My husband molest me while i sleep

I've been with my husband for 11 years, we have a small child. I am 15 years his junior. We are both hard working adults and we've had our problems throughout our relationship but we made it through until 2011 he had been molesting me while I slept on numerous occasions even though we have a very very healthy sex life since Day 1 of our relationship. I told him then that it hurt me severely, it made me feel worthless and empty, it especially caused me to withdraw into myself and we didnt have sex for months after. In 2012, we seperated but then reconciled and we went to counseling and were trying to be a better couple but things slowing went back to the same old shit so I said I wanted to divorce out of a heated argument, I realized I was in the wrong but then he molested me in my sleep again. He said he did it due to stress and promised not to do it again, so I forgave him. The very next weekend after coming home from a great night out with our friends, I woke up to him inside me again, when I began to move he pulled out and turned over as if nothing was happening like a kid caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Since then I broke down and told him once again how horrible these action make me feel. I cried like a toddler and told him I feel like my heart has been ripped out and the fact that I forgave him over and over makes me feel like an idiot. He isnt violent or abusive but the damage is hard to overlook. Now my body wont respond to him. My head says leave him and my heart asks why should I stay? He is a good father, hard working but I'm a good mom and also hard working. I'm not staying out of fear of lonliness or financial security although it has crossed my mind. But why would a husband continue to do something that hurts his wife mentally? and turns her off physically? WTF am I wrong? Is this normal?

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  • Avant-Garde

    You're not in the wrong, HE is. He is raping you and you continue to let it happen by going back to him. It would be okay if you gave him your consent but you haven't and he knows this. Yet, he continues to defile you like its not a problem when it is a huge one. The best thing you can do is divorce him and get custody of your child. Maybe, you could even file a report against him.

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  • Jjnikki19

    @GoraIntoDesiGals it doesn't matter if they are married or not. Rape is the forced unwanted act of sexual intercourse without consent. She didn't consent, so it is rape. But really what the real question should be is how do you sleep through being penetrated? Are you THAT LOOSEY GOOSEY?

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  • DubstepismyMJ

    No hes wrong. Well from what i hear in tv, a rapist likes it more And more when hes victim resist, crys, basically hate it. Its twisted yes. If this is what hes like, that dark pleasure will rule over any guilt. Pls have the strength to do what is necessary.

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    • DubstepismyMJ

      I dont exactly know what love is, but i sure as hell know this aint it.

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  • GoraIntoDesiGals

    Sorry but if you're married then it isn't rape.

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    • michaels4p5

      Yeah i agree now if she wasn't then it would be rape i'd say.

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    • lizieralizard

      Sounds like something a rapist would say.

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      • GoraIntoDesiGals

        Nope. What OP said sounds like what a feminist would say and I rebuke that.

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  • Funkywabit

    Did you talk about this with the therapist? There is a name for this .... It's called sexsomnia.. Most of the time the person doesn't even know they are doing it..

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    • Avant-Garde

      Why were you thumbed down for this? Sexsomnia is a actual condition.

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  • AVTECH

    Me and my wife are going through the same thing. I have been doing that to her. I am definitely not proud of it. When I did it I didn't want to do it, it was kind of a subconscious thing. whether it was a lack of self control or what I don't know. Either way it was wrong. If you don't want him to do that then he shouldn't. I had done that to my wife on several occasions and felt terrible every time but kept doing it anyways. Me and my wife might be getting a divorce we are kind of in a limbo type situation. She is going to get counseling/ therapy and I'm going to get the same. I love my wife and would do anything for her but there is something wrong and I don't know why I keep doing that. So maybe your husband is in the same situation, or it's just his thing I don't know. Just because he does that doesn't make him a rapist. If I can't fix this then I'm going to divorce my wife because she doesn't deserve that kind of treatment, she deserves to be happy. Pose that question to him and see what he says. Best of luck to you.

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    • mwruiz42

      Ok so you make perfect sense but let me ask you this, if it isn't rape which is doing a sexual act against her will, why do you feel bad?

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  • captblood44

    leave. quit your bitching, get a back bone and leave. if your body is not responding, leave. take everything he has and leave. i would think that would make you a gold digger or a prostitute, but society deems it appropriate for a woman to financially rape a man when they divorce. you could justify it by saying he raped you first. of course, then it means you aren't any better.

