My husband cheated I forgive him only to find that he cheated again (Advice please)

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ONLYGODCAN247

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Yea I understand and I am a very private person to the point where my family doesn't know what I've been going through only like three of my befriends know what's going on and they always try to help in some way , and I don't post anything on Facebook unless its something positive but I see where you are coming from, maybe I should let my family know I guess I just don't want them to be worried especially my mom we are so close and her door is always open for me she had a very hard time when I moved out of the state and relocated away from the family
 

blue_ladybug

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He lies to you constantly and cheats on you repeatedly. He cries and says he's sorry, but what he is REALLY sorry about is the fact that you found out, NOT that he's sorry he cheated. He wants his cake and to eat it too, meaning he wants these women on the side AND a wife at home. And that's not fair to you or any of those women. God makes an allowance in divorce for adultery, which your hubby has done multiple times. Don't fall for his crocodile tears and begging. Tell him his behavior is unacceptable to you, and that you will file divorce papers if he can't or won't change. Only GOD can change him. YOU can't. Don't let him keep playing you for a fool.

If you are still having relations with him, I would stop altogether. He thinks no matter which woman he's with, that he can get sex from all of you. :/ Turn off that aspect. Also, if you haven't already, please get tested for any STD's he may have given you that he might have gotten from these women. Be safe and smart. :) And stop letting him use you. I totally agree with kaylagrl's response. Pack some bags and leave him for now. Don't tell him where you are, or he'll show up at your door.
 
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ONLYGODCAN247

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absolutely, I am saved and I repented because I have let the depression of my husband take over at one point, I am just starting to pray more often and been trying to get back where I was with god, I'm working on reading the bible more as well, but him on the other hand im not saying he's not saved but he defiantly seems like he's not really into god as much as he was at first, like just the new music he listen too, the things he says and so much more , so maybe he isn't saved anymore , I really just want him to get his life back together with god, then also just maybe he will let go of those sins if he allows god to come back in
 
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ONLYGODCAN247

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this reply just touched me , you are absolutely right, I thank god for this reply
 
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ONLYGODCAN247

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I understand what your saying and I agree , because honestly I have been the only doing right be him, and he would say sorry and just do it again and give me an unacceptable excuse , your right
 
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ONLYGODCAN247

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your right I got tested recently and thank god i'm good but you are so right I just need to cut all tides with him , I need to put my foot down, he is out there acting single and i'm here acting like a wife its not right
 
