hello everyone,
I would have wanted to lurk a bit more but I've found myself in a bit of a knot and I don't know how to answer.
To give you a short account of my situation, I'm married to a woman 3.5 years my senior (38m, 42 f) and we have a 2.5 y-o boy. Relationship was very good at the beginning, then she pressured me into having the baby and marrying. Both come from a previous marriage. Had a traumatic miscarriage previous to having our son. finally got married 2 years ago. Total years in relationship, 7. After having the baby, and specially after getting married, our relationship eroded to the point of not having sex in two years. We just had our first sexual encounter 10 days ago. I have been really supportive with the kid (feeding, bathing, changing, caring) and still had gotten the speech that I'm egotistical and had put a lot of distance between her and I. That I didn't care for her at all. Divorce has been really close.
so, we are somewhat better, and suddenly 1 month ago she said she wanted another kid. I told her to first get back to a fully functioning relationship, which got her upset. Externally, she seems to have dropped the idea for the time being. i know she secretly hasn't.
I still deal with a low interest in me on her part and constant allusions to being tired when i initiate. Physically, I'm like 2-3 points above her SMV. she's short and a but chubby, I'm 6ft3" 210 lbs, 18% bf. I learned about RP more than a year ago, and have been lifting, dressing up, trying to be more assertive, but I've found my nemesis in this master manipulator.
so, the thing is she's written a message this morning telling that a female friend wants to go with her to a play at a local theater on May 22nd. That's the day before her period. The play is semi-erotic in nature. Then she asks "Permision???". this has never happened before. The way I see it, it is a shit test, since she is due to ovulate in 2-3 days. I obiously don't want her to go and be left babysitting on a friday, least of all a GNO when we are on such a shaky ground. But I don't want to come across as jealous or taking vengeance on her rejecting me last weekend. Whats the best way to deny her request from a position of strength? I'm not naturally good at agree and amplify, and when I speak I tend to be blunt and direct.
My a&a would be "Yes, and I'll give you $50 to get drunk as well", but once she starts complaining (I guess it will be on the grounds that she has to take care of the kid when i travel abroad or that i went away for 3 hours last sunday -after her rejection) i don't know how to argue against that. Should i be clear that I don't think it is a good idea that she goes out with friends when we are not finding time to go out on our own?
UPDATE: Got home and she said I'd not answered. I said no, you don't have my permission. I haven't engaged much, just said that it was a show of disrespect not to invest that time in our going out by ourselves instead of trying to go out with the girls on a friday night like a teenager. On her side, it is retrograde of me not to "allow" her to "go to the theater" one time, and that she hasn't gone out in three years. This is the only point where I've engaged, to point out that coffe and luch with friends have been done by her several times, and that I'm not opposed to that, but I wont be left babysitting on a Friday night while she goes to that play; she wants to meet this friend, she can do it any other time. In the end she's saying this is a XXI century marriage ans she IS going. I haven't backed off, and told her that I can't stop her from going, but she can take her decisions and I'll take mine. She has said that in five minutes I've destroyed all the way we had made in the past 6 months by being so rigid, controlling, machist, etc. To please check my position with my therapist or anyone to see how wrong I am. So she has been crying quietly around and I've overheard her telling her mother on the phone that she can't go on with me like this. Also, she's texted her friend to hold her tickets for a few days, that she is outraged by how backwards I am. The friend has told her to find a babysitter if I refuse because most men do. That her husband actually forces her to go out alone every forthnight and they alternate weekends. What a jewel. I've worked out and had dinner.
UPDATE 2 She chose not to speak to me on friday. This is the day she has her appointment with her therapist, so she usually eats out downtown and goes to that. Does a little shopping for herself that day. With the ovulation, lack of news from her all day and the things I've read on the Rational Male and other places in the manosphere I somehow got it into my little head that she could choose to fuck a stranger in the mall's bathroom out of spite for me. I got home half an hour later than usual and found her showered (which on the other hand is not strange). found the laundry and al her clothing was for washing, and her undies were quite stained and there was a spot on the inside of her pants. I know how paranoic it sounds, but I've got access to a wood's lamp and I've frozen her undies until I can check them tomorrow. Thinking back, after checking her phone calls, the tickets of the things she bought... there is really very little time for her to have done anything, I'm talking half an hour, and she hasn't pressed for sex with me during the weekend, which would be the "go to" thing if she could be pregnant from another guy. That's how beta and insecure I am in my own head. Shame on me.
Saturday she speaks civilly enough to ask that I vacuum the bedroom etc, (she's asthmatic and really I do a better job with that) but I choose to work on the garden, and vacuum later. She takes the kid for a walk, and forgets that the kid must kiss me goodby when he goes out, as I do when I tak him for the walk. Then cooks lunch. Then something really bad happens at her job, to the point that she can now lose it in the following months. The thing made the news, tha's how serious it is. I tried comfort but was refused with an excuse. I made the big mistake of disclosing that on Thursday a similar blow happened at my workplace, but will take a couple of years to affect my company. Actually i'm the one who can save the company, and I didn't capitalize on that. the rest of the day went on without further events.
Today I had more garden work, and finished late. She had taken the kid for another walk, again without saying anything, and when they came back I said "This is the last time he does not kiss me when he's leaving". First, she said she hadn't noticed. Then, "hey, I saw your brother and his wife and they turned their faces" (remember she's not on speaking terms with my family). When I remeinded her that and said what did she expect she said we are all misfits and "you have no heart. You make me lose all the thrill in this relationship". And phoned her mother to vent I guess. Then I prepared the boy's luch and said "I'll feed him, you make lunch". The dish for today was one she's never cooked before but could follow the instructions. She refused. I said "I've been working all morning and won't cook as well, while you were just strolling around with the baby". She said she was not cooking and I could take it or leave it, so I've gone out for luch and then gone to the cinema. I knew she was meeting a female friend and her son at 18h, so I've been out for 4 hours. The emotions I've felt watching the film, I've never been so moved. I'm back home, no text or missed calls. I plan on bathing the kid, cooking dinner for him and me and tomorrow will be another day. Please, am I doing the wrong thing here? Am I changing too much, too soon?
And I suspect I'm nowhere near the Main Event. There will be destruction of property.
A little ettiquete question, are updates writen on the OP or should I create a new thread? This sharing my feelings and actions on the internet is quite new to me.
Edit: reason-adding more info to the update now that she's gone to sleep.
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