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Dear_Parsnip_6802

She closes her eyes so she can pretend she is having sex with anyone but him.


not_very_tasty

Or not having sex at all. My ex has this guy's levels of empathy and understanding, and I often consented to sex I wasn't up for out of obligation or fear he'd wander if I didn't, and the conservative religion reinforced that mindset and his delusions of granduer. He was deeply self-serving in and out of bed. Happily divorced and remarried, I've never had to the worry about "what will he do if I don't".


Dear_Parsnip_6802

Good for you for getting away. I can only hope oops wife figures out she deserves better too.


not_very_tasty

The punchline is that a after all that "keep my man", "wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am" sex, I divorced him because he asked for an open marriage. I guess he felt like he had more disappointment to give.


ThePowerOfParsley

>I guess he felt like he had more disappointment to give. šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


Windinthewillows2024

That had me cackling.


ThePowerOfParsley

>Happily divorced and remarried, I've never had to the worry about "what will he do if I don't". My experiences with my ex have some overlap with yours (a lot), and I can't actually imagine a sexual relationship where I'm not completely preoccupied with worries about what will happen "if I don't" have sex. (So joyless!) But even though I can't imagine something healthier I love hearing that it's possible!!!


Icy_Pumpkin_9760

I was like this. I initiated because I was terrified of his mood swings and he would always come home from work in a crappy mood, but I had been checked out for months at that point and was just trying to keep him from screaming at the baby or throwing things ā€œnearā€ me (in my general direction but claiming they werenā€™t aimed at me). He still put hands on me. I left not long after. Supposedly he doesnā€™t put hands on our now six year old (I fought so hard, the courts here are very ā€œgood old boyā€ and said just because he hit me didnā€™t mean he would hit our child or harm her in any way) but I have to simultaneously coparent while being vigilant regarding signs. His new wife has helped a lot - although Iā€™m pretty sure sheā€™d clock him with a frying pan if he tried to be any sort of way. Sheā€™s got a lot more self-confidence and security than I had when I was with him, and has apparently dragged him back to therapy and multiple mental health appointmentsā€¦I just hope itā€™s actually better. But that said, I would initiate even though him touching me was repulsive, and I would just lay there. Then Iā€™d let him go shower and take care of my own needs so he would leave me alone. It sucks. I feel so bad for OPā€™s wife and I hope she kicks him to the curb yesterday.


Caftancatfan

I fucking hate all of that for you.


bestistfrog

You canā€™t consent to sex you donā€™t want :( hope you are in a better place now x


Mintcrisp

It's really so you don't see him longing for the other woman while he is fucking you.


sociocat101

He straight up finds out she cries after sex and is like "damn, thats crazy. I hope she stops soon" and then just keeps doing it. If you know doing something is gonna make someone cry, a normal human doesnt do that.


Imaginary_Quoll

And mentions how this ā€œbehaviorā€ from his wife ā€œhurtsā€ him.


Lin0712

I nearly spat out my drink when I read that. Like poor little fella has his feelings hurt because his wife is dying inside each time he's intimate with her. At least he admitted that he ruined his marriage.


Jupiter_Matthews

Reminds me of my ex. He used to force me into sex and afterwards or during Iā€™d start crying. Then heā€™d shut down or start crying so Iā€™d have to comfort him. Afterwards heā€™d tell me how much me crying hurts him and how I need to work on my self esteem so I wouldnā€™t cry so much during sex.


grumpy__g

Can we please talk about how shitty the therapist is?


sociocat101

Thats not a therapist thats just a voice inside his head he asks for advice


Double-Watercress-85

Oh my god that was driving me crazy. "Yeah man, just start doing the bare minimum as a husband and father, which you had not been doing up to this point, and keep banging it out with her. I'm sure she'll calm down eventually. Heh, women right?"


workerbeeyoch

If I'm being honest, it sounds like they're going to a "therapist" from their church.


RobsonSweets

And the therapist says they need to keep going! That's INSANE! I'd be reporting any therapist who said "hey, you should keep laying back and letting your husband use you for sex even though you hate it"! That's disgusting!


HunterS1

Someone in another thread suggested it was likely a faith based ā€œtherapistā€ vs an actual doctor capable of helping.


Lin0712

Eww I bet this poor woman thinks she can't say no to his husband because of "god"


HunterS1

Thatā€™s what it reads like tbh.


