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[quote=Anonymous]Did it occur to the wife that the husband can tell she's awake and therefore thought she was consenting (by lying there and not indicating in any way that she wanted him to stop)?  Look, all relationships are different. Perhaps that's what sex is like between them. He could have been perfectly reasonable thinking she was consenting when, in fact, she was lying there in fear. A tragic case of miscommunication? And then the next day she comes at him with a rape accusation and he responds badly to it because, to him, it came out of nowhere? I'm not saying I know what happened. I'm just saying that this is a complex situation and who knows what each of these folks are actually thinking/feeling. Just like her actions are not indicative of what she was actually thinking. They need a therapist. STAT. Not a police officer. (At least not yet.) She needs to communicate, with the help of a therapist, how she feels about this behavior. A therapist can help her husband understand what she is saying and also help him understand how an abusive past might continue to impact his wife's current thoughts/feelings. And a therapist can help him explain to his wife what he was thinking/feeling and why he was doing what he was doing. This situation, on both sides, is pretty serious and deserves more time and conversation than what they've put into it.

Calling an abuse hotline in what should be done after they've really talked this out AND he pulls it again.[/quote]

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