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To expect people to be upfront with any ‘kinks’

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Laurennnworld · 17/05/2026 13:14

This has happened twice now in recent relationships - the men I am with waiting many months to reveal ‘kinks’.

Now, I am not saying this should be revealed upfront on date 1, obviously not. But with my ex, he told me after 5 months. My current boyfriend, we are nearly 8 months in. He met my parents yesterday, we had a lovely afternoon with them and came back to mine to watch Eurovision. He then revealed something which he says he’d struggle to go without longer term. No judgement, but not really my thing. I could indulge it occasionally of course. But I wish he told me a few months ago when it would have been easier to cut things off.

Has anyone else experienced this? I am now in a conundrum.

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tryandbepositive · 18/05/2026 11:09

Wynter25 · 17/05/2026 13:37

I told my partner my kinks early on. No issues.

Would you be comfortable to say what it is? I just don’t understand what a kink is? Are we talking that you like role play? Or bum being spanked? Or is it something extreme like you must have marmalade smeared on your boobs or sex means nothing.

OtterlyAstounding · 18/05/2026 11:06

Laurennnworld · 18/05/2026 08:38

Thank you for all the supportive replies.

I had a good cry last night and messaged him to say it’s over. He sent a long reply again, the summary basically being that he feels I am being really prudish to not at least try it and that given my age I am really going to be limiting my options of who would be in a relationship with me longer term. So he said his ‘advice’ to me would be to be broader minded. I’ve ignored him, I am done with it.

Good on you, OP! I'm sorry he was such a time-wasting prick. What a nasty, manipulative thing for him to do to you.

And the cheek of him, saying you're prudish, and limiting your options because you're not into buggering your boyfriend 🤣 Somehow I think you'll manage to find a man who doesn't need to be pegged (by sex workers) quite easily!

Blondeshavemorefun · 18/05/2026 10:49

You have had a lucky escape. I know it doesn’t feel like that at this moment.

But you will meet someone else and someone who doesn’t have the same sexual urge

Sorry, he’s met your parents that makes it harder. Would you be honest with them? Why you’re not together? Probably not cause I couldn’t imagine saying that to my dad.

But you are young and that all people out there who will treat you right and not expect a plastic or wooden dildo up their arse

CruCru · 18/05/2026 10:43

mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/05/2026 22:45

Theres a lot going on here

Yabu first of all not to state the kinks so we can form a proper judgement!

In fairness, no matter what thing there is, there will be some men who have a kink about it.

TheBloomingDahlia · 18/05/2026 10:37

Just adding, having read PP’s comments, I don’t think enjoying anal things automatically means a man is secretly gay. Being pegged by a woman is a different experience to just having sex with a man. I am bi and enjoying things in my bumhole doesn’t make me straight. Me as a woman using a strap-on on a woman or man doesn’t mean they’re secretly anything other than someone who fancies women and likes things in their bumhole.
Obviously there will be some gay/bi men in denial, and it doesn’t excuse this man’s words and manipulation, but some people just like things up their bum and doing it to yourself is different to someone else doing it

Bertiebiscuit · 18/05/2026 10:32

JHound · 18/05/2026 09:48

This is really homophobic.

Suspecting someone is in denial about being gay is not homophobic - in fact it's the opposite - women have often been conned into "cover up" relationships by gay men, and always lose by it. Men using women as "beards" has always real thing and women are sensible to question if they suspect this is the case. The most flamboyantly "out " gay men like Elton John almost always have a history of marrying women as a disguise in the past. I'm sure there are plenty of men still using women this way when it doesn't suit their lifestyle or reputation to be thought of as gay..

Bulbsbulbsbulbs · 18/05/2026 10:30

What a twat this guy is. You are well rid, he's a manipulative knob.

I just wonder, statistically, how many women are really, really turned on by pegging? How many women who aren't into going to fetish clubs or part of a 'scene' actually want to do this SO much? And how many of them, if their partners weren't into it, would go off and find a prostitute to do it to?

