this marriage to work. It has not phased him at all. He always finds something new I say or do to throw at me. If I'm just telling him how much I love him, he says I"m lying. Nothing works. It became an all nighter last night fighting. I finally got dressed and went walking. He followed wanting me to go home. It was about 6 am at this point. I did not go home because I have a recently torn ACL ligament in my knee and so I can't walk very well. Once I got down there, I couldn't get back and I told him this. Instead of offering to go get the vehicle to get me, he said he was leaving. He said that's it and walked away. I began to try and start toward home. I didn't get far though before I was ready to collapse. I didn't know what to do so I tried a little at a time to get home. After much hard work, I finally made it to discover that the truck was gone. He left. I got inside to see that he had packed up and taken ALL his clothes and personal items with him. I was devastated to say the least. I noticed that he left his glucose monitor. He's a type 1 insulin dependant diabetic and can't do without it or his meds. I knew he's be back. He came back about an hour later just looking for his meds. I took them and hid them because I knew that he wouldn't and couldn't leave without them. He didn't. I finally told him where it was. He then proceeded to leave. He got in the truck and I hobbled out there to stop him. I stood behind the truck so he couldn't leave. He then tried to go forward and off the curb. I went around to the passenger door and opened it, putting myself in the doorway. He continued to try and back out. He was about to hit me or something I thought. He finally realized what he was doing and put the truck in park. I stood there trying to talk to him and he still wanted to leave. I knew if I walked away, he would leave and I wouldn't know where he was or anything. I got in the truck and refused to get out so he could not leave. We sat talking for about 4 hours. He told me he didn't think we could work it out because we're always going to keep bring up the past in fights. He said he doesn't think he has hope or faith in our marriage anymore. He said he doesn't know why we should even stay together at all. I kept giving him all the reason why I feel we should be, and are meant to be together. Him telling me that just totally devastated me! :( I don't know where to turn or what to do. I want this marriage and my life with him sooo bad! I don't feel like he wants it though. I don't get it. I know my pushing and pushing him is probably what has led this on this road. I don't know what to do. What can I do to get my marriage back?? What can I do to save it? I love this man more then anything! He is the most important person in the world to me! We are soulmates. We finish each others sentences, that's how in synch we are. I don't want to lose him and I will do ANYTHING to keep him! Someone please help! This is a family and marriage in SEVERE crisis! :( :confused:

Mystical0129
13th May 2007, 11:55 AM
UPDATE!
Ok, It's now after 3 am here and I still have not slept. I do however now have answers to my burning questions of what has been going on, and how something could totally fall apart in a matter of only 2 weeks. I now know that it has been longer then that and there is an explanation for it all!
I now have facts that go along with what my gut has been telling me all along. I gave him a little rope, and let's just say. he's hung himself! He screwed up major! Now I know what I have to do for myself and my kids.

I think he's been so tired too from all the fighting that he allowed himself to slip up. He went and changed into his PJ's tonight, and I went in the bathroom right after to get ready for bed myself.
I saw his shorts laying there and thought I'd check them anyway, even though he didn't work today or yesterday, and didn't have anything in his pockets the day before. I was shocked to find what I did! http://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley3.gif I was so devastated!
I found phone numbers that appeared to be a home number and cell number, and they are not in his writing. They are written on a calendar page from May. I never felt so empty ans such a sinking feeling and sick all at once like this before.
I called the numbers and the same girl answered both of them. She sounds like she may be younger. I wanted to be http://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley11.gif
I cannot believe that after all of these years and everything we've been through, that he would and could do this to me! The lights were finally on though, and I am now seeing more clearly then ever!
All this time, he's been blaming me for all of this and treating me like dirt, all because he is the one who is guilty, and I'm sure he's feeling that way! He's got some nerve!
I told him from the day we met, that if he ever cheated on me, that would be the one thing that would make me leave and not come back ever! That would end it, no questions asked. He still made the choice to do it despite that.
I did a little further searching and dug a little deeper and decided to check his pay stubs to see if he's taken any time off. Sure enough! He took a vacation day last month that I sure as heck knew nothing about! AHHHH!!!! http://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley7.gif http://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley7.gif
All of this has been such a hard, cold punch in the stomach, it's unbelievable. I never thought it would happen to me. I never thought he was capable of doing this to me. I know now, I was wrong!
Why he did it, I don't know. I don't understand it. I"m leaving though, finally! It's finally sunk in. I should have known to trust my gut because it was right before and it will never steer me wrong.
Ok, so here's the plan:
I took the batteries out of the alarm remote to the truck and disarmed the alarm on it. I did this because I have keys to the truck, but no remote.
I'm going to have someone take me early this morning to his work, before his lunch and pick up the truck. All be darned if I'm going to let him have it!
I'm then going to come back home and pack mine and the kids stuff, bring his things in that he has packed and ready to go in the truck, and spread them all over the floor.
I'm taking everything I think me and the kids will need. I took money from his wallet too, so I can feed his kids.

