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  • #784347
    Carol

    I’m 30 single and not really actively dating or looking for anyone currently. In the last year, a man who works with me in another department and I started becoming friends. We have gone out in a group with other colleagues. We laugh and have fun with everyone. He’s cute and we have good conversation. He is married and they have a son. His wife travels all the time for her career. Her mother cares for their son mostly. Weirdly enough his wife has an apartment far away where she stays as her home base near her mom and he has an apartment here where he works with me. His wife never comes here. But he will sometimes drive the distance to her to see their son. They’ve been doing this for years. Recently he and I have been speaking more and have even gone out by ourselves. Just as friends. One night recently though, I could see things changing. When he came near me at work, and outside of work, I would get this tingling feeling and it was like he was checking me out and there was this very mutual sexual tension. One night we acted on it and kissed very passionately, and got a bit handsy. We then had a conversation about what was going on. He said that he was very interested in me and has been for a while. He wanted to take me out to dinners, plays, movies and have a relationship with me. I was shocked and of course asked about his wife. He said that she unexpectedly got pregnant so they ran and got married to try and do the right thing by the child. But now she is travelling, taking care of the child, and their relationship isn’t one at all. They parade as a married couple. He cares for and loves her. But he said they haven’t had sex in almost two years. When he’s asked her about their lack of connection and he’s tried to be close, she’s told him to do whatever he wanted with whomever, since he had his own place and could meet women here and he can still see their son and be married parents. I haven’t had sex in one year so I mean I’m heavily wanting to with him. He says we can stay friends and he respects me that way, but that he’d like to go out, hold hands, grab dinner, have sex if we both wanted to. He wants to have a more fulfilling physical relationship with me, but he is still actively married to her and raising their son. He said they do sleep in the same bed, but she practically sleeps as far away from him as possible and there is no physical connection from her. They put on a show for their son and families. I’ve never done this before. Am I a bad person for wanting to jump his bones. He is so tempting to me. We have a strong connection. Do I just walk away?

    #784352
    K

    You posted this question yesterday as Ariana “I Don’t Know What To Do”. FYI, it’s against the site rules to post the same question using a different name so the admin will show up and warn you once and ban you if you keep doing it.

    You seem to really want to do this and disregard that you’re going to be sleeping with a married man. So go ahead and do it and quit posting about it. No one here is going to tell you it’s OK but you seem to be desperate for sex and not yet mature enough to figure out that if you play with fire you’re going to get burned.

    #784353
    K

    Why do I get the feeling it’s the same person behind all these posts the past few days? Asks about something they obviously shouldn’t be doing and then posts over and over again.

    #784356
    Colleen

    You are getting creepy, young lady. Suppose you meet mr right someday. How would you explain this disgusting thing you are contemplating.

    The massive amount you typed and all the details you told in your saga above indicates you don’t have much common sense, morals, self control, etc.

    What, are you a wild animal that goes after whatever smells musky? Like, you don’t plan on exercising any common sense or self control.

    #784357
    Carol

    I’ve never been to this site before. I had a good friend suggest it last week after I expressed to her my situation. I haven’t seen this man in over a week. I told him I needed some time to myself to catch up with family and friends. She thought someone here could give me some advice from a third party source. She wants me to be happy, but she worries I’ll fall hard and get hurt. She thinks if I can just see it as casual sex, then maybe I can enjoy it and end it if things aren’t working.

    #784359
    Colleen

    Yeah, like I said, explain that when you meet a really nice available man.

    That would be an embarrassing secret to hide for the rest of your life.

    Knowingly starting an affair with a married man. Good one.

    I mean, you really can’t claim to be a keeper to some nice man in the future if this is how you have conducted yourself so far.

    Would you want a man whose former girlfriend had a husband and kids in another town?

    This man is a total creep. He just wants to get screwed. And you are flattered? Yuck.

    #784360
    K

    You aren’t making any sense.

    You’ve gotten advice. Why post twice asking the same thing then?

    If you want to take your friend’s advice because it matches what you really want to do, then just do it. Not one person here is going to agree with that. It’s YOUR life. Do what you want. If it isn’t obvious to you this is a bad idea, go try it out and see how it feels to be this guy’s side piece.

    #784384
    cupcake

    The title is utterly misleading: “should i have an affair with a married man” is really what you are asking. And no you shouldn’t , but you are going to. So just do it and stop posting the same question on here. No one in their right mind is going to tell you its a great idea. Karma is a b

    #784385
    LaFrance Thibodeaux

    Its little girls like you that make it so hard for women like me…😒😒😒😒

    #784391
    Anon

    If you want to have sex, I would guess you could easily meet a single available guy. You would be having sex with a married man who has no interest in being with you, just using you for sex. It seems like he is even arranging it in a way like it’s prostitution by offering to buy dinners, plays- as a way to pay for it and not feel the guilt. This will never turn it in your favor I’m sorry to say.

    #784393
    Newbie

    You are probably emotional unavailable yourself and too scared to go look for a proper partner. So you look for the worst kind of unavailable: the married man. And gobble up all his nonsense.
    Sure you can have a casual fling but find an uncomplicated single man. Also with causual you can agree to exclusive sex for example. But you dont really want casual, you want to justify having sex with this guy. Well you dont need anyone’s permission so go ahead already

    #784394
    Carol

    He’s claiming he is interested in me overall. My personality, intellectualism, and we are overall attracted to each other. He said he’d like to go out and do dinners, talk, and such to prove it wasn’t just some hidden sex relationship only. He said he couldn’t just sleep with just anyone, he wanted to be interested in her mind, life, career, and more.

