I am 60 and my husband is 64 and we have been married for 5 years. We no longer have sex because my husband carries on with other women. By that I mean he has “friends” that he talks to sexually -- 95% sexually explicit -- over the phone. I am not saying he pays for phone sex; these are women whom he has known longer than me.
When I explained to him how much these conversations hurt me, his comment was: “You just don't understand my friendship with these women.” He is not physically intimate with any of them but to me it is still infidelity.
It is very difficult to say why you husband behaves this way. A man who has “virtual” affairs, whether over the phone or online, often have an ... Read More...
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"My husband had an affair and admitted it. I am devastated and don't know if I can ever trust him again. Is there any hope for our marriage?"
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