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I feel like my husband's roommate

Hi, This is my 2nd marriage. We met at church. We are in our 50's. We've been married 6 years. I have always felt like a buddy or pal or roommate or worse. My husband does not act like a guy. He doesn't treat me like a wife. I feel like I'm dying inside. There is no closeness. There is sex but its just sex, its not making love. He doesn't notice when I'm naked or wear something new or smell nice. I just don't get it. I get attention from men at work. I want attention from my husband. I don't even feel like a woman at home. I feel like we are just existing. This has been going on the whole marriage. I can't live like this anymore. What do I do? Why does he act like this?

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Tiny text on my Android

So when I use the site on my LG Android, some threads have really tiny text I can't read, while others have a much larger font. Is there a reason for this and is there any way I can get all threads to be normal font size? Thanks.

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TAM is ruining my marriage !!!

I am a hard working, faithful, doting father and husband. My wife and I are both educated professionals with several long-term relationships under our belts before we became serious. We actually were close friends for over 20 years before getting married.
My wife has MANY trust issues, because prior to me she only dated/shagged cheating losers.
I am not a cheater. I can't stand to own more than one vehicle or pair of pliers because I can only devote my attention and trust to one.
My DW has been addicted to this site, MB's and all the others since before our marriage. And she is always barraging me with "relationship-building" quizes and tests, and accusing me of flirting with every woman I meet.

TAM is F-in Ruining my marriage.

My parents cheated on each other and the marriage fell apart when I was 12 (I'm 41 now). My high school gf of 6 years cheated , and left me for a college professor. My first wife of 8 years cheated on me MANY times (serial *****) and yet I have never, EVER, cheated on any woman that I loved. Dated two woman at once, in my 20's, maybe. But CHEATED, on a loved one, NEVER.

Yet my DW, whom I have chased for 20+ years and now married to for 5 with the world's smartest and handsome-est 4yo boy, thinks I am some big cheat that can't be trusted. Because of all you philandering letches.

Thanks a lot TAM-Holes.

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Should i divorce my husband?

Few days ago i discovered my husband was frequenting "massage parlors" that are in reality brothels, and do not offer any legit services. I discovered this when i visited my husband at lunch time while he was missing. When he came back he didn't tell me where he went or what he has been doing. I assumed he would be going for lunch with his co workers, but my instincts were telling me to follow him the day after for some reason. My instincts proved to be accurate when i saw him entering a Asian massage parlor, my heart broke at the same moment. I knew that this was not an legit place but one that practices prostitution.

I did some heavy research and found out that he was getting naked massages with baths and hand relief. As this is what most customers receive at least. This completely disgusts me, and i wonder if he was doing this for our whole marriage. I confronted him many times, but he refuses to participating in any sexual acts with those ladies.

This is driving me crazy. I can't stop thinking how he would let a poor woman wash him and touch him naked! this is totally unacceptable and i find it a deal breaker. My mind is bursting with images at the moment. I saw the place myself and it's no where legit, it was 100% a brothel. Other proof i have is that when i called the police to that place they got immediately shut down. There was also some human trafficking going on. This just proves i was right. He still won't admit to anything, i gave him 2 days to think about what he will be doing. I am 70% sure i will divorce him, but i have a 12 months old son. I can support myself but i don't know what the aftermath of all of this will be. All i know is that will never forget this experience.

What do you think i should do in this situation? I feel awful.

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Guy Friends

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Can guys and girls be friends? It's weird I've never had guy friends but a friend of mine, literally all her friends are guys? I don't feel like I can be friends with guys, there's nothing to talk about (unless they're your boyfriend, fancying each other etc) and it can be difficult to know boundaries. i also feel like guys don't wanna be friends with me anyway, unless they have a crush on me they don't seem to like me lol. What do you think?

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Need helpful advice please...

I am very distraught right now, which has caused me to search the internet for a marriage forum at three in the morning. My husband is from a small town in the country (where I went to college and met him) and we recently moved back to my hometown which is a large city. It's a totally different culture with lots of people (aka strangers to him...he's used to being on first name basis with every single person who walks down the street), but it's my home. I love it here very much and I try to help him find things to love as well, but he doesn't even want to try and be happy here.

Fast forward to tonight. He's back in his hometown for a few weeks helping his dad get his plumbing business back on schedule, and he calls me tonight at midnight when he got home to my brother/sister in law's house from the bar. He and I share a joint Facebook account, and he said tonight all of his buddies got into a discussion about FB he told all of his friends that he had nothing to do with all the politic crap posted on "his" FB wall. It was all the wife, and he's sorry they all have to put up with it.

