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Relationship I just cant do this anymore

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Im sick of the drinking to excess. Im tired of her messing around with other people and I am supposed to be okay with it because girl-on-girl is 'hot' or 'doesnt count'. I'm tired of the violent outbursts and because she is a tiny petite girl and I am a guy. Im tired of the random rule changes without being told the rules have changed. Im tired of being looked at like I am the one who abused her as a kid. Im tired of the lack of intimacy of any kind. I'm tired of the double standards.

She refused to come home last night and is sleeping with the girl she messed around with last year. I dont know if they are doing anything besides just sleeping it off, but I cant stop seeing them together.

I just wish there wasnt two sweet little girls involved. They dont deserve this.

*I'm tired of the violent outbursts and because she is a tiny petite girl and I am a guy its supposed to be okay.
 
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Thats what makes this so much harder and complicated.

Four years ago, before she was diagnosed, before there was a name for how she acted and treated me, I had an emotional affair which turned slightly physical. It was absolutely horrible behavior and completely inexcusable. I was the lying cheating scumbag. I know how horrible that was, and I am in a bad place right now so if the insults and judgement could be held off, I would appreciate it. I went clean with her and we started therapy. Every time one of them would call her out on her behavior or we would try to talk about her messing around with other people all the time, she would refuse to go back. That happened three times with three different couples therapists.

She has been seeing hers since then. For the last 4 years she was telling me that I was the reason she had PTSD, because of the affair. She just told me a few days ago that she has been doing EMDR for the last year to deal with all of her childhood traumas. Saturday night she got really drunk and started giving this girl a lap dance in front of me. The girl said something that I couldn't hear, it started with "remember the last time we did this..."

Then she went and grabbed a bunch of seashells and stuck them down the girls shirt. The girl grabbed them and put them down my wifes pants and said something about me. My wife then grabbed the seashells and threw them at me harder than I have ever seen her do or knew she was capable of. Me, and the guy sitting next to me got absolutely pelted. I said something along the lines of "what the f*ck? why are you throwing shells at me?" The other girl responded "hey, they were touching your wifes vagina" and they both got up and left.

The next night she was dancing with a different girl, I couldn't see anything that was happening because it was dark. However, that other girl came over to me and said that her and my wife were "molesting each other". I met my wife at the cooler and said "I dont think you understand the choices you are making right now" and I went to bed. She did end up coming to bed a few minutes later.

She gets so impulsive when she drinks, and messes around with anyone and everyone, except me. We basically haven't had any sexual contact since January. I understand why now, but I had zero explanation until the other day when she finally told me about the EMDR. I let it go for months before I finally asked her if we could talk about our sex life. That made her flip out and leave, but she did end up coming back obviously.

Last year she climbed into bed with another guy right in front of me and started grinding her backside against his crotch. When I called her out on it she just smiled. The next day she didn't even remember it happening. When I tried to bring it up in our session she flipped the f*ck out and said I was just trying to make her look bad and then that was the end of seeing that therapist. Then she drained our kids' savings accounts and was planning to use the several thousand dollars to leave.

These types of things have been happening since the beginning of our relationship and she categorically refuses to acknowledge it. Any time I try to talk about this stuff with her I end up apologizing to her for my infidelity 4 years ago and I don't realize that she has turned it around on me until after the fact. I don't think I have ever heard her sincerely apologize for anything. Everything she does is always someone elses fault.

Its to the point now where I dont even want to go hang out with our friends because something like this is bound to happen. Yesterday, after our dog and another dog snipped at each other, the homeowner screamed at me to "get that f*cking dog out of here", I just lost it. I had to get out of there. She refused to leave and kept our kids there. My daughter text me that she hated me for leaving. I was barely able to even function, if it wasn't for my sister answering her phone I dont know how well I would have handled it.
 
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This isn't judgement all, or rude. This is blunt. My partner has PTSD as well. Having a mentally ill partner complicates things, but it does not give them free reign to terrorize their family.

She doesn't think she is doing anything wrong, so she's gonna keep on doing it. If you're waiting on her to get better and stop treating you like this, I'd stop waiting.

Your spouse cheating does not qualify as a Crit A. trauma for PTSD diagnosis. She has PTSD from her childhood, not from you having an emotional affair. Her using her diagnosis as an excuse, or a way to guilt you, is manipulative.

You cannot use her PTSD as an excuse for her behavior. She cannot help being symptomatic, but she can help the terrible coping mechanisms she's choosing. She is not addled, or out of her mind. She is not possessed. A lot of supporters think their sufferer's PTSD makes them cheat, lie, lash out, etc. Don't fall into that trap.

Is she being violent with you in front of your kids?
 
No, she doesnt get violent with me in front of the kids, and to be honest the violent outbursts are pretty rare. She hasnt done anything like that for a long time.
 
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I’m so sorry you and your kiddos are going through this.

Put yourself and those kids first.
I had an emotional affair which turned slightly physical. It was absolutely horrible behavior and completely inexcusable. I was the lying cheating scumbag.
Ever heard the phrase "two wrongs don't make a right?" It would apply here. You cheated. You owned up (kudos to ya!) and you changed. You do not need to pay a penance for your wrong by putting up with this chaos from her. Your wrong doesn't make what she is doing ok. Additionally, it's not helpful to her to excuse her behavior because of your own mistake. That's just enabling this chaos to continue.

For the last 4 years she was telling me that I was the reason she had PTSD, because of the affair.
That's B.S.

Have you thought about going to al-anon? 12 step programs are not for everyone, and I am not very into 12 stepping. But, I found an al-anon group that was good for me, and it helped me deal with family members of my own and all the chaos that comes with them drinking too much to try to escape the pain. Many people with a problem with drug or alcohol abuse have trauma histories. It doesn't help them recover from the trauma to let their behavior carry on with no consequence. Getting some support to learn how to set boundaries with all of this might help a lot.

Something that is said a lot in al-anon, because those who deal with partners with this kind of behavior need the reminder: "you didn't cause it, you can't cure it, and you can't control it." That applies really well here too. You didn't cause her PTSD or various acting out behaviors. You can't cure any of it, no matter how much nonsense you put up with (and it's likely to only get worse if you just continue to tolerate it). And you can't control it.

But you can control you and the choices you make to continue to put up with it, or make some changes and set up some boundaries, and get you and the kids out of this chaos. Even the most rare violent outburst can really rattle kids. All this other stuff, likely to be affecting them too.
 
I really appreciate all the responses. Thank you all for taking the time to respond.

She just got home from work and I have no idea what to do. Tell her to go stay with her sister? Tell her I'll keep trying if she quits drinking? Give it another day so I can calm my nerves?
 
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