Bullshit. You’re unwilling to admit that the trans community is moving the goalposts to the point that now, if you won’t fuck a trans person, then that means you’re transphobic. And then take some shit condescending tone about refusing to be educated, when “educated” means “agree with my POV or YoU’Re TrAnSpHoBiC”, and THEN equating this disagreement with people that ACTUALLY WANT TO HURT AND/OR KILL YOU. I’m happy to let you freely live as you please, I just have no interest in having sex with a trans person.
Awesome. I wish you well and you are smart to go NC. I send you my support, just remember to watch your back with her. Your making the best steps forward.
If you find yourself having these feelings often you should definitely check in with a therapist about it. When something starts off this heavy and is fast tracked to this degree (just three weeks and you're already talking about a “serious relationship”) it has nowhere to go but “down” in terms of you both being so hyper aware and diligent about it. At some point this will have to normalize to some degree or you'll both flame out. The hotter and brighter something burns in the beginning the faster it burns out. So be prepared for this to cool off a bit if you want to last longer.
Listen mate, I was in the same situation you were in back in my 20s.
My Ex wanted me to start making more money because she was used to a certain lifestyle and didn't want to settle. I ended up making more money than her parents were in m mid 20s. She still ended up leaving.
What I'm saying is, once she has it in her mind that you're less than her, you're not gonna recover. Even if you actually do end up matching her economically, you're always gonna be “settling”. You goose was cooked when she started seeing you as an inferior.
First someone using your hairbrush is gross. They could have lice, scabies or who knows what. And if I went to someone's home I would never use their hairbrush. But maybe it's because I used to cut hair for a living and I've seen some shit lol.
The missing condom is sus. If he used it to masturbate he would have said, if he gave it to a friend he would have also said. They don't dissappear.
And BTW folks who say they hate cheating can cheat just like everyone else. I've seen it.
I don't know if he's cheating or not but if he is he will be better at hiding it now.
Here's the problem, and it's going to require therapy or a divorce.
He doesn't see you as a partner. He sees this relationship as transactional. What he wants is someone who is a cook, a maid, and a sex worker. Period. And you have to do the first two to get the third.
In no way is this man your partner or husband (legally only, not in any other way). He is more like an employer.
It's definitely possible and I would pause on the advice telling you to immediately file for divorce.
Your wife violated one of the most important aspects of marriage. You need to decide for yourself if you feel she is capable of rebuilding the marriage.
You will both need joint and individual counseling. You owe it to your kids to at least try for them.
Demand an STD test and get one yourself.
I believe in redemption and the ability for people to change.
The things she said in describing those photos to you were aggressively bizarre. I would never, ever show my potential or actual SO photos and point out who I’d had sex with or who I wanted to have sex with. That she did this is borderline cruel. You’ve been dating for a few years? I simply cannot imagine why she said any of that to you. Trying to make you feel insecure or jealous? Whatever it was, it was decidedly unkind.
If you’ve been dating a long time, you know her. Maybe she was just talking & wasn’t thinking – she was talking to you like you were one of her female friends instead of her bf. Or maybe she was playing “mean girl” games with you.
If it ever happens again, it’s more than fair for you to say “please don’t tell me about sex you had with other guys. I don’t want to hear about it.” She’ll push back with something about you being so insecure or she shouldn’t have to monitor what she says around you, and you’re allowed to hold firm. “I love everything about you, but I don’t want to imagine you with other men. If you think that makes me insecure, fine. I don’t need or want to know anything about your sex life before me.”
This has nothing to do with her being your “first” and everything to do with you being a regular human person.
Yup, you said you don't know anyone who's been inpatient for mastectomy and that “it's day surgery”, I said that cancer patients can be. You then said that's on me for “assuming all mastectomies are cancer surgery” – I never did, I pointed out why some mastectomy patients may have to be admitted post op (and that's not just for complications btw, radical lymph node resection patients usually don't go home immediately post op).
Pretty disrespectful to the relationship IMO.
Am I jerk for being annoyed by this?
Nope. She’s abusing your hospitality.
