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Married to a sociopath?

Hi there, I'm new here.
I have been married to my husband for 4 years and we have 3 beautiful children together. He is 18 years my senior. He is the kind of man who can be unbelievably sweet one day, and calling me things my worst enemy would never call me the next. In front of my children! He is also a little violent.
Anyway, I finally separated from him, got a restraining order and a lawyer. About a week later, I started getting info that tore my world apart! He has been screwing around on me our whole marriage! We own a bar, and apparently, he and his buddy are known for getting women wasted so they could do whatever they wanted to them. And my so called "friends" and bartenders have caught him doing disgusting things to and with disgusting women and were too afraid of him to tell me. Now, I am not an ugly duckling. And the women I know of that he has been with are absolutely GROSE! He denies it completely and I almost believe that he believes his own lies. but he has always been able to lie as effortlessly as he breathes. I read "the profile of a sociopath" and it is him TO A T!!!! It makes me really sad to think that he never really loved me and that he will never feel remorse for the horrible things he has put me through.Is anyone else going through this? Any advice? He just expects me to believe his ridiculous lies and still tells me he loves me! HOW DARE HE!!! Please help because my heart is breaking! I gave up my entire life and put everything I had into this relationship, and I feel like it was all a lie. 

by Jennibean    21 Posts   
Posted on 3/1/2008 8:49 PM    
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I have been married 36 years, worked, put my children's child support in the pot, used my small inheritence for the household.  Now he is saying that everything is separate property because his mother died two years after we were married and he claims that property and bank accounts are from those funds.  We have a community property deed with both names and he never said anything.  Brad is right though, it is his lie not yours.  I have felt discounted too.
by linkie   7 Posts
Posted on 3/11/2008 9:32 PM
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You sound like a very strong person and are doing the right thing for yourself and your kids.  He does sound a little "off base"  he needs major counseling.  You do not need to live like this.  Listen to your attorney and stay safe.
by Barkley   807 Posts
Posted on 3/2/2008 9:20 AM
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So you are saying that he won't feel guilty about his actions? Even after he's lost his children who are his world? That sure doesn't feel very good.
by Jennibean   21 Posts
Posted on 3/2/2008 8:10 AM
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Hi Jennibean,

I was a victim of physical abuse as a child. It lasted over ten years. My parents either couldn't or wouldn't protect me from my brothers.

The first thing I want you to really understand is that,yes, you did live a lie. It was not your lie, it was his lie. You lived a truth. Your truth. You were lied to. I understand all the things you did to earn his respect. When you thought you did though he lied to you. He doesn't have the capacity to respect anyone.

Jennibean, you must come to grips that you were were conned into believing a lie. The sooner you accept that, the sooner your heart will mend.
by brad   167 Posts
Posted on 3/1/2008 11:16 PM
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