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Old Nov 04, 2013, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by violinm9 View Post
Help - I'm enmeshed with my husband's emotional problems. He has obsessive thoughts and can't be comfortable unless I do something that I feel is immoral. I had an affair ten years ago and ever since, he has felt inadequate in all ways (especially sexually). He wants me to keep seeing the other man and having a physical relationship with him because he would feel that all of my needs were being met and he won't have to lose me. This, in my opinion, is sick thinking. I am, however, constrained to do it since he gets all anxious and depressed if I don't. I told him to see a therapist and that we should enter marriage counseling, but he refuses. I am constantly reminded of my blunder by this behavior of his. I'm Catholic and I don't think the church condones adultery. My husband says that I am different and that I get a pass. He attributes a large sexual appetite to me which I deny. It's what he wants to believe. He is in a dream world. I can't escape him. I don't want to divorce because in all other ways he is a good person and we get along well. I do love him. I am trapped and often develop suicidal thoughts as a result. Sometimes I just don't want to live. There is no exit, as Jean-Paul Sartre once said. What is the answer?

Thank you for any thoughts on this.
I'm so completely confused by all of this. If you think it's immoral, why did you do it in the first place?

Second, I don't blame him for feeling inadequate, you picked someone else over him. This
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So I try to bring myself back to the present and I say, "I am here and not with that guy right now. I'm ok."
doesn't change that.

Third, I can't imagine what he thinks to accomplish by sending you back to that other guy. He seems to be wallowing in a mire of self-pity and wants to drag you down with him.

Overall, if he refuses couples therapy, I think you should consider getting out of the relationship.