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    • mwruiz42

      Weirdo!! Obviously if they were married it isn't prostitution or financial rape. She should leave if he is hurting her like that and she isn't hurting him by asking for compensation. Even if they weren't married, but were in a relationship she deserves respect as a human being...period!!

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  • umbramanus

    To the original poster, I've sorry to hear that this has hurt what sounded like an otherwise good relationship. Clearly, the issue here seems to be a disagreement between your ideas of a healthy sex life, and his.

    Just because you don't enjoy being woken up in that way doesn't mean there's anything unhealthy about his sexual desires or your aversion to being woken up in that way.

    From a male's perspective, there are few things more arousing to me than being woken up in the middle of the night by my wife on top of me. I enjoy pleasuring my wife, and find that afterward, I wake up rested and cheerful.

    You expressed that feel degraded by this behavior, would you feel bothered if he woke you in the middle of the night and asked for sex? Would you chastise him and tell him to roll over and go back to sleep? Can you imagine how frustrating that sort of rejection can be? Have you ever been kept up all night by sexual frustration after being refused satisfaction? Can you appreciate that special kind of humiliation and regret? The thought that "maybe I married the wrong person, maybe we're not sexually compatible. Is this what I have to look forward to the rest of my life?"

    What would you prefer he do? Masturbate? Find himself a mistress? Some people simply have a strong sexual appetite. I do, and so might he. That doesn't make either of us a pervert or deviant, but it does limit our options for finding a satisfactory sexual partner. Try to keep an open mind. We all have fantasies, you do, I do and so does he. Give as good or better than you get and try to help satisfy each other.

    Don't assume he thinks any less of you for it, but further, and don't blame yourself.

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    • mwruiz42

      It's called respect...period...for one another. All she is trying to do is sleep for a change and not be treated like she means nothing to him. If he respected his wife he would wait until she is rested so that she can enjoy him the same as he is trying to enjoy her. Maybe because she works like a dog same as he, she may want to rest a spell and recover from her day. If he respected her , he would see that she needs that rest just a much regardless of how it should make her feel. Imagine waking up tired as f*** and finding the man you love not only disrespecting you by being on top of or behind you trying to f*** you, and that's what it is because it sure as hell isn’t making love...but imagine not only that but also the fact that in your mind you're looking at him as possibly your silent rapist because it is totally and completely AGAINST your will!! Isn't love making, especially married love making suppose to be completely consensual? How dare you even compare an animalistic type of sex drive to a wonderfully blessed sex drive given between man and wife. She will never be the same because when she asked him to stop, his sex drive was more important than her heart!!!

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  • Lizziebeth80

    I ran across this post after experiencing a similar situation. I just wanted to add that it doesn't matter who this person is or what excuse he throws out (stress my butt!), he's a pervert and this is wrong. Once you have told someone "no" that is it. They need to back off and give you your personal space. The fact that he knows what he is doing and continues to do it without the consent of his wife, speaks volumes to his respect for her. She's not some blowup doll that is there for his sexual pleasure. She is a human being who, while attracted and in love with her husband, isn't always in the mood to pleasure him at his every whim. Saying she should welcome his unwanted advances because he's her husband is backwards thinking. Can't she be free to get a good night's rest without someone trying to sex her up? If she's in a deep sleep (whatever the reason is) she is unconscious and therefore cannot consent to sex, and in that aspect he is essentially raping her. Especially, if while awake, she has previously told him she doesn't want him to do that to her anymore. Men need to be taught that women are not there to cater to their every need. We should be respected, loved, protected. And no, I'm not an effing "feminist" I'm just a human being who thinks that a man should respect the women in his life. Afterall, without women, men wouldn't even be born.

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  • _Molotov_Cocktail_

    You should molest his head with a lit Molotov cocktail. Should teach him.
    "An eye for an eye, a Molotov cocktail for a Molotov cocktail."
    -Russian proverb

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  • michaels4p5

    Being married to him how does this hurt you it seems like you would instead you would enjoy him doing that to you.