He and I share the same political views, but they are vastly different than his redneck conservative friends' views. I feel like he threw me under the bus because he wanted to be part of the gang and pick on the person who doesn't agree with them. That made me heart hurt, and it's not the first time. Why does he do that? How should I feel about it? Why am I up all night stewing about it when he's passed out drunk and doesn't care at all?

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University - Relationships

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Hey, basically I met this guy on a night out at university. I really really liked him, I went on his Facebook previously (as i'd met him before at friends birthday) and his status was 'in a relationship' so when I was with him on the night out and we were getting together I asked him if he had a girlfriend and he said they broke up two weeks ago. I got with him that night, we went back to his, didn't do anything just kissed. I waited a day and texted him first, we chatted for a bit. I heard from a friend that he did have a girlfriend he told her about me and they broke up, he was trying to get her back. I heard from another friend that they were actually on a break. when I was with him that night we followed each other on twitter, after hearing the different stories I was looking at his twitter and came across his 'ex'. My finger slipped and I accidentally followed her on twitter, I unfollowed as soon as I realised. A few days later the he unfollowed me on twitter . He hasn't contacted me since. This may seem really silly but I just really really liked him, he's the first guy since I've been here that I've just really liked! He is what I looked for in a guy. Im always thinking about him. I get so lonely at uni and have so much time to think! He told me he really liked me and that he's fancied me for ages. Its been almost a month and Im still thinking about him, am I over reacting liking him so much and really wanting to be with him? Ive never had a boyfriend so I think thats why Im over reacting. loool I start to question myself like was i a crap kisser, I think he wanted to sleep with me and I said to him Ive got to go. Im inexperienced in the bedroom so maybe he just thought I was **** I don't know!I didn't really know what I was doing, maybe I didn't excite him? any advice much appreciated.

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Girls do you find Steven Fry a dashing gentlemen?

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Would you have sex with Steven Fry? I mean he's very tall and handsome. He'll be sure to ensnare you with his charming vocabulary, his thick head of hair and fine manly stature. Educated at Cambridge.

He looks straight out of Hollywood in this picture.

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What more could you ask for?

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Am I normal?

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I just mean in general. I mean I used to be very confident until a lot of things happened that destroyed this when I was about 19 I got mugged off by some so called friends which didn't help then I left university and I split up with a girl I was on and off for 5 years but it was really a nasty breakup. I subsequently had a breakdown and ever since I been quiet shy and a bit timid. I used to go out clubbing have lots of friends go out all the time. My confidence did slightly improve which was somewhat a miracle as at one point I didn't communicate whatsoever now I can talk to family friends coworkers but I can't make new friends or get a girlfriend at all. I have like 1 friend and 2 others I'll hang out with but very rarely because they have girlfriends. I don't even do much with my one friend he just likes going out clubbing and if you don't want to he can't understand it. I'm not interested in going out like that anymore and because I'm not as confident as he is I don't go to parties or anything like that. He's having a BBQ this summer but I'm unlikely to go because I'm not confident with mixing with eachother plus he acts like a dickhead in crowds. I went last year but it was a prime of example of what he's like. All I do is play football a couple of times a week with him and my sisters fiancé. I do like doing other things such as going cinema shopping tennis but very occasionally out drinking. Is it just my friend do you think? Or is it me? I don't know whether I'm starting to dislike him. Don't mean to sound gay by this by the way. Other things rarely happen other than football and work and courses etc. I am extremely shy and I have no luck whatsoever with girls because of this. Should I be lucky for what I have or do I have it bad do you think? I could go out more but I don't want to just keep hanging out with one person because I get bored of the same company

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Common situation, not quite sure what to do, little help needed (:

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Hi everyone.

I am currently in a situation that I am not quite sure how to deal with, so I figured I could come here and ask, as you good people are much more experienced in this than I am (:

I'll try to make this as short as possible, to prevent you from getting a headache.

Classic scenario - I've met a girl at a club, asked for her number, ended up adding her on Facebook before calling anyway. We've been texting through Whatsapp for the past 4 days and basically, she is 100% fit. I've had 2 relationships before, but they both lasted for 5 months or so. She, however, is so perfect that I usually end up staring on her in disbelief.

