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Vix51 Fri 23-Nov-18 02:40:14

My hubby retired at 53 a few years ago with a decent pension I’m still working part time. He’s been amazing by doing all the washing, drying, some cleaning and cooking. He walks a lot and clay pigeon shoots a couple of days a week. For the last 6 months he’s chosen to sleep in the spare room, we are both bad sleepers and accepted this and secretly enjoy having a bed to myself, as I do get up early for work. Our sex life had dwindled over the years and he says he struggles to maintain an erection but I discovered he’d been visiting porn sites daily for months, I was furious and he begged my forgiveness and promised me he wouldn’t do it again. I’ve checked history on the computer and it’s all clean now or he covers his tracks! The reason I’m saying all this is I came home from work to my husband who’d just showered as he’d been chopping wood, in the bathroom in the bath was 2 very long black hairs, I’m blonde/gray, I clean the bathroom often and nobody uses it apart from me and my husband! Don’t know how to deal with this! ??

Jalima1108 Tue 27-Nov-18 13:01:42

Oh dear; he has retired very early so is probably bored. You're out at work so that will contribute even more to his boredom. He's presumably only in his fifties but has chosen to sleep in the spare room.
It sounds as if you have lost communication between you apart from you telling him off about the porn and checking on his computer - it doesn't sound like a good relationship at all.

Can you start to pay him more attention, go out together, have some fun? Perhaps you may be able to find what you seem to have lost.

I wouldn't start accusing him of bringing another woman into your home without further proof, but, if he has, it could mean that this is the end of your rather sterile marriage and you may be better off separating.

I hope that doesn't sound harsh and hope that you can, in fact, retrieve something from your relationship.

Rufus2 Tue 27-Nov-18 12:38:06

How's it going with the sheep, the viagra and the porn?
Oldbatty; That's David's specialty; grin
My analysis of the evidence confirms my earlier diagnosis that the gentleman in question must be gay; with no further sightings he must have returned to the closet! grin

Grammaretto Mon 26-Nov-18 16:45:26

I think your instincts could be right and he is having an affair.
I know of another situation where someone, given the opportunity of an empty house during the day, brought a married colleague back for sex. I can't remember how it was discovered but it almost broke the marriage and possibly both marriages..

mumofmadboys Mon 26-Nov-18 16:27:57

Oldbatty. Vix came on this site looking for help and support. Could you please try and be a little bit more sensitive ?

oldbatty Mon 26-Nov-18 13:04:58

How's it going with the sheep, the viagra and the porn?

Davidhs Sat 24-Nov-18 07:13:26

You would not confuse horse hair with human hair and black sheep are all wooly, men are not as observant when to comes to cleaning up, if he is bringing another woman home he is a fool, you will find other evidence.
Viagra, I can confirm that it works, as long as your partner is enthusiastic, if she is not keen, maybe a bad back or some other problem, it just increases frustration to both. So if he has found a really hot new lady no need for blue pills.

Rufus2 Sat 24-Nov-18 06:29:05

If he walks in the countryside there could be horses that he pets (pats?)
Or Black sheep?
Perhaps he's a gay convert! Nothing wrong with that! wink

Lynne59 Fri 23-Nov-18 20:59:29

I feel a bit sorry for him (and you too, of course). He does things to help around the house, can't keep an erection, so watches some porn, but you think he's up to something with someone?

The hair could have come from you, surely? Has he given you any real reason to suspect him of having an affair? If he has erectile dysfunction, would he be able to have an affair?

I wonder if the porn issue and the lack of sex are contributing to you feeling insecure? TALK to him. Invite him into your bed, get close, without sex, and see how things are. If you both think you'd like to have an active sex life, get some Viagra (you can buy it now, I believe)

EllanVannin Fri 23-Nov-18 20:03:38

Buy some Viagra if your sex life has fizzled out. It could be that his " drive " has slowed down and he's busying himself with outdoor pursuits to help him cope. It doesn't really sound to me that he's wandering. Give him some encouragement it's a two-way thing.