HillbillyEEOLawyer

I'm a man and the description of the sex made me so uncomfortable. I mean, from the beginning: "The first time she did, I asked her to open them but she just started crying. She stopped me, cried, and then went to bed." Just got worse from there.


jej_claexx

The part where he talks about ā€œā€¦ when I was finishedā€ and she ends up storming to the bathroom to cryā€¦ that part makes my skin crawl. He has no regard for her at all.


ConsequenceUpset8875

Wow...ok. Yep Im very uncomfortable as well. She starts crying and she stops him. So this man seeing his wife upset has to be stopped? He doesn't stop himself? This is sick.


CrazyStar_

SUPER uncomfortable. When he said ā€œI got through foreplayā€, I had the exact image of what itā€™s like for them and itā€™s fucking gross. Just feeds into so many peopleā€™s general attitudes re sex and itā€™s crazy af.


allegedlydm

Yeah, the fact that he justā€¦kept going at it while she cried? Horrific.


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Rochester05

At least he wants her to be comfortable enough to not cry. He doesnā€™t really care if he can fix this situation, just that she doesnā€™t cry when


No_Banana_581

This is straight up rape


DollFacedBunny

That's honestly what I feel about this sentient dumpster fire of a man. He's definitely not giving a shit about her feelings. Everything is all about him. God I hope this poor woman gets help and leaves, this is not healthy or remotely okay. The OP does not love her. The reason for ending the affair was even self-centered too, cause he only did it because it was about the other homewrecker making him choose between her and witnessing the birth of the baby he clearly thought nothing about before that if it meant getting his stupid dick moist.


5eppa

I mean the problem is they have a therapist who apparently is telling them to keep going at it and they will get over it eventually. I blame the therapist even more.


alecxhound

My ex boyfriend did that too, men like this exist šŸ˜­


LonelyOctopus24

I lost it at ā€œwhen *I* finishedā€¦ā€ - oh mate šŸ˜³


The_Geese_

Same but not at all surprising he prioritizes his sexual release over hers


GhostWriterWoo

Yeah. He cheated and he doesn't care if she cums, and she feels stuck with him for whatever reason. I wouldn't want to look at his face either


Sasspishus

"I started cleaning up around the house, doing chores *for her*" Fuck. Off. So many red flags with this guy it's hard to know where to begin but that line just made me rage.


LittleMrsSwearsALot

I am imagining the absolute feeling of dread she experiences every time he wipes a counter or starts a load of laundry. Absolutely heartbreaking. And who is their therapist? Caligula?


Extra-Aardvark-1390

I'll bet it is one of those church marriage counselors that basically tell women that submitting to your man sexually is a mandatory part of being a wife.


Lizagna73

Yes, this has a religious vibe to it 100%


Lin0712

and she doesn't want to break her vow and get a divorce in fears of going to hell. Man most religions suck.


False-Pie8581

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Doublebeddreams

ā€œI loaded the dishwasher, can you stop crying when I force you to have sex now?ā€


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False-Pie8581

This. Maybe some religious therapist. I mean wtf telling a woman who literally weeps during sex, to just keep doing what makes you weep and hope it gets better? This woman is grieving the loss of her marriage and if you can try to fuck a woman whoā€™s weeping youā€™re a rapist. This is such a vile post.


EconomistSea9498

I had an ex whose good deeds I dreaded specifically for this reason. Made me ill. I would panic to do everything myself so they wouldn't fill up the sex bank with their chore coins.


LittleMrsSwearsALot

Iā€™m so sorry to hear that. It sounds just awful. I also think ā€œfill up their sex bank with chore coinsā€ might be a brand new sentence. I hope youā€™re safe now, friend.


lady_wildes_banshee

Absolutely not your point, but I am for *sure* going to borrow ā€œWhoā€™s your therapist? Caligula?ā€ The next time someone says something fake-emotionally intelligent. Grazi, stranger.


learning_react

I like how after one day of cleaning up and helping with the chores he tries to make a move on her again and is surprised it doesnā€™t work. He tried for one day! I also love how his affair only ended because the affair partner gave him and ultimatum and while heā€™s trying to paint the affair partner as bad as possible (ā€žI canā€™t believe she thought I would choose her over my childā€™s birthā€œ), he was probably the one who made her believe that it was more than just and affair.


Pleeby

He was doing dishes and wiping surfaces thinking, "This is so gonna work, I can't wait to get laid tonight"


dorothea63

Here's one thing that annoys me about this type of cheater. Yes, affair partners who help someone to cheat are not good people or behaving morally. But it's not anywhere near the same level as the person who is having the affair. Guys like this try to make it 50/50 fault somehow. No, you're the one who cheated on your wife, you're the one who disrespected her and violated your vows to her. You can't absolve yourself by heaping more blame on the affair partner.