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atwhatcost

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hey I have been going through a lot with my husband lately , we both graduated from college not to long ago, we actually met in college ,he was perfect I never thought he could do something like this to me , we have a baby together she is a toddler, we had her actually before we got married, he asked me to marry him because he loves me and he wanted to be a real family, I wanted that as well so I was so happy and I said yes, so we ended up getting married , then he got a job offer so we moved to another state away from my family and friends, I did it because I love him and wanted to be with him, so about not even two months into the marriage when we moved out of state, I found out he was on dating apps, he was up there talking very sexual to different females , he said sorry and said he don't know why he did it and it wouldn't happened again, so I forgave him, then not too long after that I found him up there again , then he told me he just was talking nasty to these women but nothing more he was just bored , not a good excuse, so he deleted his dating app account right in front of me , so I felt he was genuine, so everything started to feel good like we were back to normal , but then I started to notice random numbers would text his phone , so I decided to investigate, so I would text the numbers and ask them did they know who he was, then I would tell them I was his wife and just wanted to know the truth, they were shocked and couldn't believe he was married with a baby they quickly apologized to me and would tell me everything, but at this time they told me they were not intimate with him physically , but he did try to see them on his lunch break at work, I always would confront my husband about the girls I found out about and he would just deny it ,he would promise me that he has changed and isn't interested in that life style no more, so I tried to work things out with him, only to find out it only got worse, so not to long ago we went to the state were we are from to visit family, while we where there I saw a text he sent to a girl from his phone , he had his phone in his hand I took it out of his hand and went outside he followed me and I called the number , a women answer the phone and I told her I was his wife she said I am so sorry I didn't know about you but I met him online and I haven't met him in person yet if that makes it any better, I didn't tell him what she said on the phone but he told me something totally different (he is a compulsive liar) This is when I felt like there is no hope my husband has a problem, on the way back to the new state that we are in we both had a really good conversation we both opened up and vented to each other about the situation he seemed so genuine that he hates putting me through this and he loves me and so much more, so I told myself maybe I could give him another chance because no one has told me he slept with them so I can kind of work with that, so hours later we pulled up to our house and he got a random text to his phone , I asked him who was of course he said he didn't know , he deleted the number out of his phone but I had already saved the number in my phone , so we called the women from his phone and he gave me the phone , I asked the lady who was she , then she said ask him who I am, and I said I am asking you because he said he doesn't know who you are, then she said well if that's what he said then ok , so after the phone call I kept thinking about that girl and I felt like I just wanted to know the truth, so the next day when my husband was at work I called the girl and apologized to her because I was a little rude because I was so frustrated she said its ok , then I said women to women I just want to know the truth no drama its not u its my husband, so she went ahead and told me that she had protected sex with him twice and she knew nothing about me or our baby, I was devastated ,hurt I felt betrayed ,I confronted him about it and he continued to deny it, we even called the girl back together and she stuck with her story, and he still would say she's lying I knew she wasn't, but I told him the only way I would stay is if he took a lie detective test and he agreed to, the next night we were outside talking and he broke down and told me that that girl was telling the truth and he told me he also slept with another girl before her, now we are newly weds to make it even worse, and we moved out of state like 2 weeks after we got married and this guy already cheated twice and he still be on dating sites, the other day another number text him I got in contact with the girl and she told me she was his girlfriend well at least he made her feel that way she said they haven't met yet but they were keeping in contact everyday during his work hours, as much as I want this marriage to work as much as I honor marriage I just am starting to lose hope I know for a fact he loves me but I don't think he's fully ready to give that temptation up, I've prayed I've waited I've tried and I just don't know what else to do , I want the best for us and our child but its just causing me to be stressed and depression
It says in your profile that you've been a believer since you were six. Yet you lived with him before you were married and you're 21 with a toddler, therefore going through college while pregnant, then with a baby, and now with a toddler, which tells me there have been questionable choices you've made along the way.

I've noticed all that, plus a very big absent of something in your long story -- God. God wasn't mentioned once. I don't even know if he's a believer, and I'm not exactly sure you are.

So, let's start there. Where has God been throughout all this?
 
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shotgunner

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absolutely, I am saved and I repented because I have let the depression of my husband take over at one point, I am just starting to pray more often and been trying to get back where I was with god, I'm working on reading the bible more as well, but him on the other hand im not saying he's not saved but he defiantly seems like he's not really into god as much as he was at first, like just the new music he listen too, the things he says and so much more , so maybe he isn't saved anymore , I really just want him to get his life back together with god, then also just maybe he will let go of those sins if he allows god to come back in
I'm not saying that if he was saved he lost his salvation because of sin. I don't really see that that's possible but it's not something to argue over either. What I'm saying that it would be impossible to actually be saved and act like the devil without God working to correct it. God chastens his own. You and I can't see if he has any real remorse over his actions and wants to be rid of his lust. All we can judge is his actions, and by those I would question his salvation. I feel that's the safer position rather than declaring him saved and just needing to lay down his old life. He can't get saved again but asking wouldn't hurt and would only lead to repentance. Either way, his sins are a danger. If not to his eternal soul then certainly to his life here on Earth. Only God knows what's in his heart , but if he doesn't want anything to do with God, that's a good indication.
 
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atwhatcost

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He lies to you constantly and cheats on you repeatedly. He cries and says he's sorry, but what he is REALLY sorry about is the fact that you found out, NOT that he's sorry he cheated. He wants his cake and to eat it too, meaning he wants these women on the side AND a wife at home. And that's not fair to you or any of those women. God makes an allowance in divorce for adultery, which your hubby has done multiple times. Don't fall for his crocodile tears and begging. Tell him his behavior is unacceptable to you, and that you will file divorce papers if he can't or won't change. Only GOD can change him. YOU can't. Don't let him keep playing you for a fool.

If you are still having relations with him, I would stop altogether. He thinks no matter which woman he's with, that he can get sex from all of you. :/ Turn off that aspect. Also, if you haven't already, please get tested for any STD's he may have given you that he might have gotten from these women. Be safe and smart. :) And stop letting him use you. I totally agree with kaylagrl's response. Pack some bags and leave him for now. Don't tell him where you are, or he'll show up at your door.
And again, you're off judging him before all the facts are in. And you're telling a stranger what to do before all the facts are in. And again, the woman is always right and the guy is always a creep. Granted, this guy may well be a creep, but we don't even know what's up yet. Is there any such thing as a truly good guy to you?
 
