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Reconciliation :
no interest in sex with wh (sorry if tmi)

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 Beemer (original poster member #38499) posted at 9:21 PM on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

So D-Day was about 11 months ago - and things are going really great! We are communicating, going out on dates, and having fun again - it's wonderful

HB was wonderful but has been over for a while now... and even after HB we were still having sex pretty regularly 1-2 times per week. But the last month or so, I feel like I'm regressing... we've gone from 1-2 a week to 3 times total in the last 2 months. I have no interest in sex with WH - the mind movies are back and the thought of him with her honestly disgusts me. I definitely don't want him to touch me and sometimes I can't even look at him...

Is this normal? Has anyone else felt this type of regression?

BW - Me (33)
FWH - Him (34)
Married - 8years
D-Day - 06/06/12
Status - Trying...things are good :)

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Theradin ( member #38518) posted at 9:38 PM on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

I know how hard it can be do feel completely disinterested in physical intimacy with a WS.

One thing I'm wondering is if you are your WH have begun to truly work on issues associated with the A? Like, has he given you full disclosure to everything you need/want to know? Do you feel he is committed to rebuilding the marriage, and is remorseful? If not, it's very challenging to be physically intimate ("vulnerable", in a sense) to someone who has violated you in such a destructive way. Well, at least without a LOT of alcohol or other things..!

If he is "doing all the right things", and after almost a year you still are feeling this way, then there may be a chance that he, as a person, as a husband, etc., is simply incompatible with you, and that you cannot trust me. That might be something to consider, and at least explore, if for no other reason than to rule it out.

For me, I was quite promiscuous prior to meeting my WW. I never had affairs or anything like that, but had a lot of ONS-like relationships, and superficial/fun/lighthearted relationships with a lot of girls. So, for me, intimacy was always something quite different, as it didn't touch the soul, so to speak. It was more playful and fun. I'm not sure if you're like that or not? If you're a woman who has had very deep intimacy, then being playful/having fun with your WH may not be something you can do. And I'm not suggesting you do that forever. Rather, I'm just saying that it may work to do that while you are healing from the trauma and getting your "house" back in order so that you can work to fully trust your WH.

Best of luck to you.

BH (me): 35
WW: 34
1 kid (7 y/o)
multiple affairs spanning our entire 11-year marriage
multiple d-days over the last 3 years (most recently: 1/3/2016)
divorced and finally released from this prison: 2/26/2016

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SorrowBhindSmile ( member #38139) posted at 9:38 PM on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

absolutely. yes. Just last week, in fact. Now, My DDay was almost 5 months ago, so still pretty fresh....HB was a pretty short lived thing for me.

I have the mind movies too. it really inhibits my ability to have sex sometimes. I totally understand what you mean....The thought of what they did is truly disgusting and repulsive.

For me, its the destruction of the intimacy. The fact that he gave away what was supposed to be special and just for us. Thats devastating and difficult to wrap my head around.

When i regress like you...i just let it ride. I give myself time to process what i am feeling. I dont force myself to have sex with WH and sometimes i even ask him to leave the bedroom so i can have time for myself to work thru the feelings without pressure from him.

hugs to you.

Me: BW
Him: WH
OW: My former "dear friend"/neighbor
Married 20+
Kids: 3
D-Day 12/2012
Committed to R 7/8/2013
"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle"

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 Beemer (original poster member #38499) posted at 9:48 PM on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

thanks for the replies so far...

Theradin - I really don't think its a compatibility issue with my H - we get along great, always have (except for those few months when he lost his mind )

He is 100% committed to me and totally remorseful - I never would have known, he confessed and threw OW right under the bus - he's been the model husband ever since.

Sex has always been great between us - and still is... I'm just not interested. It almost feels like maybe I'm getting to 'acceptance' - like, this actually happened. It's real. It's part of my life now and I can't change it... I guess I'm just feeling discouraged that I'll ever "get over it"

This sucks

BW - Me (33)
FWH - Him (34)
Married - 8years
D-Day - 06/06/12
Status - Trying...things are good :)

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crazyblindsided ( member #35215) posted at 10:27 PM on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

I guess I'm just feeling discouraged that I'll ever "get over it"

Amen I feel and fear the same thing. HB has slowed for us and while I don't get bombarded with the mind movies I have issues with ptsd and trigerring over every and any little thing.

(((Beemer)))

fBS/fWS(me):52 Mad-hattered after DD (2008)
XWS:55 Serial Cheater, Diagnosed NPD
DD(22) DS(19)
XWS cheated the entire M spanning 19 years
Discovered D-Days 2006,2008,2012, False R 2014
Separated 9/2019; Divorced 8/2024

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