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To think my DD17 is overthinking her bf's porn watching

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Thegreatprocrastinator001 · 20/07/2024 13:20

So my DD has been with her bf for 2 years and they are close but also have their own social lives. They're due to go abroad together to stay with family in a week. Today DD is saying she won't go and never wants to speak to him again bc she found out, but checking account histories, that at he looked up porn after she'd told him he shouldn't as it makes her insecure. I get she's annoyed that he lied but she's saying it's like cheating, that she can't trust him and she wants to break up with him. I know porn in general is exploitative with negative messages about sex but I really feel she doesn't appreciate most boys do look up porn - girls too probably - and that it could just be about sexual curiosity.

OP posts:
Megifer · 20/07/2024 13:56

Thegreatprocrastinator001 · 20/07/2024 13:41

I posted on here because she came to me for advice and I wanted to get the perspective of others so I can support her and I wanted to make sure I'm balanced. Clearly others think differently to me so I'm glad I did because it means I can be more helpful to her and give her good messages. I'm not sure why some people feel the need to be so judgemental. When people have a conundrum it's good to get the perspectives of others but making it into a shaming exercise just puts me off tbh. Thanks for letting me know what you think though because it allows me to challenge my own beliefs and where they might stem from. Just don't want her to make a hasty decision that she might regret. I don't think the shaming is necessary but the alternative perspectives were helpful.

So she came to you and asked, I assume, if she was doing the right thing. And you said what? Let me check with others?

NervousSubject · 20/07/2024 13:56

In your shoes, I’d be delighted I’d raised a young woman with clear standards and boundaries. Porn isn’t a ‘victimless’ situation. Leaving aside issues such as coercion, trafficking and conditions in the ‘industry’, it has an appalling impact on women whose partners consume it. Some horrifyingly high percentage in a post-Covid survey on young people’s sexuality here thought choking was ‘normal’.

Notmycircusnotmyotter · 20/07/2024 13:52

Clever girl. All power to her.

impossiblesituations · 20/07/2024 13:50

DiamondTriangle · 20/07/2024 13:47

She's going to be on her own for the rest of her life because guess what - All men look at Porn .

Now that women are often economically independent, many are choosing to remain single. I'm glad women now have more choice than to put up with the consistently terrible behaviour of a lot of men.

EllenLRipley · 20/07/2024 13:49

DiamondTriangle · 20/07/2024 13:47

She's going to be on her own for the rest of her life because guess what - All men look at Porn .

They really do not 😂This is misandry.

Riva5784 · 20/07/2024 13:48

YABU good on her for maintaining her boundaries.

The issue is not just the porn, it's that he knew how she felt and was not honest with her. It doesn't sound to me like she is making a hasty decision, quite the opposite. If she feels like she can't trust him, the relationship has no future anyway.

impossiblesituations · 20/07/2024 13:48

Thefanofdoom · 20/07/2024 13:27

I would be encouraging your daughter to stick to her boundaries. She might be limiting her dating pool but so what? I wish my parents had encouraged me to be happy alone instead of excusing awful behaviour.

This! Over and over.

Please support her entirely and congratulate her for setting boundaries.

EllenLRipley · 20/07/2024 13:48

She sounds so great OP - well done in raising such a confident sensible young woman!

DiamondTriangle · 20/07/2024 13:47

She's going to be on her own for the rest of her life because guess what - All men look at Porn .

Starseeking · 20/07/2024 13:46

Your bar is so so low, I'm glad to see that your DD has set strong standards for herself.

Pottedpalm · 20/07/2024 13:45

Good for her having standards and sticking to them. She doesn’t need to ask a group of random
strangers to validate her decisions.

CurlewKate · 20/07/2024 13:42

I'd be super proud of her if she was my dd!

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 20/07/2024 13:42

Topjoe19 · 20/07/2024 13:21

She sounds very sensible. I'd be proud of her. Why aren't you?

This!

Thegreatprocrastinator001 · 20/07/2024 13:41

I posted on here because she came to me for advice and I wanted to get the perspective of others so I can support her and I wanted to make sure I'm balanced. Clearly others think differently to me so I'm glad I did because it means I can be more helpful to her and give her good messages. I'm not sure why some people feel the need to be so judgemental. When people have a conundrum it's good to get the perspectives of others but making it into a shaming exercise just puts me off tbh. Thanks for letting me know what you think though because it allows me to challenge my own beliefs and where they might stem from. Just don't want her to make a hasty decision that she might regret. I don't think the shaming is necessary but the alternative perspectives were helpful.

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jeaux90 · 20/07/2024 13:41

Good for her. Many women are trafficked or it's posted against their consent so I wouldn't want to be with a porn user either.

She has decent standards and boundaries.

hot2trotter · 20/07/2024 13:40

Good for her. She obviously doesn't get her standards from you.

GettingAroundTown · 20/07/2024 13:39

YABVVU. Well done on the young woman for having standards.

takealettermsjones · 20/07/2024 13:39

I mean this kindly but what's it got to do with you?

She set down a boundary, he broke it, and she responded accordingly. It doesn't matter whether that would be a boundary for you or not. She's not you.

Tell her you're sorry it didn't work out and buy her some ice cream. Then stay out of it.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 20/07/2024 13:37

This is a good thing

Your daughter obviously has standards

Why would you want any less?

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 20/07/2024 13:36

Good for her. I’d be cheering my dd if it was her. Your attitude is more worrying than hers.

SeeSeeRider · 20/07/2024 13:31

It would be a deal breaker for me if a boyfriend, partner, or husband was habitually tugging himself off over porn, and that goes double if it was cam girls, Onlyfans, etc. I say good on your daughter, and maybe you could learn something from her? Her (now ex) BF sounds grim.

GiveMyHeadPeaceffs · 20/07/2024 13:28

I'd be proud that she has boundaries and sticks to them. I'd also be reassuring her that she doesn't need to feel insecure by anything that appears in pornography.

HaveSomeIntrospect · 20/07/2024 13:28

You should be supportive of her and her boundaries

Megifer · 20/07/2024 13:28

Good on her.

Are you her mum or dad?

Thefanofdoom · 20/07/2024 13:27

I would be encouraging your daughter to stick to her boundaries. She might be limiting her dating pool but so what? I wish my parents had encouraged me to be happy alone instead of excusing awful behaviour.

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