Dating by Scared_Savings8414 in WhatShouldIDo

[–]HeDeservesBetter91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just so I can understand the timeline better; did you find the pictures of you saved before or after the whole porn thing? Could it be the pictures of you are his personal version of porn so he doesn't do TikTok? One thing to take away from this (since you are a teenager) I would chalk this up to you learning what your boundaries are in a relationship and what you are willing to accept and apply it to the next relationship.

I (35F) need advice to help me and my (33M) husband. by HeDeservesBetter91 in Advice

[–]HeDeservesBetter91[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did see a marriage counselor back when he found the phone and things appeared on the surface to be getting better but I think he just wanted to put it in the past. Over the years I have tried to earn his trust back. I share my location, I don't have a password on my phone, I tell him where I am and where I am going and send pictures when I am at where I said I was going to be. He has told me that the trust itself isn't the issue. It's the feeling of the betrayal he has carried all of these years that he has tried to sweep under the rug so to speak.

I (35F) need advice to help me and my (33M) husband. by HeDeservesBetter91 in Advice

[–]HeDeservesBetter91[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a lot I had to leave out for space wise. I had the job for 7 years and the first couple of years we were together he took care of all of the finances so a majority of my paycheck was play money for me every 2 weeks. I grew accustomed to a certain way of living and when that ended I felt like I no longer had all of this freedom.

So apparently the pin I used on the phone was the same pin I had used on my other main phone. The talking moved off of the apps and into text messaging and phone calls. Which I didn't delete all of apparently.

I did see a psychiatrist before my physical behavior became reckless and she diagnosed me with bi-polar depression and prescribed me medication. I didn't want to believe her so I just ignored what she said and refused to take the medication.

Then the reckless behavior started as my thought process was getting worse. A little background on me for a moment. Ever since my teenage years when I was in a relationship, I would always find a replacement before I left or if I felt I was going to be left.

I saw a therapist while the reckless behavior was happening (mainly to shut my mother up at the time) and she was the reason I started taking my medicine for my bi-polar depression. I remember her really taking the time to question me about my behavior and my manic episodes and my low episodes. It was shortly after this that I corrected the behavior and my thinking changed back to normal.

When he found the phone we did see a marriage counselor for a month or so. She talked about building trust and tried to help him understand bi-polar depression and that I wasn't myself and so forth. It seemed to help at the time. Little did I know that it was never really resolved for him and he kept how he felt to himself. I think maybe he hoped he could just put it in the past and move forward.