Fun question. What is the probability of a) meeting a girl at a club that you weren't even supposed to be at (she was there with a friend she have met, and I was there because of my cousin who I added on Facebook totally drunk like a year ago) and b) her going to a university abroad in the same country - UK, 1 hr drive far from each other. Pretty rare, right?

Anyway, so we ended up texting so intensively, that basically, she tells me on her own exactly what she is doing throughout the each day. She texts me back the second she gets on her phone (and I can see when she is online/offline on Whatsapp, talk about privacy), she is like 10/10, blonde, 17 years old (I am 20 btw), exactly my type, D cups, 55 kg (?? lbs), never had a boyfriend nor sex before, "privileged" (her parents are incredibly nice and intelligent people, she told me a lot about her family) family, but she is still humble and ambitious. She went to one of the best schools in country, and she will study medicine. She agrees with me on everything, like, we don't have a single different opinion. Okay, maybe she likes horror movies more than I do, but that's it. Thing is, we talked just for 2 days before going out. But in the end, it was so intensive, that she got a bit "scared", as she / I learned learned everything about her / I.

Naturally, we went on a date. 3 hours went by like nothing, and I ended up making out with her in a park. Though, as she informed me beforehand, she had to leave at 2 pm or something, so after like 20 minutes, we had to say goodbye to each other.

But. When we stood up and went to a bus station, she told me that she is "not sure". I asked about what, and she again replied with the same thing. She ended up telling me both in person and through chat, that it was unusual for her to be touched and/or kissed. Also, as I mentioned, she got a bit scared, she even told me that, but it wasn't like "I am creepy", just "too little time to process". We went out again the next day, but to calm her down a bit, I suggested we won't touch unless she is ready for it. Like a regular date, where you get to know each other. So we ended up talking for like 6 hours and then she went home. I didn't kiss her, as I didn't want to "push her". We hugged anyway, as usual (even at the club, which was interesting).

Now to the question. Is she really into me or not? I am scared that maybe, she realized I am not her type or whatever, and that this whole thing will end up in the so called friendzone. But, why would she then text me 24/7, go out with me again the next day, flirt, smile all the time, compliment me here and there and even admire me for going to a "better" uni? Why would she even share information like "I sleep completely naked"?

Thoughts? Thank you a lot and I hope this whole thing wasn't all that uninteresting and didn't sound like "first world problem" :)

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Do you get along with your partners parents?

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I was just curious. I've been with my partner for 4 years and his parents are nice towards me but constantly complain about my boyfriend.

His mum has been a bit of a handful when it comes to things that cost money, for example, it had taken 4 months of persuasion to allow her 19 year old son to go on holiday. Then we must have shown her about 20 different locations, because we weren't allowed to book anything without her consent :/

And not just money either, she always says to him infront of me that he needs to lose weight, or that his room is a tip, he never does anything around the house, and won't let him take out a student loan which he needs for his course.

But they are nice to me haha anyone else have stories similar?

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backsliding? more like an avalanche

I thought I was doing so well. I was doing my 180, firm nc. Have been living in my own home for about a month. Work was getting better. I hadn't spoken to my stbx in about a month, as well. It had been weeks since I cried in public. I have been working on myself. I was at a point where I was 98% sure that I wanted the divorce, amd that I could move on.
The roller coaster seemed to be slowing down. I was even starting to think, maybe I'm not a penguin. Maybe I am not mated for life, and can love again... or at least be interested in someone else.
Then my wedding anniversary came. Apparently I decided to torture myself as a gift. My stbx and I met for breakfast. We had a long talk about what went down between us. About his life with the OW. He seemed... I don't know. He kept telling me what a huge mistake he had made. That he was sorry. Seemed like he was himself again.
That day was fine. But it apparently opened a floodgate. NC went out the window. We have been texting daily ever since. I have also been playing the "what if" game ever since. And am back to fighting tears in public. Back to that toxic hope that things could still work out. Obsessing about how that hug goodbye felt.
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Would Love some advice!