We have money saved in the bank for when we were going to buy a house. I'm having both his debit cards deleted from the account. I think I may also go into the bank and have his name taken off the account, if I remember.

I'm having his name removed from the cable account and I've blocked tons of channels just to make him fume!

I'm going to head to a hotel for awhile, then explore other options from there. I have a friend with an extra room, that I just got in touch with the other day again. She may let us stay there for a bit.
If not, I know the final and last resort would be to stay with my sister, although then he's know where I am.
I'm going to hide out the truck so that he does not get access to it. The plan is to get it before he gets a chance to buy batteries for the remote and arm the alarm.
I'm going to leave my wedding rings on the counter for him to get too. Oh, did I mention I took the phone numbers from his pocket and kept them? I also took the paystub. I'm gathering my evidence.
This is going to be the very hardest thing I've EVER had to do in my life, but I must do it! I must bite the bullet and do it! If I stay, you are right that I am only teaching my kids that it's ok to be someone's doormat, and allow then to hurt you. I don't want them to think that.
It's sooo hard to do this, but I have to. If I don't, I'm also teaching him that it's ok to walk all over me and I'm going to take it.
I believe now with all my heart, that he was talking to a girl for 2 months or longer last year. Not a guy, a girl. He's been acting exactly the same this time but worse!
Tomorrow morning, I'm going to call this girl he's been talking to and confront her myself. I was so furious, I almost did it tonight! I almost let the cat out of the bag too and let him know that I know. I know he thinks I suspect it, but not that I know.
I'm going to ask this girl how she knows him, and how long this has been going on. I'm going to ask her if she is aware that he has been married for 8 years and in a 10 year relationship, with 3 kids at home too. I think he's been lying to her actually, about being married.
That's why he's been so quick to take off his ring and want to leave.
I can only hope that once she knows, that I'll be able to convince her to join forces with me and trap him. For both of us to confront him when he least expects it. I can only hope that she'll be willing. If not, I at least hope that she will give me the answers I'm searching for.

I don't honestly think that he realizes what life will be like without me and the kids. He needs to get a little taste of it, so he'll see. I don't think I could ever forgive him and come back though. The knowing that he took a vacation day to go elsewhere is enough for me to know that there is a very good possibility that there could be a sexual involvement with this girl.
That alone, is enough to not ever come back. If it did happen, and she says it did, divorce proceedings are to follow very soon in the very near future! He can count on that.
I can just only hope that he did not give me any diseases because we were together the last time 2 weeks ago, 3 times in the same week.
I never protect myself because my tubes are tied and he's my husband and I trusted him. I hope I didn't get anything.
He did buy ointment a little over a week ago, and not tell me about it. I'm wondering now if it's because he has something.
I don't know, all kinds of things are racing through my head right now. I know one thing, this is going to be the very worst Mother's Day I have EVER had! All heck is going to break loose when this goes down.
I'm sorry yet again, for my long posts. I'm also sorry for not breaking them into paragraphs. Sometimes my feelings get the best of me.
Thanks to all who read these and gave their advice. Everyone around me knew all along and I was so blind. The blindfold has been lifted though, and my eyes opened. I now know and see what I need to do.
Keep me in your thoughts and prayers, and wish me luck and lots and lots of strength and courage! I oculd really use it!

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Raymond
13th May 2007, 01:26 PM
Hi Mystical. I did read your post yesterday and replied but it doesn't appear to be on here.

Things have moved on since then and it is apparent that he has done the dirty on you. It is an absolutely awful thing to do to you and the children. You seem to know what you have to do. It looks like a very clean break. I cannot see any remorse in him. Some people do this in weakness and are then sorry, but he seems heartless. You are going to need support and a lot on here have lived through similar scenarios, dishonouring of marriages etc.

I hope it works out for you and the kids. Will pray of course.

Raymond

Helen_uk
13th May 2007, 03:29 PM
Mystical

As someone who has recently been through a similar experience can I add a note of caution ?

Take time to consider before acting. Make sure that legally you are covered and that you don't do anything in haste. You are in a state of shock and should allow yourself some time before doing anything drastic.

Your H has acted in a cavalier manner, why should you and the children lose your home ? I'm not saying you shouldn't leave him , that has to be your decision, but if you are leaving because you think it may shock him into realising what he's done, then be careful, you may be playing straight into his hands....

Take care .

Helen

tes uk
14th May 2007, 01:42 PM
hi mystical.

I know you are feeling hurt angry and shocked just now. You have been treated really badly and your husband has been truly horrible, but i;m with helen on this are you sure leaving your and the childrens home is the right thing to do..... why should you and the children be homeless when he has been in the wrong.....please take some time to think of the best option for you and the children.......
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good luck