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Would you give this to your partner if that is what he wants?

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Interestingone · 06/01/2025 18:17

Would you send a naked photograph to your partner if he asked?
Just that really. I am not sure if this is the norm between couples. Mine has asked but I'm not sure if I should or not.

How do you feel?
Would you or have you?

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CarminaPiranha · 06/01/2025 19:59

Not now, but in the dim and distance past when we were in a long distance relationship I did. Plus I was extremely fit back then 😉very much curated by me though and I would say rather artsy as that was my preference, rather than something tacky out of 1980's Forum magazine (unless you worked/shopped in a garage in the eighties you may not get that reference).
Thing is - I wanted to. Absolutely DO NOT do anything that you don't want to do too - it has to be something you also get something out of or it's a total NO. If you're even a bit unsure - it is a no. It doesn't matter what anyone else does/did/didn't/won't do.

Teanbiscuits33 · 06/01/2025 19:58

Doodleflips · 06/01/2025 19:54

Ermm, you might have noticed, it’s a public discussion forum, that’s kind of the point

Exactly, and I’m entitled to think what I want, just as you are. You don’t have to reply to people telling them they are wrong to have their own view where doing so adds nothing to the discussion 😂. It’s not as if you were going to make me rethink my stance.

Stuffisperplexing · 06/01/2025 19:57

I think it's sad how ashamed so many women seem to be of the fact that they (we) are sexual creatures.

If you find it cringe fair play but if you're just worried about someone else seeing cmon who cares.

Munchyseeds2 · 06/01/2025 19:56

No I wouldn't and he has never asked

Doodleflips · 06/01/2025 19:54

Teanbiscuits33 · 06/01/2025 19:53

Why did you have to comment then? 🤣 do you reply to everybody’s comments you don’t agree with? If someone describes someone as, say, rude, do you reply ‘’he’s not rude, you just don’t like him’’ 🤣. Pointless comment, really.

Ermm, you might have noticed, it’s a public discussion forum, that’s kind of the point

Nosferfartu · 06/01/2025 19:54

Fuck no, I'd divorce him first.

Stuffisperplexing · 06/01/2025 19:54

HarrietSchulenberg · 06/01/2025 19:47

Imagine the pic on a billboard outside your Mum's house. Hold that thought while you decide.
You might want to think about the sort of man who'd ask you to send a pic like that and what his motive might be.

I think my mum would object to any billboard outside her house tbh.

Teanbiscuits33 · 06/01/2025 19:53

Doodleflips · 06/01/2025 19:50

I wasn’t trying to tell you what you feel.
You clearly don’t like it, so I was correct, and you not liking it doesn’t make it sleazy. It means you find it sleazy.
That does not make it sleazy.

I’m bored of the word sleazy now, so I’m out lol

Why did you have to comment then? 🤣 do you reply to everybody’s comments you don’t agree with? If someone describes someone as, say, rude, do you reply ‘’he’s not rude, you just don’t like him’’ 🤣. Pointless comment, really.

Thatcastlethere · 06/01/2025 19:53

Yeah. I have when I was younger.
Just had my 3rd baby so would not be up for that right now tho!! Not feeling so attractive right now!

It's really up to you how you feel about doing something like this though. No one else can tell you.

For me I just don't care at all what happens to the pictures.
If I sent them I sent them in God faith and trust. And I'm a grown woman.
I'd not feel any embarrassment were they to end up online. I'd just feel sad and angry that someone I had trusted thought it acceptable to break my trust in that way.
But my anger would be directed at them. I'd never regret having sent the picture. People can think what they want. I know I did it in good faith. And I've a right to my own sexuality just as everyone does. I don't think it demeans me or anyone else apart from the people out there betraying people's trust.

As far as I'm aware though there are no videos or photos of me online so I guess my trust has never been misplaced thankfully.

OliveWah · 06/01/2025 19:53

No chance. As I tell my teenage DDs, you should imagine any photo you take on your phone being printed off and posted all over school/college/your work place, and consider whether you would be comfortable with that. So many phones are stolen and appear to be easily broken into, kids could "borrow" a friend's phone for something and forward on pics to themselves, you often hear of famous peoples' iclouds being hacked and even if you send it to ONE person, there's no guarantee they won't show someone else, or forward it on, and before you know it, the photo is everywhere. The very, very small benefit (making your partner happy for a few minutes) seems ridiculously small in comparison with the very large amount of negative outcomes which could arise.

Wonderi · 06/01/2025 19:53

Hwi · 06/01/2025 19:37

If you and your partner behave like apes, sorry, like monkeys and like flashing body parts, that is a psychiatric deviation, called exhibitionism. Does not make it even remotely normal, normalise it all you like.