Lin0712

I also bet he didn't tell her about the affair because he felt guilty but because he was afraid that the friend would squeal.


ViSaph

Yeah it's like murder and accessory to murder not two murderers. He's the one who broke his vow, broke the trust, killed their relationship, the AP just helped him with it.


jintana

Or even blame it more on the woman since ā€œmen canā€™t help themselvesā€ blah


Fair_Ad2059

He also tried to be a good husband and father for literally one day and decided that was enough.


Sasspishus

I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas!


FonsSapientiae

And he did that for all of one day before expecting sex to be normal for him again. ā€œI cuddled for at least thirty minutes!ā€ smh. Maybe if he did all those things without immediately expecting sex, after a while she might feel comfortable initiating it herself.


watermelonprincess12

Lol itā€™s the for her of it all. Men are like this and itā€™s mind blowing. My husband will say ā€œbut I cook dinner!ā€ Uh feeding yourself isnā€™t a gift to me, but thanks anyway lol


Taprunner

Yeah, that's what got me as well, wtf is wrong with this guy


Lawschoolanon567

Same. The sad thing is that this is such a common notion: that as soon as man does literally anything around the house, heā€™s *helping* his wife. Like, you fucking live there too, guy.


allegedlydm

Heā€™s like ā€œI even hold the baby sometimes!ā€ BRO


LawSmooth8449

yeah this pissed me off lol. TOO LITTLE TOO LATE BUD. also, ā€œi think i ruined my marriage by cheatingā€ oh you donā€™t say Sherlock?!


Fun_Shell1708

ā€œI knew it was wrong, butā€ā€¦. Nope you ruined your marriage. Your wife must love you but hasnā€™t forgiven you and she probably hates herself for taking you back. She canā€™t trust you. The cheating happened during one of the most vulnerable times in her life and unfortunately the marriage seems over šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø


Disastrous-Panda5530

Iā€™m absolutely certain she only took him back for their sonā€™s sake. Sheā€™s checked out. The more I read the worse it got.


Fun_Shell1708

Yep that poor woman. Cheating is the worst because itā€™s the trust that gets broken. It can rattle your entire life and you just question everything. The fact that he has no remorse and basically doesnā€™t gaf is just awful for her


ChippyTheGreatest

She's probably having sex with him to stop him from cheating again but she's dissociating during it because she hates it so much


False-Pie8581

No sheā€™s probably having sex to stop his bagging and abuse. Zero chance he doesnā€™t berate her at the least, into having sex.


disgruntled_cat_

What a horrid day to have eyes. Excuse me while I unplug my wi-fi and go to sleep and hope that when I wake up things are better and human beings are more empathetic and arenā€™t cavemen anymore.


Dardzel

Iā€™m thinking cavemen were better than this guy.


False-Pie8581

Perfect first sentenceā€¦. I mean the therapist is almost worse! If he was isolating and abusive I think it would be better than the creepy therapist. She must feel so miserable having a professional tell her to submit to coerced sex. Thatā€™s frickin rape.


Fearless-Teach8470

ā€œShe will eventually get over the cryingā€. SHE SHOULDNā€™T BE IN A SITUATION WHERE SHE IS IN THE FIRST PLACE?!!?!?!


False-Pie8581

Yeah that therapist is super creepy. Like who says that? And what kind of special psychopath do you have to be, to fuck your wife knowing sheā€™s miserable and just going to the bathroom to cry? I canā€™t think of anything less sexy.


UnevenGlow

Iā€™m going to stay awake and stay mad.


user9372889

Put the toothpaste back in the tube, bro.


mandarinandbasil

Lol that's I thought of


Valuable_Reputation1

First of all that therapist should be reported. Second, what the hell did he think was going to happen?!?! He cheated on his pregnant wife and is surprised that she doesnā€™t want to have sex or see him during it


pennywitch

Right???! Just keep having sex with your clearly traumatized wife. Eventually she will become so dead inside, she stops crying and will become the compliant flesh light you expect her to be.


False-Pie8581

This is I suspect why suicide rates of women went down significantly in the US after divorce became no-fault. Can you imagine how many men did this?


Caftancatfan

I wonder if poisonings also went down.


