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#1462797 08/29/05 05:26 PM
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hello im new to this...
well here is goes. my hubby and i just got married in April. not that long ago.. we fight almost everyday, even about the little stuff, he says he cant talk to me, and he dont know why,he jacks off to porn and girls on webcam. i asked him to stop and hes not. he hides it and lies about it until i catch him doing it. ( im sorry im not a very good speller.) we are still young in our 20's. just had a baby. i dont know what to do. i love him to death but something needs to happen... does anyone know why he cant talk to me?? oh and he HARDLY wants sex anymore... i ask him is it bc im overweight he says no, i ask if its something i did, he says no... i need help, he dont want to go to concelling. PLEASE someone help...

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Hi there and welcome to this board.

You sound like you have a very comforting personality. You call your husband "hubby!"

I'm just going to do some guessing here. Also, I think it's fair for me to say that there's a big part of me that believes we marry people to resolve problems in them and ourselves. That somehow, we seek out the people that will bring the problems and conflicts to the surface, so that we can resolve the conflicts.

So, I'm going to assume that the fights are there for a good reason, it's just that the two of you are not going about it in a way that will resolve conflict.

So, you're fighting about little stuff. Yep, that happens, girl, it happens a lot. The little stuff ain't little. It's just a little indicator that leads to some big issues. When you're mad about some little thing, there might be a deeper anger, or even something from your past that the little thing triggered.

For example, my wife closed the door on me while I was playing piano once, and I was hurt. I remembered that my dad used to close the door with a thunk while I was practicing as a kid, and my wife actually didn't mean anything by the "way" she closed the door. It was all about my past, it was about my dad.

So, all these little things, they have "treasures of understanding" behind them. And maybe your hubby can start believing in the big "treasures" behind the little things that start all those heated arguments.

About the porn. It's an easy release. It's a sin and he knows it, otherwise he wouldn't hide it. He's ashamed, but he needs the release. Some people call it an addiction, but I find that extreme. The man needs a release, because he's a man, but sex with you would "force" him to overcome particular emotional blocks and entanglements from his past.

Having sex with someone you love is not the "easiest" thing. We access all kinds of blocks, problems, and emotions. Yet when the love is there, when forgiveness and understanding are there...simple principles, not complicated...then sex can be incredibly healing.

So, your hubby is jerking off to the computer. You feel physically abandoned. But he's not really abandoning you physically, he's avoiding some emotional issue that you, bless your happy soul, have helped him access. The thing is, he doesn't understand what that emotional issue is. That's why you're in his life. You might not "know" what the issue is either, but if you tell him you love him and you hold him, and you tell him how much of a man he is, comfort him, but make sure you tell him how strong he is, and you add your own, very special personal touch, which might be different than what I've described...he might just be able to open up.

He might cry, he might get enraged, he might need to pound something. But you might just start unraveling the knots, you might start healing, together. Eventually, my guess is that it will become fun!

Are you part of some kind of group? Anything really, doesn't have to be a counseling group, just something. Hiking, church, dancing, really anything...might help to solidify y'all as a family.

Peace and take it easy,
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well your made some really good points and most of them i tried.. he still wont talk to me, i try to talk to him to make things better, but that doesnt seem to be working at all. most the time it makes it worse. he does this in stores, the mall, at his parents house and at my parents house. it doesnt matter where we are he will start fighting with me. i dont know how much longer i can take the fighting... i really need some help..
and we are not in any groups. we are not really that kind of people. we are to ourselfs kinda.

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