Well we are apes and yes all animals in the animal kingdom, including humans, flash their body parts at their sexual partners because how else would they be your sexual partner?

How can you have sex without showing your body?

You are the abnormally here and it’s fine to not feel comfortable sending photos or videos of yourself, but to have such an extreme reaction to your partners body is just weird.

You obviously have a lot of issues and I assume have never been naked or had sex, which is absolutely your choice but you must know that that is very uncommon.

Hoplolly · 06/01/2025 19:51

Yeah, I have done and would do again with my DH, but doesn't mean I'd do it in every relationship.

SoNiceToComeHomeTo · 06/01/2025 19:51

Never send a naked photo to anyone! Even if the person you send it is trustworthy, it can still appear in a data leak, or their account can be hacked, and then you're stuffed.
I'd tell him I don't appreciate being asked and hope he gets the message.

Doodleflips · 06/01/2025 19:50

Teanbiscuits33 · 06/01/2025 19:47

This is a discussion forum with all sorts of people’s opinions, and most adjectives are subjective, aren’t they? Telling me ‘’I just don’t like it’’ as if I’m wrong about my own feelings. I don’t like it because I find it sleazy and objectifying and that’s all there is to it.

I wasn’t trying to tell you what you feel.
You clearly don’t like it, so I was correct, and you not liking it doesn’t make it sleazy. It means you find it sleazy.
That does not make it sleazy.

I’m bored of the word sleazy now, so I’m out lol

MyDeftDuck · 06/01/2025 19:49

NO NO NO NO! Do not do it!

Teanbiscuits33 · 06/01/2025 19:47

Doodleflips · 06/01/2025 19:42

“I find it sleazy” is very different to “it’s sleazy”.
I didn't tell you how to feel, and I agree with your last sentence.

This is a discussion forum with all sorts of people’s opinions, and most adjectives are subjective, aren’t they? Telling me ‘’I just don’t like it’’ as if I’m wrong about my own feelings. I don’t like it because I find it sleazy and objectifying and that’s all there is to it.

HarrietSchulenberg · 06/01/2025 19:47

Imagine the pic on a billboard outside your Mum's house. Hold that thought while you decide.
You might want to think about the sort of man who'd ask you to send a pic like that and what his motive might be.

SleeplessInWherever · 06/01/2025 19:46

Hwi · 06/01/2025 19:37

If you and your partner behave like apes, sorry, like monkeys and like flashing body parts, that is a psychiatric deviation, called exhibitionism. Does not make it even remotely normal, normalise it all you like.

Imagine exhibiting your own body to your own partner, who by all accounts likes it. Disgusting! 😂

Nothatgingerpirate · 06/01/2025 19:46

No.
Fuck that.

LBFseBrom · 06/01/2025 19:45

No, never.

Doodleflips · 06/01/2025 19:44

Hwi · 06/01/2025 19:37

If you and your partner behave like apes, sorry, like monkeys and like flashing body parts, that is a psychiatric deviation, called exhibitionism. Does not make it even remotely normal, normalise it all you like.

Are you serious? It is not a psychiatric deviation, that is ridiculous

LaDeeDaDeeDa · 06/01/2025 19:43

My advice on sending nudes via phone.

  1. Never show your face.
  1. If you're insecure, look on Pornhub or other free adult sites and screenshot a photo of a professional exhibitionists private parts and send that.
  1. Don't do it. It usually ends in tears.
Bumblebeestiltskin · 06/01/2025 19:43

Hwi · 06/01/2025 19:28

Fun? Regular people's bodies are just gross - I feel sick sometimes just catching some contours briefly, underneath leggings and denims and t-shirts. Spready arses, tone-less guts, even on skinny people. And so many thunder-thighs on men and women! And they think they are irresistible, good enough to send a picture of themselves! So sad and pathetic. Olympic athletes, yes, by all means, their bodies are works of art, but regular joes with their home-made porn? Please....spare the feelings!

Oh dear, somebody has some issues!

Doodleflips · 06/01/2025 19:42

Teanbiscuits33 · 06/01/2025 19:40

I find it sleazy. The type of men that ask for naked pictures usually view women as pieces of meat that exist for their pleasure, I’m not willing to be someone’s wank fodder . Just because you don’t find it sleazy, you don’t get to tell me how to feel about it or if it’s sleazy or not. How you feel is up to you, and the same goes for me.

“I find it sleazy” is very different to “it’s sleazy”.
I didn't tell you how to feel, and I agree with your last sentence.

SuzieQ300 · 06/01/2025 19:41

If YOU want to, go for it, the fact you're asking on here screams don't do it. I sent a pic to my then partner, now husband, but I chopped my head off :) just in the pic that is :) and he didn't ask me to send it. He opened it in the middle of a supermarket and was a tad surprised 😆

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