How do you move on ?

Saudi Arabia
September 28, 2008 7:45am CST
My husband lied to me. It was a big lie and made us fight a lot for several months. I even thought about leaving him. Even though I told him I forgive him, I can't forget that he lied to me. Now I always doubt everything he says and always anticipating that he's lying to me again. I can't trust him like before. I've been struggling for almost a year to overcome these feelings. What can I do so I can move on and start trusting my husband again ? Help ... !
6 responses
@shell94 (990)
• Canada
28 Sep 08
I have been in this situation recently myself...my heart goes out to you as I know how much it hurts. It is so hard to start to trust again after being lied to. I have just tried to bite my tongue more and turned to my friends more often. It is so hard to get the trust back once it is broken. Try to focus on yourself and what is making you happy...this is what I have been doing. I am also concentrating on a life that does not always include him as maybe some space will help us...not sure if this will help you. If you ever need a friend to vent to feel free to call on me... I do understand the turmoil you are feeling very much!
• Saudi Arabia
28 Sep 08
Hi there Shell94. Thanks so much for your advice. I've been thinking about going back to school just to get my "self-worth" and "self-confidence" back. I've been a full-time homemaker these past few years and don't have that many friends. Maybe by going to school I will have more friends and have more "me" activities. I should really do that. You are so right, that I have to try to focus on myself more, have more time with my friends and buddies. Thanks again, I feel so much better to know that I'm not the only one feeling like this.
@shell94 (990)
• Canada
28 Sep 08
Glad this helped some.... Friends are very important and seem to get lost when one gets involved in a relationship. Good luck to you hun! I hope you get everything that you want out of life, just keep persevering and things will look better.
• United States
1 Oct 08
It takes time and lots of it. Tell your husband how you feel and why you feel like you cant trust him. Let him know that he will need to treat things differently for a long time now and you will need this to get through things. forgiving him for what he did is different then forgetting that he lied to you. My Hubby lied many years ago and it took me a long time to get through it. Now things are okay but still when I have any doubts I ask him and he knows that this is how it is and will always be. Since he lied I have the right to check on him when ever I feel like I need.
• Saudi Arabia
2 Oct 08
That's exactly how I feel. I feel the urge to check on his computer and cell-phone all the time. I know it's prying his privacy, but I can't help it. Sometime if I tell him how I feel, he just smile or laugh, makes me feel belittled. But he's trying, I know. I guess, I just live it one day at a time, huh ?
• Philippines
28 Sep 08
Good day... What lies did he told you? and how deep? I mean does it concern money or an affair? The question that you should ask yourself can you forgive him? could you forget his short coming?
• Saudi Arabia
28 Sep 08
Hi blackmantra_x. He has an affair. I am so trying to forgive him. I know he feels bad and he wants to change. I know he's also trying to re-gain my trust. But still, my wound is still bleeding, and I still feel a lot of pain because of him. And we have kids together. I don't want them to grow up without their father, but I also don't want them to grow up seeing me being bitter and suspicious at everything their father does. I guess like a very wise person said to me, time will tell. Thanks for your response. It's amazing that this kind of response really help me mentally and give me strength to see if there's a chance for me to really forgive and forget.
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
29 Sep 08
once you forgave, which alone is hard, but to actully move on from the pass is harder. my wife lied big time to me and it took me awhile to put trust in her again. but over time you will heal. and he must do whatever it takes to regain your trust. sometime we just got to give them some slack and see if they hang themself.
• Saudi Arabia
2 Oct 08
Hi syankee525, thanks for your response. Like you said he should prove his worth first before I can give him total trust like before. Sometime I feel I can trust him completely, but sometime I feel totally suspicious and insecure. Time will tell, really ...
@chabawel (329)
• Philippines
1 Oct 08
It's been a year since the test of your trust from your husband? And still hasn't overcome the pains and regrets? And has not totally forgiven your husband? Then, better seek a very good counselor so both of you can unload all the thoughts and feelings you and your husband have for each other. Being negative all the time after accepting your spouse back is unfair to your spouse. Once you accepted him back, you are already willing to work things out and have forgiven him completely. You can't be in denial while you are trying to maintain a good relationship with your spouse. You need to accept what happened and help yourself move on. It's hard to forget the past but if you want to save your marriage, you are willing to help yourself to move on and make it a point to your husband that losing you is not an option. You, yourself will be the key to your new life with your husband. Be free of negative thoughts. Don't enslave yourself to it. Nothing will get better if you continue to doubt your spouse. Good luck.
• Saudi Arabia
2 Oct 08
Oh, sometime I feel that I can trust him completely, but sometime I get so suspicious I check on his computer and his cellphone :-( I don't want to be hurt for the 2nd time. I love my husband and I want to love him unconditionally, but isn't love supposed to not hurt ? I want our marriage to work because we have kids together and I am a firm believer that children need their mom and dad to grow up healthy mentally and physically. I know I should try harder to really forgive him. I know I need to talk to him or maybe find a good and trustworthy counselor like you said. I need to stop living in the past. Thank you very much. I'm sorry for this late reply. My computer was bust. And ... well, I guess it's a sign of love, my husband spent 3 days working on my computer.
@bam620 (24)
• United States
29 Sep 08
I have had this happen to me and my husband and i have been trying for years to get over this but it is so hard to even listen to him. When he tells me a reason for something i always want to questin him and see if he is lying or not so i now the exact situation and we always end up fighting. So our relationship has had a ot of problems b/c i can't seem to forgive the past. Thats what we need to do is forgive the past. but as woman it is easier to hold it against them i know
• Saudi Arabia
2 Oct 08
Yes, I totally agree bam620. I read that is in the nature of women to remember all the negative emotional experience longer than men. I love my husband dearly, it's just that I seems very suspicious to him. That is sooooooo difficult to overcome. I hope and I really pray that I can be a better person and forgive him totally and forget everything he's done to me.