Buffybee Fri 23-Nov-18 19:51:12

Just a thought!
You say he walks a lot and shoots.
If he walks in the countryside there could be horses that he pets.
If one had a black mane, could it possibly be that?
You have to think of all innocent reasons for the hairs but if you are suspicious, I would not mention them.
If things are not as they should be you will soon begin to notice other things.

Davidhs Fri 23-Nov-18 17:28:17

Before you start investigating you need to decide what you would do if he was seeing another woman, as you
really were not happy with porn an affair would be worse.
You checked his computer, if you have access to his phone has it got a tracker, some cars have a tracker app, or you can buy a tracker. See where he goes. Just check how many cartridges he is using for clay shooting, 100 or more a day if he is keen.
Retired at 53, you working, his opportunities are endless, on the other hand it may be nothing.

Oakleaf Fri 23-Nov-18 15:38:35

Not you aggie, the OP who said she was furious with her husband for looking at porn. She says her husband has problems maintaining an erection. I don't see a problem with him using legal porn if it helps him get around that problem.

aggie Fri 23-Nov-18 15:20:51

I am not in a rage .... but it is not a big step from pornography to abuse , and it is degrading . I am sad rather than angry , what in my post made you think "rage" ?

Oakleaf Fri 23-Nov-18 14:29:08

Sparklefizz. What do you think the scenario is? I think my view of it is what the OP thinks it is.

aggie. There are many things in life which exploit humans against their will - the chocolate trade for one - the West's insatiable greed for cheap clothing another. Do we stop buying chocolate and cheap clothes? No. Pornography is there and people use it. It's nothing to get into a rage about.

BlueBelle Fri 23-Nov-18 14:25:59

Oh come on the poor bloke Oakleaf now has him hung drawn and quartered You ve got a pretty vivid imagination oakleaf

Sparklefizz Fri 23-Nov-18 14:20:33

Oakleaf How helpful is your comment? Talk about worst case scenario ....

aggie Fri 23-Nov-18 14:14:39

Porn isn't victim free , it involves sordid film makers filming real people , and not necessarily willing people . It degrades humanity

Oakleaf Fri 23-Nov-18 14:09:22

There’s nothing wrong with using pornography so long as it doesn’t involve illegal activities. Getting furious with him over that won’t have helped. If you are certain the hair is human then sounds like he’s been to a contact site and brought a woman into your home. There are many, many sexually frustrated married men out there doing this kind of thing online. He may even have paid for sex. It’s worse he brought her into your home and didn’t go to a hotel but it’s done now. It’s just sex. Talk to him frankly about it. Look at some porn together. It may rekindle your own sex life.

EllanVannin Fri 23-Nov-18 14:01:46

If you " tackle " him it will then give him the excuse he's waiting for and will push him further away.
Reverse psychology is the way to go. That'll baffle him.

EllanVannin Fri 23-Nov-18 13:57:27

I would imagine that he'd have noticed the hairs first and disposed of them before you noticed. That's called covering tracks.
Just ask him,with humour,has he suddenly started sprouting long hair like a gorilla because you found a couple ( haha )

aggie Fri 23-Nov-18 13:35:17

Well the OP hasn't got back , so Oldbatty might have a point

sodapop Fri 23-Nov-18 13:14:26

Why would you think that oldbatty ?

Rufus2 Fri 23-Nov-18 13:10:46

Do a DNA.! Perhaps they're not female.! wink

mumofmadboys Fri 23-Nov-18 10:12:53

How is that helpful oldbatty??

gillybob Fri 23-Nov-18 09:30:25

Hairs can look much darker against (say) white tiles so I wouldn’t assume they belong to anyone else . Especially if that’s all you have to go on . Having been cheated on in the past I know I would recognise the signs these days. Paying more attention to appearance , avoiding any kind of intimacy ( not just sex) , trying to make up for guilt in other ways ( I’ve made your tea, bought you some flowers etc) plenty more signs to look out for than just a stray hair .