Please I need hel tonight...

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stranger_in_this_land

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My wife is angry with me since she found that I looked up a coworker/boss/friend of hers on facebook. I admitted that I looked up her since my wife showed me her pictures of this friend in swimsuits. I didn't mean to make it personal but I was trying to keep a promise of not going to other websites...my history is that I have been married to my wife for 17yrs. Im 39 now. We met as teenagers. In the first year of marriage my wife had an affair with a coworker of ours. But she denied and lied about it for 10 yrs. She then within two weeks started to complain that I wasn't telling her things like I guess words of affirmation...then said she didn't know how long she could except it. All I said at the time was she needed to do whatever she thought to help me get through the hurt and pain. through the years I have not felt loved by her...she always seemed to put things above me. We have never had a real good sexual relationship. She hardly ever initiated any intimacy giving all sorts of excuses. She even struck me once when I attempted to initiate with some persistency...not with force.... not like that. I have talked to her about not feeling loved. I told her she needs to initiate to help to help me fight the temptation of fulfilling that need with self gratification...really I hated it cuz I knew I was sinning and was violating my body. throughout the years she would see the history on computer and get mad. I would try to talk to her that it wasn't that I wanted anybody else I felt unloved...lonely. so like I said I tried to keep my promise and looked at the Facebook pics instead...which I realize was wrong but I thought it wasn't as bad. she has been "angry" at me and been really distant and to make matters worse is that she has developed some unacceptable relationship with a cousin of hers. She just met him and his family at his dads funeral last august. I have been doing everything I can to make me a better husband and trying to be patient. she has stayed over the weekends at his family's house several times. I have never met him I didn't go to funeral...he's my father in laws brothers son.(cousin). The reason I type this is because I just recently seen the call history from her cell. Since late august /early September she has texted and talked all day long with him to the average of approx. 2-3 hrs. talking throughout each day and up to 30-40 texts every day. per billing cycle. I told her that's not normal and asked if its physical at all. She denies it...saying "Its my cousin." like I said though they just met last summer. I told her that was excessive and abnormal. and it hut because she's been vindictive and mean for 4 months now. I texted him to back off in as nice a way I knew how. stated I don't think his wife would appreciate it if she knew how much they talked. he hasn't backed off should I talk to his wife to see what she thinks...he texted back in what I took like a matter of fact way she knew they talked.... but I don't think to what extent. Its all day morning to night. Its really bothering me how much she talking to him. should I ask his wife if she knows and if she's ok? so maybe if she does and is ok then I don't have to be suspicious. There's more to it but I'm disturbed and am not thinking this out all together but somewhat fragmented.
 

damombomb

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I would pray about this and trust the Lord to handle it. He can do wonders
 
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brokenclay

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Dear brother, I think you better go and confront that man. Let him know you love your wife. If you can talk with that mans wife; tell her what you see is happening. I had to make a stand many years ago. After joining Alcoholics Anonymous, it wasn't long before a man called to go for coffee with my wife. Why didn't a woman call her? I was deeply hurt at her willingness to lie to me. I told her I would harm that man. She dropped the nonsense right away. If your wife has already been given that much privelege then things have gotten out of hand. Your wife has lost respect for you. Spouses who are unhappy will abuse their rights. There is no love for that man. Just lust. You needed marriage counselling when she first cheated on you. Don't hurt anyone. God bless you with His peace and courage and may he give you the victory over this broken relationship. _regards, Larry.
 
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brokenclay

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Brother: I reccommend going to this website. So you are better equipped to repair your marriage. Sincerely, Larry.
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presidente

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About the facebook pics, it's not 'porn' but I guess man could use any picture of a woman as porn, even a picture of a woman's face if he lusts in his heart. It may be more hurtful to her since it's someone she knows in real life.

About the cousin, pray about it first, but I don't think it would be wrong to confront him face to face and say you know the two of them are cousins, but you know your wife better than he does, and this isn't healthy for her. You can also talk to his wife if they persist. If you do it and your wife finds out, stick to your guns about it that it is was something that needed to be done. She may hate it on the one hand, and on the other hand appreciate you care enough to guard the relationship that way. If you talk to him, you can go right home and tell her about it, too, boldly. You can also 'put your foot down' on her texting this man, and tell her you don't want her talking to him unless you are in the room. People used to marry cousins, you know, even in the BIble. They are still the person of choice for marriage in some cultures.

About initiating, if you have a higher sex drive than she does, then you may 'mask' any desire that she has. Just tell yourself it's the role of the man to initiate, accept her not initiating. It's possible she may still want you to initiate even if she has some desire. Be careful with being extremely aggressive, of course, like that one time you mentioned. Still, if she hit you, that's wrong. That should never be in the relationship. It's something you could keep out there as a problem in the relationship until she repents and apologizes.

Confess and ask the Lord for forgiveness for any sins about Facebook or anything else.
 

Angela53510

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Please use paragraphs when posting. I couldn't really get through all the lines so close together.

Praying God will help you restore and renew your marriage, including forgiving your wife.
 
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Please use paragraphs when posting. I couldn't really get through all the lines so close together.

Praying God will help you restore and renew your marriage, including forgiving your wife.
Forgive his wife? What? Did you even read what he said?
 

