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Anyone dealing with a sexually addicted spouse?

My husband of eleven years has an addiction that has haunted our marriage from the very beginning, only I didn't even realize what it was, or that it had a name until I was in counseling myself.

 

He is always chasing a new conquest to feel validated I guess, though he is successful in his career, and has received enough attention from me over the years.  For the last few years, he has not wanted any sex from me, and has not given me any affection. 

 

I guess it was hard enough to deal with his addiction when he acted like he still loved me, but now he seems interested in every woman but me. He will not say he loves me, and hasn't in a few years. Meanwhile, I have been monitoring his pc and see he has been trying to hook up with other women.

As soon as these women want anything more permanent with him, he dumps them.

 

I felt he really loved me, despite his addiction. I stayed there because of my love for him, and begged him to get help. He refused. It has practically shattered  any self-esteem I have.

 

I have moved in with a man who adores me, but still miss my husband. Now he is telling everyone I left him for another man, and that it is all my fault. Sometimes I feel it is. I quit seeing my lover many times to try to salvage my marriage, but hubby was not interested in trying. However, he is adamant in reminding me that ," He did not ask me to leave". 

 

Now that is making me doubt my decison to leave. I miss him, and all my surroundings. I have moved 80 miles away, and am doubting myself and everything... 


by sbear   12 Posts 
Posted on 8/5/2008 3:00 PM
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Not sure why you jumped from that man to living w/ another man...? I'd work through your own issues as priority right now...Again, find S-anon group...Also, we have a wives of sex addicts group on our JWC (junkie's wives club) on line...just google it. Hang in...
by ScribblingMum   2 Posts
Posted on 7/10/2009 4:31 PM
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Go to S-Anon for support...my H. is also a sex addict & has 1 ft. in/ 1 ft out of Recovery...I didn't find out until 20 years into marriage...was porn, then massage parlor/prostitutes...tons of them here in S. Calif!

But, I just kicked him out AGAIN...I need to divorce him.  He had a horrific, abusive childhood...never dealt w/ it
by ScribblingMum   2 Posts
Posted on 7/4/2009 10:14 PM
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sexual addiction ruined my marriage. You were smart to get out. The only reason u want him back is because he did not stop you. We all tend to view our spouses thru rose color glasses after leavig and hae the what ifs.... I agree with the other post to be on your own ad figure out what is going on with you and why you stayed so long in your relatioship. I for one have not even started dating, nor do I have a desire to right now. I certainly do not want to pick the same type of lying, abusing, cheating men, better for me to figure out where I went wrong and why I am attracted to them.
by Chm   3 Posts
Posted on 5/25/2009 5:22 PM
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If he refuses to get help and will not stop sleeping with other women, how can you blame yourself? Move on with you life! The only thing you owe your self is to maybe spend some time alone, and not move right in with someone else! You need to find out what makes you happy before you can be happy with someone else!

Just my 2 Cents

Gorf
by Gorf   162 Posts
Posted on 8/6/2008 8:32 AM
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