TheBloomingDahlia · 18/05/2026 10:25

Laurennnworld · 18/05/2026 08:38

Thank you for all the supportive replies.

I had a good cry last night and messaged him to say it’s over. He sent a long reply again, the summary basically being that he feels I am being really prudish to not at least try it and that given my age I am really going to be limiting my options of who would be in a relationship with me longer term. So he said his ‘advice’ to me would be to be broader minded. I’ve ignored him, I am done with it.

How fucking rude! And manipulative! I think he is only saying this because he feels hurt about you ending things and he’s trying to hurt you. I don’t believe for a second his exes were ok with him paying a prostitute to peg him, and you obviously should not feel bad that you would not find this acceptable. There are plenty of men in their 30s and beyond who are not particularly interested in kinks, and in my experience men who enjoy degradation or pegging are not that common

Bertiebiscuit · 18/05/2026 10:22

BombayMixIsTheBestMix · 17/05/2026 13:26

I really think people with specific non-negotiable fetishes should stay on fetish-specific dating sites. Statistically they are far more likely to find a good match that way.

Statistically i reckon they would all be men. It always seems its men who have "kinks" they try to foist on women, probably from watching too mych porn, it's been proved that they lose the ability to have ordinary sex. Yuck

JHound · 18/05/2026 10:11

Laurennnworld · 18/05/2026 08:38

Thank you for all the supportive replies.

I had a good cry last night and messaged him to say it’s over. He sent a long reply again, the summary basically being that he feels I am being really prudish to not at least try it and that given my age I am really going to be limiting my options of who would be in a relationship with me longer term. So he said his ‘advice’ to me would be to be broader minded. I’ve ignored him, I am done with it.

Woo Boy! Each message got worse and worse and the one you quoted here is just vile.

It shows that some people can go a fair few months concealing their truly terrible nature.

Netcurtainnelly · 18/05/2026 10:07

alpenguin · 17/05/2026 14:10

Nobody struggles to go without particular sexual acts - it’s not essential to life, don’t help with breathing. It’s a preference and a privilege to find someone as interested as they are. What your boyfriend is telling you is if you don’t do it he’ll go elsewhere. This is only the beginning of the manipulation and I’d take the hint now and move on.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

Absolutely. Why are some people so obsessed with sex acts anyway.
I would of thought better to try and get a nice relationship going without bringing extra burdens into it.
That will never be enough anyway as soon as that's worn off he'll want something else. Humans always have to go one worse when they are like that.
Why not put their brain power into other areas of their life. Why just sex 🥱 🥱

Ilovecakey · 18/05/2026 09:50

Build5bear · 17/05/2026 20:06

This nails it. “Struggle” without his anal. Massive ick. Throw this one back.

Yes sounds like he is secretly gay. I would tell him you feel disgusted you have been unknowingly sleeping with a man with homosexual tendencies and you are going to get yourself tested ASAP as he has clearly been seeing prostitutes.

Beachtastic · 18/05/2026 09:49

teaandtoastwouldbenice · 18/05/2026 09:23

watching Eurovision and asking for anal would suggest to me he isn’t certain about his sexuality but maybe that’s a stretch.
Don't do what doesn’t turn you on.

It's certainly an odd combination from someone professing to be straight!

OP, just send him this meme...

To expect people to be upfront with any ‘kinks’
WhatterySquash · 18/05/2026 09:48

Laurennnworld · 18/05/2026 08:38

Thank you for all the supportive replies.

I had a good cry last night and messaged him to say it’s over. He sent a long reply again, the summary basically being that he feels I am being really prudish to not at least try it and that given my age I am really going to be limiting my options of who would be in a relationship with me longer term. So he said his ‘advice’ to me would be to be broader minded. I’ve ignored him, I am done with it.

