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He's hooked on porn... My husband has a problem with porn. We have been married for 12 years and together for 15. At first he would just be on the computer alot looking at it. We have had a computer for around 6 years now and he has gone overboard. We just bought a house and my husband hated his job. After he buys us our beautiful home he forced the company to fire him. This job paid a wonderful wage and was letting us live a nice life. I have just recently found out that my husband asked a 22 year girl to make a porn movie with him and sell it on the internet. Thank God I found out before it happened. I don't know if this was the first or if there has been more. He says this is the first time. I made him make a decision: porn or myself. At that time he chose me. He said he would stop watching it. Two weeks have gone by and he told me now that he is going to continue to look at porn and for me not to threaten him with leaving him over it. It is now Nov. and he still is not working or looking. Money problems now are starting to creep up now. I just don't make enough on my job to cover our bills. He has pulled $9,000.00 in cash withdrawals off MY credit card. Also has maxed his. $10,000.00. He also received $23,000.00 in his 401K. It is gone to. When I ask where he spent it he tells me bills, however we are behind and I just can't believe him. I don't trust him anymore. This is a all day everyday thing, (Movies). He is a flirt anyway and tells me he loves women. This is my second marriage and I was very much in love him. Now I don't know any more. He has chosen porn over me. I feel like I have been replaced. How do I know if he is making these movies or not and selling them. The worst is he is in the movie too. I just want to run and not look back BUT again I loved him so much. I'm so insecure now and don't really know what to do. Thought he was my soulmate until the end. Now I just don't know. So sad. Please help He is not currently acting like a soulmate. Period. You say you
"loved" him so much. That was in the past. You gave him
an ultimatum and he chose you, then went back to porn. It is your
move. If you do not honor your word, and do not respect yourself,
you cannot expect anyone else to respect you either. That is a point
well understood by him. The only hope you have to get any kind of
different response from him is to move out and move on with your
life as if the marriage is over. There is no guarantee that he will
respond, however. You are essentially dealing with someone who is
deeply lost in addiction and like all addicts, they tend to ruin
their own lives and those of all others who care about them. That
means you. He may have chosen porn over you. But now you need to
look at what you are choosing -- AND WHY YOU ARE CHOOSING IT. One
choice is to face the fear of insecurity, uncertainty and being
alone in order to move on with your life --- and the other choice
is to try to maintain some level of being comfortable in a situation
that is extremely painful and is only getting worse, staying there
because of feelings you once had for him when he acted very differently
combined with your fears of becoming single again. The first choice
is to choose YOU, no matter what the risk and no matter what fears
come up. The second choice is to choose BEING A VICTIM and staying
in a situation which clearly is not working and shows zero signs
of working and instead shows more and more signs that it is only
getting worse and worse. So the choice is yours now. Do you choose
to honor your fears or yourself? The choice is yours. I'm interested
to know what you will choose. If you get clear, let me know....
Also, if you get clear, you may need to honor yourself by choosing
to get some good support in making your move. Line up a good counselor
or coach who can support your choice for freedom and happiness,
who can assist you to move through the fears and other emotions
that hold you back. If he has spent untold amounts of money on whatever,
you certainly can afford to spend a tiny fraction of that getting
counseling to move forward in your life. That I would do immediately,
no matter which way you are prepared to go right now in the personal
choice department. Best of Luck!
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