Today, we’re going to talk about a very personal and upsetting story that a woman shared in a very moving letter. This article talks about a sad situation that a lot of people may know all too well: a relationship that is ruined by objectification, betrayal, and emotional manipulation.

The story of her:

From:
Madison
Subject: Am I being unfair for
wanting to divorce my
husband after he humiliated
me at his anniversary party?
Summary: My husband loved to “show me off” in short skirts and tight dresses to make his friends jealous. But at the pool party, it went too far. He insisted I wear a tiny bikini, leaving me feeling exposed the whole time.I thought the party couldn’t get worse until his friend revealed his truth.
Details: I (28F) have been with my husband, Mark (30M) for 5 years, married for one. Things were great at first, but he’s become increasingly controlling about how I dress, especially around his friends. He loves to “show me off” and wants me to wear revealing clothes to make his friends jealous.
For our anniversary, my husband threw a pool party and gave me a skimpy bikini, insisting I “show off that amazing body” to impress his male friends. I felt on display the whole time. Then, as I was I climbing out of the pool, I slipped and fell. I was completely mortified. Mark, instead of comforting me, yelled at me for “ruining his party.”
Humiliated and heartbroken, I locked myself in the bedroom. Then, there was a knock. One of his friends approached me, saying, “I don’t know how to say this, but your husband shows us pictures of you all the time. In revealing clothes…even some I’m pretty sure you didn’t know he took. He brags about how hot his wife is and how lucky he is. It’s…it’s made a lot of us uncomfortable.”
Tom then told me something even more disturbing. He said Mark has done this with all his exes! Apparently, he keeps a file on his computer with pictures of all the women he’s been with, labeled “MY Trophies” or something equally creepy. He even told Tom that his two main standards for women were that they had to be hot and that he could make his friends jealous by being with them. He also said he didn’t mind dating women who weren’t the “sharpest tools in the shed” as long as they were hot.
I was disgusted. This wasn’t just about the pool party anymore. This was about years of being objectified and used to boost his ego. I confronted Mark,
and he didn’t even deny it! He said he was just “proud of me” and that I should be “flattered” by the attention. I’m staying at my sister’s now and talking to a lawyer. Am I wrong for wanting to divorce him over this?

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