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Anonymous wrote:Guy here. I think it's fine to discuss and ask. It's even fine to revisit it down the road if some time has passed andante is reason to believe a philosophy has changed. You need to be firm with him. His temper tantrums have possibly had success in the past, so he goes back to the well. Be firm. "that's not exciting for me. It's a turnoff. I'm sorry but that one is going to havebto stay in your head. That's a boundary I won't cross. Please don't ask again." if he pouts, let him. Then when he paws you later, telling him you were innthe mood but his pouting turned you off. He'll learn quick.
Thank you for this advice, but this tactic does not work. When I say very clearly what my boundaries are, he does pout. His pouting includes telling me that I am too restrictive, that I don’t do anything he asks for, that he wants to have a happy life and that I am making him miserable. He keeps at it until I give in. He wakes me up at night, he calls me at work, he is nice, then angry, then accusatory and mean. He tells me he’ll have to look for what he needs outside of the marriage. He tells me everyone has kinks and that I should just give him his. He freezes me out. He does not stop. I’m writing this now, at 3:00 a.m., because I can’t sleep from my stomach churning and my mind racing about what we’re about to do this weekend, but I know if I tell him how I feel, he’ll say I ruin everything. I know this sounds crazy and pathetic, but we can’t divorce now. Our kids have been through a lot of moves and we are finally in a home they can settle into and have the kind of life they deserve. DH has already told me that we would have to sell the house if we divorce (I could not stay here) and that he would move far away so the kids would have to travel between us. I can’t do that to them. I’m in this for at least 7 more years. It’s a typical situation where he makes more money and I can’t afford our house or lifestyle by myself, even with child support. I have family who would help me, but I would have to tell them what’s been going on and...it’s a lot to explain to people who have seen me covering for him (when he can’t be around for family time, when he’s rude to people, etc) for so long. I’ve been telling them everything is fine.
I guess I was posting here for validation and I got it. He makes me feel crazy sometimes, like I’m ridiculous for not wanting these things and that I’m a terrible person for not giving him what he wants. I know what this relationship is—coercive, emotionally abusive, etc. I’ve been to counseling (alone) and read the books. I just don’t feel like I can get out of it without seriously hurting my kids. This is just venting.
Your H watches too much porn. My W and I are as as kinky as it gets and up for most anything either suggests. We are very open about discussing our deepest fantasies and at least trying to make them happen. I will do anything she asks, and she is the same where it involves us. Just us. I'm not willing to add other people to the mix. I'm sure not turned on by her with another guy and she would go crazy to think of me even kissing another woman. But we know people who are into it and I'm happy for them. Although one must always wonder if they are both equally into it. I've also known women who want along with it because, in their mind, the relationship was already over and indulging the guy's fantasy of getting with another guy was just as good a transition point to leaving as any.
Your H, on the other hand, is an abusive asshole. He expects you to be his fetish dispenser, playing out the porn clip in his head for his own enjoyment while not caring how you feel. And this has a good chance of backfiring on him if you do because the reality of his feelings may be the exact opposite of his fantasy. Then he will look down on you for letting him push you onto it. Especially if you do actually enjoy another man even a bit more than you were supposed to, or especially more than him.
If you are not up for this, if you never asked him for it, if this isn't a shared fantasy you have both discussed at length, like the past year, and the thought of it turns you while at the same time you know your marriage is safe no matter what happens, DON'T DO IT. There is a big difference between indulging a partner's kink that you may not be totally into, but at best it doesn't bother you so you go along to make him happy, and this.
"He tells me everyone has kinks and that I should just give him his." There is an expression in the kink community that goes,
your kink is not my kink and that's OK. It's one of the dumbest things I've heard because, a lot of people's kinks are NOT OK and some of them are really F'd up. And some, like your AH H's kink is a real threat to you. No one is under any obligation to just "give into" their partner's kink.
Do you want to put an end to this? Tell him, you will go along but it has to be on your terms only. Tell him, you should naturally be the one in control in this situation and he needs to simply obey. Then tell him, you've decided to look for a man, on your own to have sex with and you will then come him and tell him every sordid detail while he lives his fantasy. But he can't be there. Tell him you need to build the sexual tension and it isn't far to the new guy if you've had sex with H recently, so he will have to accept that their will be no sex until you find the man to replace him in the bedroom, just as he fantasizes about. Then, if you choose and your new lover is OK with it, maybe you will let him listen in from behind closed doors sometime. Or maybe not. Tell him that is your version of his fantasy, only slightly changed, see what he says. And remind him, that pass is not available to him for that is not part of your fantasy. If he wants to be a true cuckold, then then he needs to obey you. Let him know, that you are released from any marital commitments you made regarding sex with other men, but he is not. You will have sex with whomever you choose, whenever you like, and it's not for him to ask about. Perhaps you will indulge him when in his fantasy after the fact, or not.
See if he is willing to go along with that and get back to us. Of course, you don't actually have to do anything once he agrees. But you don't have to tell him what you do, or don't do either.