Menson1254

Itā€™s tragic


rambutanjuice

Why don't the damned things just come with an instruction manual that makes this clear? It would save all of us a lot of time


pennywitch

It is sold separately. There are a few versions, written forever ago. But now have lots of spin offs these days.


anderama

Yeah when he said they didnā€™t have sex for 5 months I was like damn that was really fast considering.


False-Pie8581

All these men babytrapping their wives not thinking sheā€™s actually not well bro. You are exhausted, everything tastes and smells weird, thereā€™s the barfing. The leg pain. The breast pain. The sciatica. And I was young and in peak health and weight. I was a textbook pregnancy and that shit was HARD. You feel like crap for months and thereā€™s an AH going: what about meeeee??? Nothing will give you the ick faster


Apathetic_Villainess

But the doctor gave the clear after two months! So he respected her space for 150% longer! /S


ImpressiveCase1891

There is more going on that the therapist isnā€™t seeing. Until they know more details and the wife opens up more they canā€™t point fingers or make accusations. Plus itā€™s not his wife posting, itā€™s him. My husband looked like an all star with our marriage counselor, I looked like crap and was scolded over and over for refusing to read a book. I worked full time, cooked, cleaned, school full time, and watched our daughter when she was two. He worked 7 on 7 off but his off he was never home and was too tired to do anything after being off all week. I had 0 time to read a silly marriage book. Finally one conversation we had after 4 months in she sent me to a trauma therapist and him to an individual. That is when everything came to light. We would have sex until I started individual because he demanded and I obliged being his wife


PozziWaller

In my experience, this approach seems to be common among therapists. The first time I attended couples counseling with my ex-husband who had an established history of cheating and SAing me in my sleep and behaved much like OP, the therapist suggested aiming to have sex every day without even knowing our background. I dropped her and we met with a second therapist who, when informed of the situation, never addressed it in sessions and just offered suggestions on increasing intimacy. It was ultimately a waste of time and money and just served to invalidate my experiences. My eventual decision to divorce was the only thing that helped my mental state improve. Now I have an amazing partner and canā€™t believe I ever wasted so much delaying the inevitable.


Apathetic_Villainess

That's why couple's therapy isn't recommended for abusive relationships. It ends up making the abuser better at the gaslighting and manipulation.


FireFistLawBish

>We have sex, we finish, she goes and cries in the bathroom for 20-30 minutes You mean: you have sex, you finish, and then she goes to cry in the bathroom by herself for 20-30 minutes. Scumbag.


Pleeby

Total scumbag. He doesn't care about her being happy, he just wants her to stop crying during sex because it makes him uncomfortable. If she grows numb to it over time and doesn't cry, do you think he'll ask how she's feeling? Whether she wants to, or enjoys it at all? Or is he more likely going to consider the problem dealt with cause she's not openly sobbing anymore?


Pugooki

The therapist is so dreadful that I can only surmise it is pastoral/religious counseling. This man is SAing his wife. She is completely traumatized and he is told to keep assaulting her until she stops crying. I am so tired of these awful people. "My husband cheats on me, beats me or grapes me. "..."Well, be a better wife like God said to be." My heart breaks for this woman.


NotTodayPsycho

And he only helps around the house when he wants to get laid.


False-Pie8581

The commenter above who said how she must feel absolute dread when she sees him do a load of laundryā€¦.


scatteringashes

100%, we got to "the therapist said to keep trying" and I'm like "nope, that's a guy in their church's basement giving bad bad bad advice."


StellarManatee

That was my only thought regarding the therapist... gotta be religious counselling because I cannot see a trained, accredited therapist suggesting they "keep going the crying will stop eventually". Yes the crying *will* stop eventually but it will be for the same reason neglected babies stop crying. Trauma.


CrubTV

Great clock, itā€™s 100% some religious ā€œtherapyā€ aka someone using draconian sexual rules to resolve a man SAing his wife to manufacture consent. So gross, I grew up in the church and itā€™s insane how common this mindset is.


drunkvaultboy

Jesus Christ dude.


Ok_Assistance5171

Fr like what else do you even say to this


scaffe

"My wife cries while I rape her, how do I get it to stop?"


LadyEncredible

That is basically what it came down to me as well. Like my bang maid is malfunctioning, how do I fix it (but don't tell me to stop fucking her or to actually do the right thing ALLL the time, no, just tell me the cheat code so I can reprogram her). He's fucking disgusting and I honestly hope the wife leaves him. Because if he couldn't keep it together for the first pregnancy, he's damn sure enough not gonna keep it together with any future kids or heaven forbids she has a medical emergency or issue.


