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Sharky
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I have made a huge mistake. I should have acknowledged something was not right years ago. Things have come to a head and I need to get advice. I'm seeing my GP next week, but I desperately need to talk about what's wrong.

I have been married to my wife for 17 years and I would say that our sex life started to deteriorate, pretty soon after our second child, about 10 years ago. To the point of having no sex at all. Just before she was born my father passed away from cancer and I took his passing pretty badly.

I have realised over the years that I have times when I loathe myself and am irritable and unhappy. Today I am on the verge of breaking down and crying. We lived overseas for a while and whilst there I struck up a friendship with a work colleagues friend. It never involved sex, but has involved messaging and emails of an explicit nature. Yesterday my wife discovered some messages on the computer at home.

I have a wife and two lovely girls. I have been told by my wife that I am very different in my attitude to my youngest one and it is most likely going to affect her. I don't notice I'm doing it, but attitude is totally different with my older daughter. I'm not violent towards any of them, but my manner in which I speak to my youngest daughter is quite cold and unloving.

Understandably my wife is annoyed, disappointed and furious with me for screwing things up. I love my family more than anything and I want to get things right.

Otherwise our lives are pretty good, I have a good job and the girls are doing well at school, we have a nice house and are lucky to live in a fantastic country.

Help

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geoff
Champion Alumni
Champion Alumni

dear Sharky, welcome aboard, and I'm sorry about your dad passing away, especially if your connection was close.

A country is fantastic only when you feel well, because with depression nothing is good.

Just curious as to whether your wife suffered from PND after your second child.

A couple of personal questions, so please don't be upset.

Have you had any thoughts that your second child is from someone else, and that's why you get cross with her, or maybe that you weren't ready to have another child.

Talking about having sex with your spouse or partner is a delicate topic to talk about, as there are many females on this site, who may indeed do things differently in their marriage or relationship, however I can say what happened with me in our marriage.

We were married for 26 years but the last 10 years as well there was nothing between us, and that's because I was depressed, and she slept in another room, and to be courting a girl again would be great, but that won't be happening for me anyway.

To be sending and receiving explicit emails must have meant that you were an inch from something happening, and your wife being able to view these messages, certainly means a trust issue now.

As well as seeing your doctor I would suggest consulting a marriage counsellor, as there will be a lot of rebuilding this relationship. Geoff.

vip
Blue Voices Member
Blue Voices Member
Hi Sharky totally agree with Geoff here you need to see a marriage counsellor too much has happened now so you need help to fix it . I attended many sessions with my husband so nothing to feel ashamed embarassed about . Goodluck with it all