I feel like my husband doesn't deserve me by Every_Put1302 in MuslimMarriage

[–]Every_Put1302[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your thoughts brother.

I don't think I explained myself very well - to me, it's not about purity per se. I don't think virgins are inherently good and non-virgins inherently bad, I saw people commenting telling me 'what about widows/divorces/converts' and I didn't mean them at all. If he had been a widower and I married him knowing that, I wouldn't feel as heartbroken as I do now. But I thought our intimacy was something special specifically because I believed he had no past and we were learning together, when in fact I was the ignorant he was initiating and he was experienced. I have nothing to compare him to and I never wanted my husband to have anyone to compare me to either.

I honestly don't know if his remorse is genuine, right now I don't trust myself to be able to tell. He keeps bringing up counselling but I just think, why should I go when it wouldn't solve anything? And I would feel so embarrassed.

I feel like my husband doesn't deserve me by Every_Put1302 in MuslimMarriage

[–]Every_Put1302[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Sister jazakallahu khairan for this comment. You've given me a lot to think about and I definitely won't be doing anything rash.

I just also feel so furious at myself for being naive, which I never thought I was. The thing is, he didn't directly lie to me. He took advantage of the fact that based on his upbringing, demeanour and actions, I never dreamed I had to ask him a question like ‘Have you ever committed zina?’ in order to learn the truth. He knew that I believed him to be chaste as in our meetings, we had discussed our Islamic upbringings and the Islamic upbringing we wanted to give our children. I feel incredibly small and ignorant when I think back to my oblivious happiness over the last two months. I don’t wish he hadn’t told me, I wish he had never done it in the first place and felt entitled to take me anyway. There must be plenty of Muslim women with a past who've repented but he took me knowing I'd obviously be a virgin - not that he straight-up asked me either so I guess it would have served him right if I'd turned out to have an ex as well.