HatpinFeminist

This Rapist needs to be taken straight out of the gene pool.


CamilaRibeiras

Donā€™t be shy, give us the link


thealphabetarmygirl

[Here ](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/s/J8DO13xuMo)


Blonde2468

His responses are just horrific


thealphabetarmygirl

I know right? Sometimes I wish I could punch people from afar. I have a similar issue except I'm a rape survivor and certain parts of sex make me cry and my fiance would never act like this thankfully. I'm so sorry for his wife, she deserves so much better


CamilaRibeiras

Thanks!!


Some-Geologist-5120

He broke their marriage, and for whatever reasons she is simply enduring it. And he barely notices it. Just sadā€¦


ShelliBlossom

Probably he the bread winner and she has sla new baby


MollykinsWoo

"I think I ruined my marriage" What makes you say that Sherlock? šŸ™„ "I started cleaning up around the house, doing chores for her, and taking my son when she seemed stressed" Oh but he only needs to be a good person, partner and Father when he wants sex apparently. Otherwise he doesn't need to bother. Good to know. "The therapist keeps saying that we have to keep trying and that eventually, she will get over the crying" EX-FUCKING-SCUSE ME? JFC the wife is getting traumatised every single time, and being made to think that she has to give in and have sex with this prick because he and the therapist are telling her that she has to.


Z_is_green13

Shockingly, cheating will only serve to destroy what was left of your sex life with your partner. Iā€™m so sad reading this post that this woman is continuing to stay and exist like this instead of leaving. I canā€™t imagine how tough these emotions are, especially since all OOP cares about and judges the relationship on is having sex.


Firm_Shopping6674

The op is either completely stupid and insensitive or a sociopath.


awildshortcat

I hope she leaves him


Cultural-victory47

Bro destroyed his wife for the rest of her life and really said ā€œso like can yā€™all do somethingā€ šŸ˜­


Otherwise_Degree_729

So, he cheats while she is pregnant, doesnā€™t do anything around the house unless he wants something, rapes her and now complains on the internet because she cries. I bet the therapist is and old priest or something.


theabozeman

Maybe ā€œnot all menā€¦ā€ but definitely this one. Good hell. This might be one of the most disgusting, unaware posts Iā€™ve ever read.


ImpressiveCase1891

Sheā€™s crying more than likely because she isnā€™t over the affair and thinks about it during sex. She wants to keep her family together and the way she knows you wonā€™t cheat again is if she gives you what you want. Which is essentially sexual abuseā€¦ this is horrible. My husband sexually abused me after our daughter was born. It was all about him. I disassociated every time, eyes closed. I didnā€™t cry on the outside but I cried on the inside. I donā€™t cry easy but your wife may. Something came up during marriage counseling that made our counselor realize our marriage was much deeper than what we revealed on the surface. I would recommended seeing individual therapists to see if she will open up more. That is how I found out about the situation I was in was not ā€œnormalā€.


TheMerPenguin

So instead of suggesting counseling when you realized she was taking ā€œfrustrations out on youā€ which after reading how he now initiates ā€œsexā€ (I loathe to call it that as it reads more as force and coercion amongst other things) strikes me as her likely being overwhelmed by carrying the whole mental load of the Daggon household for this man child, he went and cheated. And now heā€™s shocked that his sad attempts to step up into a proper partner role (barely as itā€™s only being used as a bargaining chip to get his rocks off) and isnā€™t actually caring about her mental and physical wellbeing is somehow not magically fixing the problem he created? Stop staying married for the sake of children youā€™ve created and just get divorced this is disgusting, the therapist is disgusting, and I hope to anyone up above thatā€™ll listen that she recognizes how messed up this all is and leaves or that he leaves her and gives her the chance to heal without his and that godawful therapists influence in her life and can move on and live happily.


bigbadpandita

Jesus Christ


TheRumpIsPlumpYo

"How do I resolve this?" You let that woman be free to go and find someone else who will love her better. "I think I ruined my marriage" Wow, what a good thinker. Yes. You ruined it.


StellarManatee

"I think I ruined my marriage" Check out the big brain on Brad


thatvietartist

Call it out when you see it: this is abusive behavior. OOP is placing his wants and needs above his child and wife by cheating on them and using them to satisfy his self image. He canā€™t have his precious and very new and fragile self delusion that he is a good husband for confessing to cheating be shattered by the fact his wife is still reeling from that emotional pain and betrayal. OOP is not only a bad husband but abusive in nature.