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  • I think this is rape simply because it makes you uncomfortable. If you didn't mind then it would be ok, but the fact that you dont like him doing that means that its not. You should divorce because you are not sexually compatable with each other. You need someone who respects your boundries and he needs somoene who likes sleep sex. He wont stop doing this it seems.

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  • jumponin

    I do this to my girlfriend sometimes, when im falling asleep/almost asleep. it feels nice having her in my arms when im falling asleep and i must get turned on. she's my girlfriend see, so she'll either wake up and make me stop or else have sex with me, not accuse me of rape,because she's my girlfriend. i don't understand how this is rape unless he's actually forcing you or holding you down. and if you wake up and he's already inside you then 1. youre a very heavy sleeper and
    2. you must be turned on if he's able to get inside alright.

    i dont understand how a husband can molest his wife if they are in bed together.

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    • rayb12

      imagine if you were gay, this doesn't mean you want a cock thrusting inside of you while you are asleep. A boundary is being crossed and he is continuing to do it knowing she doesn't like it. Of course it is different than being held down, but every situation is different, you are still unable to say no due to being asleep. Of course also it is just as valid that in your relationship this is acceptable but different people have different boundaries and they need to be established/respected

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  • Ash0112

    I use to think that biking to and from work everyday made me fall asleep harder because I have always been a light sleeper. So I reecently asked my doctor about my blood tests from 2012 and if there were any traces of sleeping agents. He confirmed that an average sleeping medication was found in my blood for about three months, which was the same period of time when these "episodes" first began. I DONT TAKE SLEEPING PILLS! Imagine my shock! My doctor even looked worried. Thank you everyone for your advice.

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  • Goodfellas71

    If he was doing this to you like once in a blue moon, then I think it's harmless. But if he's doing this on a regular basis, then I think he definaltley has some serious problem that needs to be addressed with a professional immediately. This is a violation of your sexual being and as a human being altogether. If you love him enough, I would seek some professional advise asap. If not, leave him.

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  • Youranidiot

    Hm, first let me say I do this to my wife all the time and she loves it. It shows I'm interested in her physically . We are in a sexless relationship due to her birthcontrol., last time we had sex was about 5 months ago. Now anyone who knows when there's no passion the love can die like the amber of a roaring flame. You should be great full that he'should not cheating on you and trying to get you to react to his in tension on being passionate with you since your not giving it up to him anyway. Feminist just keep your cocktais in check. Cause you more then likely don't have a man at all in your life this is rape that's rape. No when 4 men beat you down regardless you say no that's rape. A husband wanting his wife is not. Look it up no matter what belief or idea you have all say the same thing women ate to take care of their husbands don't like it don't get married get a divorce Yada yada.

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    • Nza3000

      Hi, I just wanted to talk about this with someone that isn't quick to judge me. I've Done this To My girlfriend A lot. We do not have a healthy relationship. She has cheated on me a bunch. She is verbally and emotionally abusive to me. She never lifts a finger to clean a dish or cook a meal. Never helps with finances. Never wants to have sex. Rejects me over and over when I try to make a move. Rolls her eyes at me and tells me to stop. And when we first got together,she said it was ok. She would wake up and have sex with me or let me continue fingering her to an orgasm. Now she just wakes up and gets pissed off and makes me out to be a molester. Threatens to sleep on the couch or go sleep at her apartment. She sleeps next to me in nothing but her panties every night, doesn't have sex with me for weeks, and expects me to keep my hands to myself? Is that ridiculous or what? Plus,at one point (closer to the beginning of our relationship) she asked me "if I'm so turned on by her body, why haven't I forced myself on her yet". I was like "oh yeah?!"
      She smiled back and was like "yeah". We did some rape role playing because she brought it up. Now when she wakes up and her panties are down, she gets really mad and crys and says that her ex husband used to rape her while she was sick and in pain and it didn't matter if she was crying or screaming, he wouldnt stop and when she wakes up to me doing stuff to her, it reminds her of him. She says it's ptsd.

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    • mwruiz42

      Rape is forcing someone to have or having sex with someone against that someone's will. I mean take your screen names own advice...you're an idiot! ! Since when do you have to beat someone down for it to be rape?

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