OMG OP he’s clearly laid his cards on the table. Put up with sexual stuff you don’t want to do or you’re going be a sad lonely old spinster basically. In other words he doesn’t care how you feel and he’ll use any manipulation tactic he can think of to get his kink serviced. He’s be happy to get that from you however unhappy you were, or from someone else while with you. That’s not a relationship it’s a one-man vortex of pornified selfishness. You have done the right thing and he’s showing you how unpleasant he really is.

it hurts now and I understand you don’t have time to waste, but this is exactly what you have to do to avoid ending up married to an awful man because you gave someone like this the benefit of the doubt. It’s really unfair and we shouldn’t have to sift through a morass of arseholes to find a man with basic respect, but you’re doing what you have to. Onwards and upwards op Flowers

JHound · 18/05/2026 09:48

mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/05/2026 22:53

Gay but cant accept it x

This is really homophobic.

loislovesstewie · 18/05/2026 09:47

You've dodged a bullet. Well done for standing your ground. Put it behind you and feel pleased that you found out and did something about it. And you will find a much better partner.

JHound · 18/05/2026 09:47

Blondeshavemorefun · 17/05/2026 23:26

So they just like things up their arses?

Is that a serious question?

BountifulPantry · 18/05/2026 09:42

The entitlement of his response!!!

Ihaveneedofwaternear · 18/05/2026 09:36

Laurennnworld · 18/05/2026 08:38

Thank you for all the supportive replies.

I had a good cry last night and messaged him to say it’s over. He sent a long reply again, the summary basically being that he feels I am being really prudish to not at least try it and that given my age I am really going to be limiting my options of who would be in a relationship with me longer term. So he said his ‘advice’ to me would be to be broader minded. I’ve ignored him, I am done with it.

Jesus Christ! Thank god you dodged this bullet, OP, he sounds like a total dickhead.

RedToothBrush · 18/05/2026 09:33

Laurennnworld · 18/05/2026 09:10

She’d be clothed, he wouldn’t.

I don’t believe a word he says re. his exes. He’s always been a bit vague on the details. Of course one of them was a psycho ex too.

So there's red flag bunting there then. I'm sorry. Just be grateful you have clocked it now and move on rather than getting sucked in with sunk cost fallacy thinking.

My friend refers to men like this as 'time thieves'.

Holidaymodeon · 18/05/2026 09:32

andfinallyhereweare · 18/05/2026 05:58

My guess is he still sees this mistress and now you’ve got serious feels he should tell you.

Plot twist but yes, this is very feasible

WeatherOrNothing · 18/05/2026 09:30

What a pig op. Highly manipulative too. Meeting your parents and dropping it then. He clearly thought you would be now trapped because he has met the family. Glad you dumped him. Gross, what normal woman is going to accept that.

RedToothBrush · 18/05/2026 09:29

Laurennnworld · 18/05/2026 09:10

She’d be clothed, he wouldn’t.

I don’t believe a word he says re. his exes. He’s always been a bit vague on the details. Of course one of them was a psycho ex too.

So there's red flag bunting there then. I'm sorry.

My friend refers to men like this as 'time thieves'

HateThese4Leggedbeasts · 18/05/2026 09:26

I agree with the other comments on this thread that mention the shaming intention behind being telling someone to be more "open minded". The inherent judgement behind that phrase is horrible.

If I was being charitable I'd say he feels judged himself and is lashing out. You don't sound like you have done that though but instead have drawn a boundary for yourself. I actually think he's being manipulative.

Holidaymodeon · 18/05/2026 09:24

Laurennnworld · 18/05/2026 08:38

Thank you for all the supportive replies.

I had a good cry last night and messaged him to say it’s over. He sent a long reply again, the summary basically being that he feels I am being really prudish to not at least try it and that given my age I am really going to be limiting my options of who would be in a relationship with me longer term. So he said his ‘advice’ to me would be to be broader minded. I’ve ignored him, I am done with it.

Wow. Lucky escape for you, still upsetting, give yourself space to feel the disappointment and grieve the hopes you had for thi relationship and then you can fly free from the confines of his inflexible sexual demands.
I wonder what else he’d have sprung on you over time had you stayed?