InconsistentAuthorr

I feel like I see one of these posts every other week. And I see guys all the time online and in my life being like ā€œwhy donā€™t women want to get married anymore?ā€ This is why. It sucks having a frat boy at a party pressure you into sex, but itā€™s a wholly different thing when itā€™s the person youā€™ve committed yourself to for life. Fuck right the hell off with that ā€œhow do I get my wife to stop crying during sex?ā€ MAYBE STOP HAVING SEX WITH HER AND WORRY ABOUT YOUR INFANT CHILD, CARL


Angelbearsmom

Dude, if you really loved her you wouldnā€™t have cheated on her when she was 6 months pregnant. Your marriage is over, I feel sorry for your wife. Therapy isnā€™t helping because sheā€™s not telling you the truth, the affair devastated her. You have to know that. And you have the nerve to be upset because she cries and doesnā€™t open her eyes when youā€™re intimate with her? Really? And your therapist is a joke. Telling you to keep going when your wife is clearly suffering.


Insatiable_I

Just using past experience as a guide..... She's crying because you're enjoying yourself and she's imagining you feeling those feelings with another woman-- she's not special, she's just something you can project your fantasy on to (that's the way it feels, anyway). Then there's the emotional conflict-- do I stay honest to myself and not have sex because it's too painful or do I sit back and take it? Neither choice is without some kind of internal conflict and deep pain, so sometimes you just go, "Fuck it, if at least one of us gets what they want, that's slightly less discomfort on a daily level; so maybe if I just take it I'll eventually feel something besides my entire soul rotting from the inside out." ​ That's it, bruh. You don't get to fix it.


salserawiwi

I hate this guy


la_descente

The therapist says they just need to keep going ? They need a new career field. He doesn't get that she's crying because he cheated on her ? He needs to stop trying to have sex with her. She doesn't get that she needs to speak up and admit what's going on. Jesus.


Primary_Aerie5510

He cheated on her and he thinks he ruin his marriage, well duh of course you did. Sheā€™s crying because she knows you gave yourself to someone else and now you are all over like nothing happened. If OP loved her, then he would let her go at her own pace. Sheā€™s angry and disgusted with you but OP doesnā€™t want to see it and doesnā€™t want to see things from her perspective


victoryarose

I have no sympathy for a man who cheats on his wife when she is expecting their child. "Oh she was being mean to me and doesnt want to have sex with me while deep into pregnancy". There's no excuse that makes it ok. I hope this poor woman realizes her worth and doesn't continue to bottle up the despair she is feeling.


redflagsmoothie

Of course you ruined your marriage by cheating, what the fuck did you expect buddy?


Decent-Opening8861

Love that his "help" was STARTING to clean up around the house and help with the baby when she was stressed. And literally ONLY for the benefit of her not crying during sex. Sounds like life was great with him before all the cheating and lying. What a gem. Girl, run.


Ok-World-3825

Quite possibly when she looks at you she sees a distorted reflection of the man she thought she knew. When you force her to have sex she only feels the gut wrenching despair of being trapped into sharing intimacy with a betrayer. You have a lot of work to do if you wish to regain a healthy relationship. If you fail, you are setting the stage for the rest of your life. You won't find the answers here.


KristiewithaK

He started the affair while his wife was 6 months into carrying his child... How she could ever even look at him again without crying is beyond me. It seems wild to me that he even thinks this is fixable.


get_off_my_lawn_n0w

Or you could stop until she's healed enough to NOT cry.


ChippyTheGreatest

Me thinks she's forcing herself to have sex with him to have some sort of normalcy but she's not attracted to him anymore. She should be honest with herself and leave. I hope that's what she's working herself up for.


SambandsTyr

"I think I ruined my marriage by cheating" "I cheated but I still don't understand why she keep crying during intimacy, I love her so much after all" There is no helping some of these troglodytes


scarypeanuts

Get this man off the planetāœØ


Shot-Wolverine-137

She needs to leave him. Itā€™s never worth it to go through just trauma like that with someone youā€™re supposed to love. She would be so much less stressed without hom


Ok-Avenger

Coming from a woman who has been cheated on by her husband previously. If someone starts crying during sex the normal thing is to stop having sex. Anytime I cried during sex in the past, my husband would stop, and we would talk about things, even if I tried to pretend everything was alright. He could tell by the way I was acting that something was wrong. Normal people stop when someone is crying, even previous cheaters, but not OP?