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atwhatcost

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Yea I understand and I am a very private person to the point where my family doesn't know what I've been going through only like three of my befriends know what's going on and they always try to help in some way , and I don't post anything on Facebook unless its something positive but I see where you are coming from, maybe I should let my family know I guess I just don't want them to be worried especially my mom we are so close and her door is always open for me she had a very hard time when I moved out of the state and relocated away from the family
Your family probably knows more about what you're going trough than you think. I suspect they've even talked to you gently about many of your choices, but you spent those talks reassuring them you're doing good. All the signs are there. Living with a guy when you were so young, getting pregnant, and then married, both of you staying in college, and then the second you finished, moving far away. The signs were there all along. It was possible this was good, but that would have been a miracle.

Kind of why I am asking you were God was in all of this. Where is he now, too? You say you've gotten back to praying. Why and for what? And you're just beginning to seek him again. Again, why and for what?

(BTW, so we can keep track of who you're answering, it's helpful to hit "reply with quotes," instead of just "reply." Little helpful hint on why many of us reply with quotes. :))
 
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atwhatcost

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absolutely, I am saved and I repented because I have let the depression of my husband take over at one point, I am just starting to pray more often and been trying to get back where I was with god, I'm working on reading the bible more as well, but him on the other hand im not saying he's not saved but he defiantly seems like he's not really into god as much as he was at first, like just the new music he listen too, the things he says and so much more , so maybe he isn't saved anymore , I really just want him to get his life back together with god, then also just maybe he will let go of those sins if he allows god to come back in
And this is why I want to know where God is to you. It sounds like you're asking God to fix your hubby. What did you repent of? What about you? Is your life already "back together with god?" This is the missing piece I'm not seeing.
 
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ONLYGODCAN247

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your right I understand why you would say that, but I want to first say that god has always been there through out my life , We all are human , I have made mistakes , I was back and forth going back to god asking for forgiveness , feeling convicted when ever I did wrong because I knew I was saved I knew god hands was on me ,I'm not a horrible person but I didn't always make the best choices, god still loves me and his arms are always open to me i'm not going to hell because I had a baby before marriage when I got pregnant I felt bad I went to god cried out to him and he heard me and forgave me i'm not here to prove myself to anyone just wanted some godly positive advice from people who loves god like me , and I didn't live with him before I was married I was living with my mother. the thing about god is we all have personal relationships wit him god knows me you don't, he knows my heart, I am saved and yes I have repented several times but I tell you one thing im not going to stop trying to get it right if I fall ill go to god and get back up, so lets not judge and let god be the judge
 
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ONLYGODCAN247

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And this is why I want to know where God is to you. It sounds like you're asking God to fix your hubby. What did you repent of? What about you? Is your life already "back together with god?" This is the missing piece I'm not seeing.

your right I understand why you would say that, but I want to first say that god has always been there through out my life , We all are human , I have made mistakes , I was back and forth going back to god asking for forgiveness , feeling convicted when ever I did wrong because I knew I was saved I knew god hands was on me ,I'm not a horrible person but I didn't always make the best choices, god still loves me and his arms are always open to me i'm not going to hell because I had a baby before marriage when I got pregnant I felt bad I went to god cried out to him and he heard me and forgave me i'm not here to prove myself to anyone just wanted some godly positive advice from people who loves god like me , and I didn't live with him before I was married I was living with my mother. the thing about god is we all have personal relationships wit him god knows me you don't, he knows my heart, I am saved and yes I have repented several times but I tell you one thing im not going to stop trying to get it right if I fall ill go to god and get back up, so lets not judge and let god be the judge
 

blue_ladybug

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And again, you're off judging him before all the facts are in. And you're telling a stranger what to do before all the facts are in. And again, the woman is always right and the guy is always a creep. Granted, this guy may well be a creep, but we don't even know what's up yet. Is there any such thing as a truly good guy to you?

Everything in my previous reply is based on what the OP told us. And no where in that reply have I called him a creep OR any other name, so stop making stuff up. And I'm not "telllng her" what to do. I simply gave suggestions. So stop making stuff up and making assumptions. The OP's post makes it very clear "what is up" with him and this situation. And no, an adulterer is NOT "a good guy." He is a hurtful one.. And again, nowhere in my reply have I said that either the OP or hubby are either right or wrong..