Bullshit. You’re unwilling to admit that the trans community is moving the goalposts to the point that now, if you won’t fuck a trans person, then that means you’re transphobic. And then take some shit condescending tone about refusing to be educated, when “educated” means “agree with my POV or YoU’Re TrAnSpHoBiC”, and THEN equating this disagreement with people that ACTUALLY WANT TO HURT AND/OR KILL YOU. I’m happy to let you freely live as you please, I just have no interest in having sex with a trans person.
Awesome. I wish you well and you are smart to go NC. I send you my support, just remember to watch your back with her. Your making the best steps forward.
If you find yourself having these feelings often you should definitely check in with a therapist about it. When something starts off this heavy and is fast tracked to this degree (just three weeks and you're already talking about a “serious relationship”) it has nowhere to go but “down” in terms of you both being so hyper aware and diligent about it. At some point this will have to normalize to some degree or you'll both flame out. The hotter and brighter something burns in the beginning the faster it burns out. So be prepared for this to cool off a bit if you want to last longer.
If this isn’t fake, this lady is the worst.
Listen mate, I was in the same situation you were in back in my 20s.
My Ex wanted me to start making more money because she was used to a certain lifestyle and didn't want to settle. I ended up making more money than her parents were in m mid 20s. She still ended up leaving.
What I'm saying is, once she has it in her mind that you're less than her, you're not gonna recover. Even if you actually do end up matching her economically, you're always gonna be “settling”. You goose was cooked when she started seeing you as an inferior.
First someone using your hairbrush is gross. They could have lice, scabies or who knows what. And if I went to someone's home I would never use their hairbrush. But maybe it's because I used to cut hair for a living and I've seen some shit lol.
The missing condom is sus. If he used it to masturbate he would have said, if he gave it to a friend he would have also said. They don't dissappear.
And BTW folks who say they hate cheating can cheat just like everyone else. I've seen it.
I don't know if he's cheating or not but if he is he will be better at hiding it now.
Sounds to me like you're very petty, will be a horrible bridezilla, and will lose most of your friends and family in the coming years.
Here's the problem, and it's going to require therapy or a divorce.
He doesn't see you as a partner. He sees this relationship as transactional. What he wants is someone who is a cook, a maid, and a sex worker. Period. And you have to do the first two to get the third.
In no way is this man your partner or husband (legally only, not in any other way). He is more like an employer.
Press charges!
Yes. She deserves to know her life is a lie. Every human has the right to autonomy over their life.
What should you do? Have some fucking self respect.
Your mother is trying to sabotage your marriage and you're just gobbling up her bullshit.
I think he just did, to many
It's definitely possible and I would pause on the advice telling you to immediately file for divorce.
Your wife violated one of the most important aspects of marriage. You need to decide for yourself if you feel she is capable of rebuilding the marriage.
You will both need joint and individual counseling. You owe it to your kids to at least try for them.
Demand an STD test and get one yourself.
I believe in redemption and the ability for people to change.
The things she said in describing those photos to you were aggressively bizarre. I would never, ever show my potential or actual SO photos and point out who I’d had sex with or who I wanted to have sex with. That she did this is borderline cruel. You’ve been dating for a few years? I simply cannot imagine why she said any of that to you. Trying to make you feel insecure or jealous? Whatever it was, it was decidedly unkind.
If you’ve been dating a long time, you know her. Maybe she was just talking & wasn’t thinking – she was talking to you like you were one of her female friends instead of her bf. Or maybe she was playing “mean girl” games with you.
If it ever happens again, it’s more than fair for you to say “please don’t tell me about sex you had with other guys. I don’t want to hear about it.” She’ll push back with something about you being so insecure or she shouldn’t have to monitor what she says around you, and you’re allowed to hold firm. “I love everything about you, but I don’t want to imagine you with other men. If you think that makes me insecure, fine. I don’t need or want to know anything about your sex life before me.”
This has nothing to do with her being your “first” and everything to do with you being a regular human person.
Yup, you said you don't know anyone who's been inpatient for mastectomy and that “it's day surgery”, I said that cancer patients can be. You then said that's on me for “assuming all mastectomies are cancer surgery” – I never did, I pointed out why some mastectomy patients may have to be admitted post op (and that's not just for complications btw, radical lymph node resection patients usually don't go home immediately post op).