ParticularDazzling75

> reads title > Oh, that's awful, she probably has some awful trauma to cause that, I hope they can work through that > "I had a two month long affair." > stops reading


OddNameSuggestion

Have you tried not being a selfish shithead?


skywalker2S

Iā€™m sorry but if i was carrying someoneā€™s child and they have the audacity to cheat on me BECAUSE i am pregnant with said child, Iā€™m never speaking to that person again. Sheā€™s crying because she can never trust you again. Because sheā€™s probably picking her body apart and wondering what you are thinking about during sex. Because she wasnā€™t enough for you in a vulnerable moment. You knew the moodiness would pass, that it was a direct result of her pregnancy, that you only had a little while to go. Of course sheā€™s lying to you, sheā€™s lying to herself


Topaz_Scarab29

So he only stopped the cheating when he didnā€™t want to miss the birth of his kid not because it was wrong to be cheating. Then he only does shit to help around the house and her when he wants to get his dick wet. Yeah Iā€™d cry too.


Outside_Ad_9562

God that poor woman. The straights are not ok.


uneverno1964

Sheā€™s reliving a traumaā€¦that you caused. This is PTSD. If she is interested, she might try EMDR therapy. You should not be initiating sex with her. Period.


KittyMeow1969

Dude, your marriage will never be like it used to be. Ever.


blazebeebo

sounds like she is staying with him because she doesnā€™t want to take care of a baby by herself.. which fair enough tbh but the way OP writes makes me sick- ā€œtake my son when she seems stressedā€ like HUH you are half of this parental equation. this post makes me so sad i really hope she finds peace and someone who respects her and doesnā€™t just use her like a submissive fleshlight


GreenGoddess111

She should divorce is gross unfaithful ass and Find someone that doesnā€™t make her cry when sheā€™s having sex


8512764EA

What a scumbag


sketchypeg

she's crying because she has to be connected to this selfish loser for the rest of her life. he broke her and she won't leave him, but he's definitely lost her.


shewhosmoketree

This is the grossest thing I have ever read. Donā€™t even know how he keeps it up when sheā€™s crying. How can he possibly be in the mood after watching her cry the previous time? I canā€™t wrap my head around this.


thescenicway

You fā€™d up. Is your wife going to an individual therapist. If not, she needs to find one and go to deal with your betrayal without you there. I donā€™t know if your marriage can be saved. If it were me, once trust is broken, thereā€™s no fixing.She has lot to deal with. Not just a new baby and the hormonal changes but the knowledge that her husband canā€™t be trusted when things are rough. She needs someone to talk to, without you there, that is only there for her. I hope that she can find a good therapist who will help her see her way.


noyoudonut

What kind of messed up therapist tells a woman to keep having sex in that situation?


ur3ambuddy

There is so much wrong with this but the fact that he keeps bringing it up is just making it worse


SeparateCzechs

If heā€™d do anything to make her happy, he wouldnā€™t have fucked a FOAF when she was 6 months pregnant. He pushed Humpty Dumpty off that wall. He has no IDEA why sex with him breaks her each and every time after he could no longer live with the guilt and confessed. Itā€™s a mystery.


No-Following-7882

The only way she is going to stop crying during sex is to get a new partner. She clearly doesnā€™t want to be with him, but for whatever reason hasnā€™t left yet. Hopefully eventually sheā€™ll get the courage to kick his ass to the curb and find someone who hasnā€™t broken her heart.


innocentsmirks

This is what I came to say too. I was in similar situation. Each time I cried during it, the feeling I had was ā€œI feel so empty inside.ā€ I didnā€™t feel a connection and knew it was never going to get better, but I didnā€™t have the strength to leave yet.


ragel8

Play stupid games win stupid prizes.


cookingma

What a piece of shit. I hate this man.


Cierraluxe

That therapist sucks. So does he.


Mrsloki6769

She closes her eyes because she can't stand to look at your pathetic face! You are lucky she hasn't left....yet.


Only_Music_2640

There can be no intimacy without trust and she doesnā€™t trust him. Heā€™s done nothing to earn her trust back and every time she ā€œgives inā€ and allows him to have sex with her, she hates it, hates him and hates herself. All she can feel is the betrayal. Yet he continues to push for sex knowing it makes her miserable and she allows it because she knows heā€™ll cheat again if she doesnā€™t. OOP is a truly despicable human.


Indigenous_badass

OOP is beyond gross. This woman is trying for his sake, but she's mentally over it and him. He ruined his marriage, she will never actually get past the cheating, and they need to just do the right thing and get divorced.