TheAristocat

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I told her that's not normal and asked if its physical at all. She denies it...saying "Its my cousin." like I said though they just met last summer.
After committing adultery? Her argument is invalid. Sexual perversion is sexual perversion. There are many forms of it. And I would say she is a danger to her own spiritual well-being. But fight the good fight, my brother. Know that you won't want to sin against God or yourself in the same way she has, because that is foolish in every way. If she wants to destroy her life that is up to her. But don't destroy your own. Let God make something good out of this. Let him lift you up and give you victory over sin and shower on you his honor and grace.

I had a past relationship where I confronted her about being too close to a relative of mine, and I had few of the red flags you had. But it was enough to know there was more than friendship there, especially since my relative wanted her. But she would always deny it with, "That's crazy." When she was spending more time with him than with me I realized he not only liked her but she liked him. When my relationship with her ended they got together even though it was "crazy." lol So, yes, it was crazy, but she still did it. And it would be crazy for your wife to be with her cousin, but that doesn't matter when people are willing to do crazy things. I'm sure you're not going to convince her of anything though. And hopefully this is an infatuation her cousin will not give in to. But she seems committed on going down the wrong path.
 
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brokenclay

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Forgive his wife? What? Did you even read what he said?
Brother. God gives you and I tools to defeat the works of darkness. Do not return evil for evil. Return Love. Heap coals of fire upon your enemy. This will help heal you, and let God deal with that person. Remember. She married him for love. Maybe he rushed into the marriage and neither were mature in Christ. Looks to me like a classic case of neither seeking God, before marriage. So you forgive your sister in Christ. Pray for God to be a shield for her. I had to repent as well. If I reply too quickly.
In Christ. Larry.
 

Angela53510

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Forgive his wife? What? Did you even read what he said?

I think I made myself clear that I could not read the post because it was so HARD to read! I did read his wife cheated on him. I did not give any suggestions as to the marriage, because I did not know the circumstances, as it was too hard to read.

However, when someone does something bad to you, God requires us to forgive them. Not stay with her, or continue the marriage, but forgive those who trespass against us.

If he leaves and does not forgive any number of things could happen, including bitterness, depression and anger. If they resolve their issues, he also needs to forgive or the marriage will continue to struggle.

I do pray they can resolve their marriage issues, but no matter what happens, as a Christian, God expects us to forgive those who have hurt and betrayed us. That is the Bible!

"and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors." Matt 6:12 ESV

"and forgive us our sins, just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us." Matt 6:12 LB
 
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I think I made myself clear that I could not read the post because it was so HARD to read! I did read his wife cheated on him. I did not give any suggestions as to the marriage, because I did not know the circumstances, as it was too hard to read.

However, when someone does something bad to you, God requires us to forgive them. Not stay with her, or continue the marriage, but forgive those who trespass against us.

If he leaves and does not forgive any number of things could happen, including bitterness, depression and anger. If they resolve their issues, he also needs to forgive or the marriage will continue to struggle.

I do pray they can resolve their marriage issues, but no matter what happens, as a Christian, God expects us to forgive those who have hurt and betrayed us. That is the Bible!

"and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors." Matt 6:12 ESV

"and forgive us our sins, just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us." Matt 6:12 LB
I have no problem with forgiving, it is a KEY thing.. but interesting advice compared to women who are complaining about men on this forum and seeing your responses.
 
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Any relationship relies on trust, and forgive me when I say this but that doesn't appear to have been strong for a long time. If the two of you can't find a reason to trust each other maybe you should try being honest with yourselves over where you are, maybe a trial separation and see how things feel after. Either way, I wish you the best.
 

Lucy68

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So sorry you're hurting....it sounds like you've sincerely talked to your wife about wanting to feel loved by her but she has ignored that.

You are right; that many texts are abnormal and you have every reason to be suspicious. I don't really see the point in going to the cousin...it's your wife's behavior that is the main issue. A wife should be faithful to her husband...that faithfulness, or lack of, is the problem.

We can't make someone love us, or follow God's commandments about marriage; we can only go to them and tell them honestly how we feel the relationship is lacking something and try to get them to talk about it. Hopefully they will also have the desire to improve the marriage. If they don't, then I think letting them go, if that's what they want, is the only thing you can do. But you don't have to put up with, and shouldn't, unfaithfulness in the marriage.

The integrity, or health, of the marriage relationship depends on both partners investing in it....otherwise it's a 'using' type of marriage and not what God intends.

Sex is an important part of marriage. Not the most important part, but it is important. Paul talks about not denying each other except by mutual agreement. Wow, that's in the Bible (1 Cor 7:5)!

Will she attend Christian counseling with you? My first step would be to talk to her with gentleness about how much you'd like to improve the relationship and ask her if she would want this too. Give her some time to think about it if necessary. And ask her for total honesty about her cousin. She may react with anger. I've found that people will deny something with violent anger when the accusation is true. It's an intimidating tactic, meant to frazzle you and derail you from going down that path. Be gentle, but firm. If she has anger issues maybe she needs some counseling for that. She definitely should not be hitting you.

Praying for you...that the Holy Spirit will heal your hurt heart and guide you in how to make your marriage stronger...also that your wife's eyes will be opened and she will once again love her husband as God calls her to.