Recent content by Bentnotbroken

I don't want my husband to be something because he feels like he has to in order to remain in a marriage. The infidelity has caused me personally so much pain and anguish. I don't understand how or why this happened. I don't understand how he was so kind and loving to my face and did this behind...

He said those things in February, has continued to flirt, send sexual texts and talk about girls he works with in sexual ways until I caught him cheating the last week of May. He lied about the cheating until he ran out of room to lie and had no other option to confess. He continued to delete...

I don't want to give him ultimatums. I don't want a husband to pretend/fake things in order to remain married. I'm especially hurt because I am now realizing that he has referred to me as a "stupid slut" when talking to friends in the past. This was not the man I married, fell in love with or...

How do you forgive your spouse for cheating the second time? I truly believe he has lost his way and distance himself from God. I don't know if he wants to be the spiritual head of the home and have a personal relationship with God or if he wants to continue to be deceitful and engage in...

Mountain Man that is the struggle I am having. I feel like the first time I was able to forgive and work through things. I felt that I had some responsibility to share in what had happened. This time, I feel lied to and betrayed. The only reason I found out was because I saw text messages and...

I am so thankful for your words, guidance and prayers. I am so confused and I don't want to walk in unforgiveness or selfishness but its so hard to move past the hurt. I'm so appreciative of the guidance given here because so many people that do not believe in God would tell me to divorce him...

My husband and I are both Christians and have been together since we were teenagers. We have been married for almost 13 years. About 6 years ago I found out that he had been cheating on me with a woman at his work. It was an emotional and physical affair although they did not have sex. Our...