I think you need glasses, Lynn. And to learn to re-read posts before you reply. I based my reply on the facts given, which are plenty. You based yours on judging other posters and saying that she's made "questionable choices" since being saved.
 
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shotgunner

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your right I understand why you would say that, but I want to first say that god has always been there through out my life , We all are human , I have made mistakes , I was back and forth going back to god asking for forgiveness , feeling convicted when ever I did wrong because I knew I was saved I knew god hands was on me ,I'm not a horrible person but I didn't always make the best choices, god still loves me and his arms are always open to me i'm not going to hell because I had a baby before marriage when I got pregnant I felt bad I went to god cried out to him and he heard me and forgave me i'm not here to prove myself to anyone just wanted some godly positive advice from people who loves god like me , and I didn't live with him before I was married I was living with my mother. the thing about god is we all have personal relationships wit him god knows me you don't, he knows my heart, I am saved and yes I have repented several times but I tell you one thing im not going to stop trying to get it right if I fall ill go to god and get back up, so lets not judge and let god be the judge
What you are describing in this post, how you sinned, knew you sinned, and sought forgiveness is what I'm talking about when I say heart change. Salvation brought a heart change so that even when you did wrong, you wanted to make it right. That's what your husband needs. He may have it or not but without it he's not saved and he can't get it until he is willing to lay down his life and accept the life Jesus has for him.
 
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ONLYGODCAN247

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What you are describing in this post, how you sinned, knew you sinned, and sought forgiveness is what I'm talking about when I say heart change. Salvation brought a heart change so that even when you did wrong, you wanted to make it right. That's what your husband needs. He may have it or not but without it he's not saved and he can't get it until he is willing to lay down his life and accept the life Jesus has for him.


I understand what your saying , everyone's and some people are stronger than others ,I pray that my husband redicate his life and change but I just don't want to have to wait forever
 

blue_ladybug

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And again, you're off judging him before all the facts are in. And you're telling a stranger what to do before all the facts are in. And again, the woman is always right and the guy is always a creep. Granted, this guy may well be a creep, but we don't even know what's up yet. Is there any such thing as a truy good guy to you?

Absolutely there is. One who is honest and faithful, and doesn't cheat on me constantly and lie to me about it when confronted.


 
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atwhatcost

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your right I understand why you would say that, but I want to first say that god has always been there through out my life , We all are human , I have made mistakes , I was back and forth going back to god asking for forgiveness , feeling convicted when ever I did wrong because I knew I was saved I knew god hands was on me ,I'm not a horrible person but I didn't always make the best choices, god still loves me and his arms are always open to me i'm not going to hell because I had a baby before marriage when I got pregnant I felt bad I went to god cried out to him and he heard me and forgave me i'm not here to prove myself to anyone just wanted some godly positive advice from people who loves god like me , and I didn't live with him before I was married I was living with my mother. the thing about god is we all have personal relationships wit him god knows me you don't, he knows my heart, I am saved and yes I have repented several times but I tell you one thing im not going to stop trying to get it right if I fall ill go to god and get back up, so lets not judge and let god be the judge
Are you sure you're not here to prove yourself, because honestly? I didn't ask you to prove yourself. I asked you were was God in all this? I knew he was there all along, just like I knew your family was there all along.

And you answered. You turned to him only when you felt bad. You turned to him to be forgiven, but not to repent. You turned to him when the chips were down, but not when they were up. (Um, I have no idea what chips are either, so don't know if that works. lol) He's your teddy bear -- someone to cry with, but someone not expected to nor allowed to answer.

Your family has been there all along. You didn't allow them to offer their advice or to tell the truth to. (You had to have freaked when you were in the beginning of college and found out you were pregnant. You are "a private person," so you probably never told anyone you were freaking. Any mother with a baby freaks often enough, but I bet you kept quiet about that too, not wanting any advice you didn't want to hear.) God was there all along too. He had advice for you. He has advice for you. Isn't it time to seek his advice? If you don't listen to your family and don't listen to God, exactly why ask for advice from strangers?

