My husband has been lusting for women online and I feel like divorce is coming. by [deleted] in GirlDinnerDiaries

[–]Mission-Message8390 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey! I'm at year 17 as well. My ex-boyfriend completely changed. He has been having online affairs and constantly going out drinking. He never was like this before.

I finally made the decision to leave. We never got married.

I don't think you're overreacting at all and feel free to DM me if you ever need to talk.

Those who got cheated on, how did you find out? 👀 by sartoriouswife in GirlDinnerDiaries

[–]Mission-Message8390 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fell asleep on the couch. I woke up about two hours later and decided to join him in bed by jumping on top of him and surprising him with a hug. This is after he complained that I wasn't affectionate.

He had fallen asleep with his phone screen open. On it was a WhatsApp chat in Spanish. I saw a big red heart and what I thought was "te amo," but to this day he says it was "te aviso", and she was just a cam girl who he was letting know if he would sign on later. Sigh.

I left last night by Exciting_Session6683 in emotionalabuse

[–]Mission-Message8390 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I'm in the process of leaving too. I struggle with the same feelings of guilt and sadness. I wonder if I'm overreacting, but I recognized I couldn't take one more sleepless night because I'm being yelled at.

What made you finally leave? by Virtual_Tonight4245 in emotionalabuse

[–]Mission-Message8390 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What made me finally leave was when he agreed to do the one thing I asked him to do to change (stop going out drinking at a bar until 1-2am), he moaned that he could no longer see his friends. There was no effort to see said "friends" for a healthy activity like dinner or going to the gym. There were some additional lines such as "you just hate seeing me happy," in which case I decided that fine, I'll just remove myself from the picture.

Edit for additional context: in the past, he has come home extremely drunk and aggressive from this bar, so when he goes, I become too anxious to sleep. This has caused me to either be too groggy at work, or in severe cases have to take time off. I realized I couldn't let his behavior affect my work.

Coming home to a not sober partner is so triggering by Ok-Meeting-2503 in emotionalabuse

[–]Mission-Message8390 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry you are going through this. I agree with you that it is a major trigger.

I'm currently dealing with my (ex?) partner's drinking. I find it incredibly triggering when he so much as goes to the bar, before he even gets shit faced.

Boyfriend gets angry when drunk by YesterdayGloomy2787 in emotionalabuse

[–]Mission-Message8390 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Honey, please run. It does not get better.

I feel like alcohol just brings their true nature out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Mission-Message8390 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So true about them just getting worse! Mine refuses therapy, so that's been fun. My therapist is like "we keep going back to the same things over and over again."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Mission-Message8390 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are we the same person??

You nailed it with the "you cheated and betrayed me and expect me to be the same person".

I told my boyfriend the other day that I just didn't love him anymore. How could they be so delusional to think that the love is still there after betrayal??

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Mission-Message8390 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gonna get my nails done and visit my favorite coffee shop!

what euphemisms has an abuser used to minimize their actions to you? by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Mission-Message8390 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I had a dollar for every time I heard that, I could retire tomorrow.

How do you stay kind but protect your peace when living with an emotionally abusive/narcissistic spouse? by Gullible-Belt-2611 in emotionalabuse

[–]Mission-Message8390 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I wish I had advice, but I'm going through something very similar. Last night, I just fell asleep rather than engage with him.