    I asked him why he hadn’t gone after anyone else at work. There are plenty of cute girls. He said he really liked my personality and was attracted to my look and had never been with anyone else before ever.

    He said he and his wife barely had any relations in 2018. Last time he initiated was new years of 2018 into 19. He said it was terrible. She acted like she didn’t even want to be there and wasn’t enjoying anything. That’s when this whole arrangement went down. She told him he could find someone else if he wished. Not to tell her about it. She didn’t feel like having sex, pretty much ever again. He hasn’t had any sex since that new years night. He said he wasn’t going to just go on Tinder for some hookup. He actually wanted to date someone with all that came with. Talking, dinners, activities, almost like having a girlfriend.

    #784396
    Anon

    Carol, listen to me when I say- a guy will nearly say anything to get a woman to have sex- he will say he loves your intellect, personality, whatever- also he will say he wants to go out, have dinners. Just like a girlfriend- but not a girlfriend. The reality is he is married to a woman he sleeps in the same bed with. If he wanted you as a girlfriend, he would leave his wife. He wants to have sex with you- that’s it I’m sorry to say.

    #784403
    Carol

    I know you are right and I know deep down I need to hear it. I typed this out to send to him when he reaches out next: let me know what you think….

    Thank you for spending time with me and going through all the effort. I had a good time with you. I am attracted to you, but I want to be in someone’s life where things are very clear, and I can be a priority. I just don’t see us doing whatever it is we’d be doing as meeting my needs ever, as it has to be hidden and temporary. Your priorities will always be your wife and family, as it should be. I acknowledge the attraction we share, and I do wish circumstances in your life were different. I just cannot accept being a woman who fills a sexual void. I think I offer and deserve more.

    #784404
    Newbie

    If you look into yourself what are you trying to achieve with that message. A halfhearted message you deserve better? If course you deserve better but you dont need to tell him that. And i dont think youre ready for better. You might want to take some therapy first.
    Also there is no effort on his part. All he did was trying to get in your pants with some sweet talk and weird explanations about his married life

    #784405
    Anon

    It sounds great and you are clear on your feelings and thoughts. It is important to set a boundary with this man and follow through with not responding to his advances. He may read what you write and say I understand, that’s too bad and stop initiating with you (this is what he should do). Or he may say, I understand and try to convince you further about how he and his wife do not have a relationship. That’s fine and everything, but you have to set the boundary as to what you want which is to be a priority and in a clearly defined relationship as that is what you deserve.

    #784406
    Carol

    Maybe instead of I deserve more. I could say something like

    “I think I offer a lot on my end and need someone who can match that”

    Saying that I can offer time, effort, love, availability and I need someone that can bring the same to the table.

    #784407
    Newbie

    Carol, thats all fine, but you are writing an add for the wrong paper. To me it still sounds you like to convince him of chosing you? Just say, im 30, at some point i like a partner and maybe start a family so wasting my time on a married man wont serve me any good

    #784408
    Carol

    Maybe instead of I deserve more. I could say something like

    “I think I offer a lot on my end and need someone who can match that”

    Saying that I can offer time, effort, love, availability and I need someone that can bring the same to the table.

    I do think he will try and convince me out of this. I have to stay strong. He kept trying to convince me that it wasn’t just sex before. How he’d be happy just spending time with me without sex. But then kept trying to kiss me. Doesn’t make sense. He kept telling me he isn’t some cheater who has multiple women. That he was trying to impress me and date me and had never done this before and he felt he was starting from scratch. That he wasn’t a bad guy. I told him good guys don’t cheat on their wives.

    Especially, after you mention how the reasoning behind seeing me is her not being intimate or even interested in you. So you try to fill that void.

    #784410
    Colleen

    Who are you trying to fool? This message is clearly an invitation for him to talk you out of what you are saying. How about a simple thanks but no thanks, and mean it. I’m getting annoyed with you. You are not going to drop him.

    You are asking him to use his words to make it ok.

    #784412
    Carol

    I’m just trying to simplify, get a point across here. I took some stuff out trying to be clear. I will not be the other woman hidden away.

    “Thank you for taking me out. I am attracted to you, but I want to be in someone’s life where things are very clear, and I can be a priority. I just don’t see us doing whatever it is we’d be doing as meeting my needs ever, as it has to be hidden and temporary. I acknowledge the attraction we share, and I do wish circumstances in your life were different. I cannot accept just being a filler to a sexual void, as you stated was lacking in your marriage. I am not that woman. “

    #784413
    Liz Lemon

    I think you’re overthinking the message. And I have to agree that it sounds like you want him to try to convince you out of it. There’s no need to acknowledge the attraction you feel for him multiple times in a short message, what’s that all about? The longer and more convoluted the message you give him, the easier it will be for him to find a loophole and talk you out of it. But I get the feeling that’s secretly what you want.

    You’re 30, you want a husband and family eventually. He can’t give you that. The best you can hope for with him is being his side piece and you’re better than that. That’s all you need to tell him.

    #784414
    Anon

    I would be this clear: thank you for a fun time, but when I think about this situation, I don’t want to be part of it. Good luck with your family.

    I would not write you are attracted to him or anything to boost his ego any further. Just set a boundary that you are a woman of high value and then do not engage further. You don’t owe him any further explanation. He’s married- it should not have gotten as far as it did.

    #784417
    Raven

    How about this; No thanks- you’re married… (you slime ball)

    #784418
    Jo

    Extra waffle will just give him something to focus on other than the real message. Why not just tell him this situation is not what you’re looking for, your mind is made up and it’s not open for discussion? Most men understand clear direct communication.

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