Hey,
I met my wife back in 2004 when we were in school. We did everything together. Been very close all the time. She treated me like I was something important. Always respected me, always listed to me and treated me extra well. Me being a young idiot, misused that and didn't appreciate it. By time she treated me differently, maybe you can say as I should be treated for being an ******* sometimes. Years past by and we got very serious. However, I sometimes treated her in a way she didn't deserve. I hurt her emotionally sometimes with my words and actions, but we still loved each other and couldn't live apart. In 2010 we got married. In 2011 we had our son. He is the most precious thing in my life. I love him like I never felt for anything before. The beginning of our marriage was tough, both of us were spoiled young brats, but we loved each other. Financials were not great, (they were ok but we were use to high-end lifestyle). We had here friend live with us 4 months after we got married. Her friend, as we discovered later in the weirdest ways, had mental problems and was trying to separate us since we got married. She succeeded in making me do the worst mistake of my life. I cheated on my wife. I betrayed my wife and son. She used all our weak points to break my family. And I stupidly fell for it. The cheating experience was the weirdest thing. When I started cheating I couldn't have sex with any of them. My body was in shock of how I could do this to my family. Then I got caught withe a message my wife found on my mobile. I told her that I had feeling for that other person and I am sorry, but I didn't tell her that there was an affair, I told her I still loved her deeply. 2 weeks later she asked me to be truthful and I was, I told her everything. It wasn't easy and she wasn't making it easy but she asked for all the details and I gave them to her. We talked for days, and found out the dirty things that girl did to make us hate each other. Talking w ith me about my wife and telling me that she is cheating on me and hates me and i deserve better and telling my wife that I am an ******* and she deserves better. This happened for 3 years, she had all of our trust we didn't question what the hell she was doing to us. In the course of the 2 weeks before I told my wife everything, my wife talked to all our friends and told them what happened, and they chose her side and I lost all of them. After we confronted that girl, we made a slow recovery. We moved back in together, I started paying attention to her. Started to understand how much she is doing and she is willing to forgive because she wants me and our son. I did everything right for 8 months. She also admits it that i was a different guy. I truly truly love her and my son. They are all I live for, and I wish I never hurt them. The stupidest thing I ever did. I always wished I met her later on in life when we were a little older. So I could have appreciated her from the b eginning. Then I decided to move abroad to start a better life with my wife and son with a better job and a better pay and a better country all together. She supported this decision, and I was to go first for 4 months and then she and my son will come and join me. We speak on the phone, and I noticed that she is losing interest a little in me and my son. And one week before she is suppose to leave and come and join me with my son, she calls me and tells me she wants a divorce!!! Out of no where, and she said it like this was revenge!! She was soo cold and rude, I was very surprised, never expected this. She can't forgive me, she wants to discover her self, she doesn't want me anymore. Started hanging out with guys i dont know about behind my back. She told me that she doesnt give a **** about me or my son. All she cares about is herself. I tried to tell her how much i changed and how much i loved her, but she only got more rude. I tried to ask her what changed, it was going ok she tells me i never said its ok, even though she did and she told me how much she loves me before i left. She broke my heart. we agreed we would talk later and finish this. But all she wants is a divorce. I am deeply hurt, I actually think that this was a planed revenge, since it was played out soo well. I dont know what to do, I really love her and my son, I really want to be with them and take care of them and grow together. If you read all of this, thank you, It was hard writing! I hope you can help. Thanks in advance

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My husband is Jekyll and Hyde.

I posted here quite awhile ago for basically the same reasons and am experiencing similar issues again. My husband goes from being the sweetest, most loving and caring spouse to the nastiest, meanest, most cruel person I've ever encountered, on a fairly regular basis.

His list of excuses for his nastiness is endless - he's stressed out from work, he can't rely on me, he's tired, he's so busy...on and on and on.

The latest example goes back a few weeks.

We just recently returned from an absolutely wonderful 2 week trip in Indonesia. It was incredibly relaxing and we had a ton of amazing quality time together. We really connected, and I felt more bonded to him than I have in a long time.

We arrived home yesterday.

Not even a day after getting home from holidays he's already lacing into me. I'm useless, I'm unreliable, I don't do anything right, without him nothing would get done, if I was his employee, he would fire me. Remember, we haven't even been home a day and already I do nothing right.

The icing on the cake was when he discovered the packaging from a bikini I purchased for an upcoming girls only trip to Las Vegas. I purchased a thong bikini, something I have owned and worn before plenty of times in the past. I elected not to show him, as I knew he would lace into me about what a "*****" or "****" I am. Sure enough, he brought it up and said only porn stars wear thongs and that I'm such a ***** for even wanting to wear one. I'm a faithful wife, enjoying my body, and feel every right to wear what I choose to. I am not gallivanting around naked, nor am I looking for attention. I am European and this is the style of bathing suit I like. I have even gone topless on various beaches around the world in our travels in front of my husband and he never took an issue with it. Why he has such an issue with my wearing a thong bikini now - I have no clue.

