Need perspective on husbands ‘jokes’ about sex after trauma

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I’ve posted before. I am currently in a situation where trying to work out if I can rebuild trust with my husband of more than a decade. after he betrayed me pretty badly in regards to sex .

I won’t go into the whole background but he has a high ‘sex drive’ which gets him frustrated if he doesn’t get it every few days. in the past few years this has ‘caused him‘ to override sexual boundaries repeatedly, like starting sexual things/sex in the early morning while I am sleeping, drowsy from medication or after I have previously said no to try and ‘change my mind’.

I am not very good at advocating for myself but I have been seeing a therapist and about 2 months ago I told him in no uncertain terms I don’t like how he’s been treating me and I want it to stop as I feel like I can’t trust him and starting to feel unsafe. I said I feel traumatised by waking up with him on top of me and now having nightmares. I also have some truma from sexual assault as a teenager he is well aware of. he said he was very sorry and all the right things and he has put a stop to most of this behaviour HOWEVER - this is the part I need help with :

I still think some of his behaviour is disrespectful, but I don’t want to make a big deal of it if it’s nothing and ‘normal’ in a relationship. he says he’s just ‘playing’ . he’s always been like this but I’m not sure if I’m being too touchy now since I felt he violated my boundaries.

examples - he will touch me constantly, grab me as i walk past. he will lift up my top over my head so I can’t see and grab my breasts. Sometimes he starts ‘tickling‘ me in bed even after I say get off. everything comes back to sex, he makes a lot of sexual/crude comments. if I say no he says why don’t you let me start and then see how you feel?

it’s not like he’s never getting it either , we still have consensual sex at least every 5 days . We have young kids and work full time so I do get tired.

is this salvageable ? I get the feeling he just doesnt see why this type of behaviour might isnt helping me to heal my trust issues with sex

tl;dr husband constantly making sexual jokes when i have trauma, perspective needed ?

Posted Jun 5, 2026, 4:59 AM UTC

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