I Caught My Husband in a Lie Right After We Had Sex. We May Never Recover.
Briefly

Trust issues from past financial infidelity complicate intimacy in a marriage. A husband lied about a minor obligation, leading to feelings of betrayal and emotional turmoil in the relationship. After an intimate encounter, he confessed the truth, which intensified the emotional impact. The wife feels conflicted between her feelings for him and the reality of his deception, struggling to reconcile the man she loves with his actions. She emphasizes the importance of trust and emotional safety for intimacy, especially given her struggles with vaginismus.
After three years, the unresolved feelings from my husband's lie continue to affect our relationship deeply. It's creating barriers to intimacy and emotional safety.
His history of financial infidelity played a significant role in how the recent deception impacted me—trust was already fractured, making this betrayal feel particularly profound.
Read at Slate Magazine
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