We've been married 7 years, together 12. He shows glimmers of improvement, only to have constant set backs where I am the punching bag for his insecurities, him feeling threatened, losing control, feeling abandoned (our therapist's favourite).

I just feel so stupid for thinking things had finally changed only to be sadly proven right again for knowing he would revert back to his usual ways as soon as real life set in again.

Do I have a hope in hell of ever improving my marriage? I can only walk away so many times (which is in the thousands now) and swallow his endless insults, and choose the high road.

We've been seeing a therapist for almost the entirety of our marriage. She tells us how much we've "improved" but he's never really changed or bothered to get over his abusive ways.

Any suggestions, can anyone relate?

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How to broach personal grooming with husband

Six years into marriage, i'm 31, H is 38. I don't think I am a fussy person, but recent developments for me made me wonder if I am bothered by my H's slipping standards of personal grooming and self care. I don't mean hygiene issues so much, more issues like... ugh...

* I don't know why but he always tries to go to cheap places for hair cuts and he gets what he pays for.

* He is half mediterranean and so he has hairy eyebrows (monobrow-ish) and when he has a beard he doesn't maintain it too well.

* His oral health is very good (he is very fussy) but he has an area of a crown tooth at the front that is wearing away and there is basically a brown streak down the side of his tooth.

* Skin care, he use to be more fussy about that too, but he doesn't do anything for his skin now, and he gets bad blackheads that are quite visible on his nose.

* In terms of how he dresses, he has gone down hill in that department. And again, I am not fussy, but he will wear things that don't match, he will wear t shirts with holes, a bright blue and white homie G cap that he got for Christmas with clothes that don't match at all.

He has put on weight since.marriage, partly due to habits and partly due to a medication he is on, but he hasn't done much to lose it. He is limited in terms of what he can do for exercise because of injuries, but even so, I feel like he cola out and doesn't take enough initiative or do what he CAN do.

I hadn't given it alot of thought until recently, but I am wondering if it is putting a damper on my attraction for him. I feel horrible saying that. And when it crossed my mind before, I dismissed it.

I am scared that we are not that old but he acts like an old man with the self care stuff, and "it's all down hill from here".

Have you faced a similar issue with your spouse? If do, how did you address it with them sensitively?
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What to do when he doesn't hold up his end?

H and I have been married almost 12 years, when we were first married we were pretty equal pay wise so we pooled all our money. He lost his job a few years later and struggled to find anything, got involved in construction which is basically a well paid part-time job. I handled all the bills, we each got a set amount of cash a week to spend as we wanted. He would always blow his sometimes the day he got it and use joint account for stuff, often not giving receipts, etc.

Finally, about 6 months ago I had enough and worked out a plan. We each contribute to household expenses based on our income and then we each pay our credit card and car payment. Over the 6 months the car payment has been late twice, the credit card he just bounced the payment to last week. And this weekend he took off on a "guys weekend" with the money he had to make the car payment this time.

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say something about the poster above u

this could be fun for everyone, right?

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The Mother's day thread!

Mother's day is around the corner, feel free to post gift ideas, stories, memes.

Personally used to dread it, due to a narcestic mother that decided to ruin it for me, but life gave me the sweetest son that loves to celebrate it. :)

So here we go!

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Is he falling out of love with me?

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Hi,
I've been with my boyfriend for about 4 and a half years, we live together and have done for some time now. Up until recently things have been really great, fun and loving...However, I went on holiday over the easter period with a (female) friend during which we had an argument over pretty much nothing! We decided to leave it, but since coming back he has been really distant and unaffectionate- he doesn't really talk to me when we're together, he doesn't hold my hand or anything when out, he doesn't kiss or hug me and worst he rejects me when I try to do so!
I've bought it up with him and he either changes the subject or says its in my head, but he's acting odd!! It's been going on like 3 weeks now and I don't know what else I can do!
Any help greatly appreciated!

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How many people your partner has slept with

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I was talking to a friend who studies psychology and he told me about cutting things off with a girl he'd been seeing because he found out she'd slept with 8 other people in about 2 years. He said to me that when people do something often it's an established pattern of behaviour that's hard to break. He pretty much said that when people do things often it's almost always because they enjoy it. I think his worry was that she'd keep sleeping around and, to paraphrase, he didn't want to go out with a girl who is or was a slag.

What do you guys think? Would the number of people a person you liked has slept with bother you or would you say the pasts the past?


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