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Anonymous Question by Anonymous on Apr 07, 2022Hindi
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Dear LG,
Please don't disclose my name. I don't want to share my personal problems with others.
I am 45 years old, married 13 years ago; my wife's age is now 38 years.
I got two kids.
My wife is pretty (she takes lot of care for her beauty) and I want to live simple.
I kept faith on my wife so I didn't interfere in her life.
From last four years, I am staying away from family (because of work I have shifted to other city, monthly once I go back , purchase everything, give money for expense and return to job).
She keeps her mobile with security. Once, by mistake, I read her WhatsApp message. One of her office client was praising her pics and she was responding to him. So I told her, be official, don't entertain, if they fall behind you and we may face problem. She agreed but is doing the same thing and deleting his messages.
Then I wanted to see what all things she does in WhatsApp. So her link I shared in my mobile and started reading her messages.
She use to chat with one married person from last three years, she changed his name in her mobile and kept his wife's name. Three years back he proposed her with love song. My wife used to support him, sometimes she used to delete the messages.
He knows all my family history. Whenever they get time, they used to talk each other
in phone. Some messages I read, they were planning to meet also.
She always come home very late, I didn't question her because I kept faith, but as I told you I have two kids in home. If she comes late, they are facing a problem (they stay alone until she comes back).
Simultaneously she is chatting with another married friend. She says he is like a brother in front of me, but that person says baby, darling, dear, love, etc, in his conversation and forwarded some love songs and calling her for long drive. My wife replied some other day we will go. He replies, You always says same thing. I will become old one day.
Then I was surprised and guided my wife indirectly. I told, don't entertain any person they may start to trouble you or if anybody troubling you please tell I will help you. We got two kids so we got lot of responsibility.
She got a clue that I am reading her messages, so immediately she deleted all messages and after some days she deleted their numbers, along with that she deleted some other numbers also!  Why, I don't know.
Once I told my son, beware, I can track you and tell where are you going and what are you doing. But from that day onwards, my wife is blocking her internet at 6 pm (when her office closes) and unblocking when she returns home. I am worried regarding this behaviour.
I have stopped reading her messages now.
But now I am feeling very uncomfortable because her behaviour is very soft with me, (previously she was very aggressive, she used to fight with me unnecessarily.)
Please guide me how to handle the situation. What can I do now? Sometimes I feel I should leave everything go somewhere or is it a punishment for marrying a pretty girl? What to do? Please guide how handle the situation.
Regards.

Ans:

So, in a nutshell, you think your wife was flirting behind your back, you dropped some hints and then she has either stopped, or then stopped you from spying on her phone.

First of all, why are you dropping hints to her instead of talking straight? Which husband is going to appreciate his wife being wooed by other men with all this darling-baby love talk?

Even if she’s not having an affair, the flirty behaviour is bound to make you uncomfortable. Don’t you think you should call her out on it instead of pretending like some other man is making her uncomfortable?

Clearly, she’s enjoying the attention!

You seem very timid and intimidated by your wife. And if her behaviour has changed toward you for the better because you suspect she is guilty of something, all the more reason to get to the bottom of it!

Stop playing games and pussyfooting around her. Do some straight-talking for a change instead of going behind her back and reading messages!

And FYI, being good-looking doesn’t give any spouse licence to make their partner insecure!

 

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Ans: Dear Anonymous,

I am sorry to hear that you are facing such issues. Doubt is very destructive in a relationship. It's important to have an open and honest conversation with your partner regarding what happened in the past. Don't push her to give you all the details; it will not contribute positively to your well-being. Aim for a more balanced and productive discussion.

You have to recognize that all these happened many years back. It's in the past. And you cannot change it. While it's essential to acknowledge and understand them, dwelling on them may impact your peace of mind. Focus on the present and try to build a more transparent and communicative relationship in the present. Take this opportunity to work together and strengthen your marriage.

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hi I am a 38 year old guy happily married & have a 7yr old girl. My marriage had been pinch perfect in every sense. My wife is very loving, caring, always with me during crisis be it financial/ medical or emotional & my kid added the remaining stars to my happy life. I had a love marriage with my wife in 2013, we were in same office in 2010 where we met. It wasn't love at first sight, for 6 months we just had normal interaction like normal colleague, it was when she came in my team, we spent more time & fell for each other. Before taking any relationship any further, she enquired a 100 time if I didn't had any girlfriend before ( I didn't) & also confirmed from her that she didn't had any relationship in past. Infact, we started our relationship once we were completely sure that we are going to marry in future which we did. Before starting our relationship, she did told me that she wasn't a virgin as she broke her hymen by herself some time back (self enjoying). I completely trusted her as she had told me almost everything about her life & she didn't had any relationships & I found it a bit natural. We are quiet open with each other & dont hide any whatsapp/ mails etc with each other, they are always logged in in our laptops. 3 months back we had a fight due to some issue, I was working on my laptop where her gmail was signed in ( I use that a lot for my business as well). I looked at the chats link & found some chats of her with myself & a lot of friends. I enjoyed reading it, specially the part where we started dating. I didn't consider it as privacy interreference as we both were like open book. Suddenly I found a chat with one of her family friend in which there were lot of conversations like, tum meri jaan ho, I love you, Kiss you, aaj mil nahi paaye accha nahi laga, dono akele movie chalte hai etc etc from my wife side & that guy side. The guy was there family friend & was married, she used to roam a lot with him due to work ( atleast what I believed so before) & was very open with him. I didn't mind as I always expected them working together before they had fight due to some financial transactions. Now, I look back she was always with a guy whom she loved, not virgin & all my world just crashed down. It seems that I have been cheated from very starting from the very 1st hug to 1st kiss & 1st everything that I always considered was 1st for both of us & now feeling a lot of betrayal from the person I trusted the most in my entire life. I confronted her, she changed her statements everytime. 1st she said, her brother told her to talk to that person with love as there some money on hold ( not sure what else he would have told her to do), than she said thank god you found out, else I would have died in pain, saying she had a crush on him ( I found luv u & kiss u chats from both sides), then she said that he even try to ruin his married life due to her which his mother stopped & her mother stopped to take it further & several other reasons. But she has the stand that nothing happen physically, not even a touch. It's very hard for me to believe as I have always considered her to be completely truthful, honest & was sure I know everything. This incident felt me being betrayed & I am unable to trust her anymore. I still love her & we have our ever loving daughter but our marriage is no longer as it was before & slowly slowly its drifting apart as my behaviour has changed, I am getting anxieties remembering these again & again, I am unable to watch romantic movies ( which I liked before as I always used to imagine us) now I imagine her with someone that married guy, be it romantic movies, songs, even the dreams are terrifying. I cry a lot going to washroom or going to balcony at night but still am not able to maintain the same balance that we had before. Even she is trying to bring happiness like before but my thinking is completely changed. It's somehow effecting the kid as well as we don't speak with each other like we used to before & the kid understands there is an issue. We know we will save our marriage, but we don't want that. We want our life the same as it was 3 months back, not sure how to do that. Please advise.
Ans: Dear Anonymous,
How can your lives be the same like before?
Your trust has been broken and for things to work, you must rebuild that trust. Now the question is: Are you going to be able to believe your wife again? What must she say or do for you to gain that trust back in her?
And this is something that the two of you need to work on; though you also need to be sure is she is also interested in wanting things to work.
Work with an expert who can help the two of you on this...mere talking amongst yourselves and empty promises will not work. The trust lost, the communication lost...these need a guiding force to bring them back to where they belong in a marriage. So, seek professional help NOW...honestly make this attempt!

All the best!
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