Seriously! My advice -- seek God for all he's worth and then LISTEN! Your answers lie in him, not us. You're right, you don't have to prove yourself to anyone, especially to him. He already knows and has been waiting for you to listen. He loves you knowing exactly who you are. (Big time whoa in that.)

One other question I do not want an answer to. This is a question for you and to you. If you never listen to your family nor God, how much did you ever truly listen to your hubby? If you are "a private person," how much of you did you ever offer to him?

No doubt, he's a creep. But while you're laying this all on him while claiming you love him and forgave him, where were you in all of this? No, not your fault he did what he did, but you could well have been a contributing excuse.

Stop figuring him out for now. Figure out what God has to tell you about you first. Hubby's not changing. Will you? You have God. Why not use him for all his worth? Once you do that, then you're ready to face hubby better. Who knows? God might even be able to use you in more things than you can possibly imagine, but first you have to get to know him and listen to him.
 

blue_ladybug

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I understand what your saying , everyone's and some people are stronger than others ,I pray that my husband redicate his life and change but I just don't want to have to wait forever

You shouldn't have to wait forever. He needs to WANT to change his ways and repent. Just give him and this situation over to God. Let HIM work on your husband. Like I said before, YOU cannot change him, but GOD can. :)
 
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ONLYGODCAN247

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Are you sure you're not here to prove yourself, because honestly? I didn't ask you to prove yourself. I asked you were was God in all this? I knew he was there all along, just like I knew your family was there all along.

And you answered. You turned to him only when you felt bad. You turned to him to be forgiven, but not to repent. You turned to him when the chips were down, but not when they were up. (Um, I have no idea what chips are either, so don't know if that works. lol) He's your teddy bear -- someone to cry with, but someone not expected to nor allowed to answer.

Your family has been there all along. You didn't allow them to offer their advice or to tell the truth to. (You had to have freaked when you were in the beginning of college and found out you were pregnant. You are "a private person," so you probably never told anyone you were freaking. Any mother with a baby freaks often enough, but I bet you kept quiet about that too, not wanting any advice you didn't want to hear.) God was there all along too. He had advice for you. He has advice for you. Isn't it time to seek his advice? If you don't listen to your family and don't listen to God, exactly why ask for advice from strangers?

Seriously! My advice -- seek God for all he's worth and then LISTEN! Your answers lie in him, not us. You're right, you don't have to prove yourself to anyone, especially to him. He already knows and has been waiting for you to listen. He loves you knowing exactly who you are. (Big time whoa in that.)

One other question I do not want an answer to. This is a question for you and to you. If you never listen to your family nor God, how much did you ever truly listen to your hubby? If you are "a private person," how much of you did you ever offer to him?


its not about me listening to my family if they don't know what's going on is it? but anyways

No doubt, he's a creep. But while you're laying this all on him while claiming you love him and forgave him, where were you in all of this? No, not your fault he did what he did, but you could well have been a contributing excuse.

Stop figuring him out for now. Figure out what God has to tell you about you first. Hubby's not changing. Will you? You have God. Why not use him for all his worth? Once you do that, then you're ready to face hubby better. Who knows? God might even be able to use you in more things than you can possibly imagine, but first you have to get to know him and listen to him.

well I actually didn't get pregnant in the beginning of college mam, lol it was actually my last year and I was just about to walk the stage which I did, my baby is only one years old, so I think you maybe read something wrong, and also you asked me where god was in all of this but that's not the only thing you where asking you were questioning my belief , that's when I felt the need to tell you that god was there since day one, um , and its not that I'm not listening to my family I just haven't went to them about my problems, and I didn't turn to god because I felt bad I turned to him because I wanted to get back right with god its a difference, and I clearly said up here that I repented several times , so please do not say I didn't go to him to repent, and I didn't freak out when I got pregnant mam lol , I felt bad because we were not married at the time I'm sure you understand that Since your a Christian and your saved like me , and once I cried out to god when I first got pregnant and asked for forgiveness he forgave me and I had a happy pregnancy after god showed me he forgave me and still loved me even though I messed up ok? and its not that I'm not listening to god , like I said I got up here for some spiritual positive advice, its nothing wrong with that, and when your a Christians and your born again then you guys aren't necessarily strangers you should know that , we are suppose to be sisters and brothers in Christ right? lol right just like when you go to church and get a word, or get your pastors input on something we all are his children , that's why I came to a chritain chat room and not a regular worldly chat room ,,, that's ALL