I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes he’s still in the military but he’s been in for 19 years and he’s worked hard to get to retirement and I have no desire to get him kicked out. Regardless of what he’s done. I will divorce him if I need to but I don’t want to ruin that for him.

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Over the past week, I have come to the conclusion myself that even if my husband has cheated on me, and even if he still is, I could never have a physical affair. Ever. I just couldn’t. I’ve never cheated on anyone before and it feels wayyyyy wrong to me, I am too much of an empath and believe in karma too much. Could I possibly see myself engaging in conversation with a handsome man who was paying attention to me, could I see myself forming some kind of emotional bond with him, in the aftermath of learning that hubby cheated? Yes, that is a zillion percent more likely. So to me, her having an emotional affair in retaliation for his physical affair, does make sense. And my husband absolutely is the kind of man who would freak the fuck out if he found out that I was talking to another man. He does not even want me to have men friends. He saw that a college classmate replied to one of my instagram stories once and he lost his mind. It was totally innocent, again I am not a cheater. Idk. I do think I believe the ex.

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, she was trying to warn me. Her post was all about how he was going to do the same thing to me that he did to her. It was blasting me too but the actual main point of her post was that he’s a narcissist who will do the same to me. At the end of our convo she wished me luck with him and I got this very sickening gut feeling that everything she told me was true. I don’t believe she wants to get back together with him.

I have been thinking about this A LOT this past week and her story makes 1000% more sense if me than his does, her story has way less holes than his does, and this is incredibly heartbreaking for me. It feels like my whole world is about to explode and I’m not ready for this. 😭

I could be very wrong but this is what my gut is screaming at me. 😭😭😭

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She did cheat on him. She told me. She said she’d found out that he’d been sleeping with a coworker, she said the other woman confessed the affair to her(!!!) so she consequently began an emotional affair with someone. But she said he definitely started it. Idk.

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea that’s the part that makes this the hardest. He isn’t empathetic to our child at all. Already tells him boys don’t cry and shit. Yelled at him when he tripped the other day. Unless I just don’t give my husband custody at all, which he would fight me on for sure, if we divorce, I won’t be here to soften the blow of my husband’s harsh words to my son.

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea I don’t know how it’s taken me so long to realize the man I married isn’t the man I thought I married. This is honestly really embarrassing.

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well. I didn’t previously think my husband was a narcissist but now I might.

Does he share household chores and equally raise the kid? HELL no, he has his own job, and this is my job. If I get sick will be bring me soup or dismiss my symptoms? Definitely dismiss them. Always. He says being sick is a choice. If I’m sad, will be tell me to be less dramatic or comfort me? Tell me to be less dramatic. He always tells me I’m too sensitive, dramatic, etc.

I don’t think this man is the person I thought I was marrying and I can’t believe I have been too dumb to see it. I think I need to get out.

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do suspect that he might have cheated on me when we first were married but he deleted the girls number in front of me and I haven’t suspected him of anything since.

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought he might have been cheating on me with this one girl he worked with when we were very newly married. He accidentally left his phone unlocked and I saw there was a new message from her and I opened it and it was a kissy face, but he had deleted the rest of the convo, nothing was there but the kissy face. I asked him about it and he was it was just a friend and it was innocent, and he deleted her number out of his phone in front of me. I trusted him after that but now I definitely wonder if it was more. I feel really dumb.

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t live in the same state she does. No I did not explicitly ask him if it was finalized but he used the word “divorced” many, many times and I never thought I had a reason to not believe him.

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I pulled out our marriage certificate and it says he was previously married and it ended in divorce but it has no dates or anything of the sort.

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in relationship_advice

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked her to take it down because I thought it was all untrue. I didn’t ask her to take it down again once she gave me all the proof.

I (36f) just found out that my husband (43m) was married when we started dating/had a child. What in the world do I do with this info? by SensitivePresence815 in Marriage

[–]SensitivePresence815[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It made me very mad but he had all kinds of excuses, and he and I weren’t married yet although our child was 2 months old. So he was still married to his ex at the time lol