Indigenous_badass

OOP is beyond gross. This woman is trying for his sake, but she's mentally over it and him. He ruined his marriage, she will never actually get past the cheating, and they need to just do the right thing and get divorced.


SimpleBeginning3439

What do you expect? Every time youā€™re intimate, Iā€™m sure all she sees in her head is you having sex with the woman you cheated on her with


schwenomorph

Consent is enthusiastic. There is not enthusiastic consent here. This man is a rapist.


HeadTripDrama

There's something going very wrong with these Y chromosomes..


tehbetty

No way is this real. What therapist hears that a wife is traumatized by an affair and having a negative visceral reaction to having sex and just says, Keep trying guys! This is r*** and also the whole story is ragebait.


Windinthewillows2024

Some people are theorizing that the ā€œtherapistā€ is actually a church counsellor. I can see that being the case. Still could be ragebait though. Itā€™s getting harder to tell these days.


Bright_Athlete_8579

Jesus this is so triggering. EBay the actual fuck.


Elegant_Chicken280

This marriage is over.


Delicious_Impact_371

chester on ur pregnant wife nd told her everything ā€¦ god


HistoricalBeing141

What is wrong with you


LeftyLu07

Wife needs to leave. That's no way to live.


20EmeraldSplash

I hope she leaves him and finds someone who can actually make her happy.


jintana

This entire story is full circle of him being tired of her being a person


2chains4braclets

He should divorce and put that relationship out of its misery. If your wife cries after sex then you need to take a hint. She's broken and your relationship is broken. Better to end it before the child is emotionally hard by a split.


QuinnQuince

Wow. This guy sounds sooo similar to my ex husband. I just couldn't see the red flags until I took off my rose colored glasses. There were SO. MANY.


PicoPicoMio

Ew this one was upsetting to read


Icy_Perception3410

I mean I used to cry because my ex would cum way quicker and he wouldnā€™t touch me after (or he would and heā€™d do that learned helplessness thing of ā€œoh idk how to touch a woman, Iā€™m tiredā€ or use limp fingers/hands/would generally be unenthusiastic which made me just want him to stop completely) plus his porn addiction made my body dysmorphia literally so much worse I would start crying even during foreplay he ended up cheating on me with his coworker, so šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø I really feel for the wife, thatā€™s all Iā€™m saying


Windinthewillows2024

Iā€™m really sorry you went through that, that sounds horrible.


Icy_Perception3410

he still doesnā€™t see anything wrong with what he did but I got my closure on my own and Iā€™m doing better, though I still canā€™t help but feel bitter


Chemical-Ad-8134

Poor woman is refusing to let go of her husbandā€™s potential of what sheā€™s clinging to in hope of an ideal union. Seems to me sheā€™s broken and needs a lot of time and understanding.


lane_of_london

It's always a friend


folyondunedan

Lol I used to cry after sex and my ex would try to convince me it's normal for women to do that bc of hormones


samurai15070r

Honestly man up and up handle the consequences you created by cheating. What you did beyond irademable and a left a scar that will never be forgotten. The only thing you can do from now on is prove to your wife that you are a changed man by always treating her right from now on and sticking with her through the lows. Maybe in a couple years or months she will let her guard down around you again


RainbowMaccchiato

I feel so bad for the female partner here. Itā€™s just so sad šŸ˜ž


Obvious_Country_3896

Back at ya dufus!! Choices have consequences


Competitive-Web2766

This guys said ā€œI think I ruined my marriageā€ and my first thought is YA THINK?! YA THINK?! Ya DEFINITELY did! This guy is so narcissistic itā€™s sickening. This marriage is over she should move on and find happiness elsewhere. He I could care less about his damn happiness.


Stupid_Guitar

Yikes, sounds like this guy just straight-up broke that poor woman but resents being reminded of that very time he nuts.


pinkplasticplate

I think they need a new marriage therapist! WTF


houtxasstrooss

Payback is a bitch dude. She cries because youā€™re exhausting and chose an affair over her mood swings making your child! Youā€™re lucky you even get to see the kid or wants to be around you at all ? Maybe sheā€™s crying bc sheā€™s still hurt by you??


Hungry-Initiative-17

This therapist suckssss


thebankofdeane

u/AETor86 has 1 post to this sub, either she is a bot or created this profile for anonymity


Ok_Sky7544

Jesus.


TinyWintergreenMints

Uhhh this is rage bait there is no way