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AIBU to feel hurt after husband broke our no-porn agreement?

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Echo15 · 11/08/2026 11:06

I've been with my husband for 9 years. We have a 4 month old son. I had a traumatic birth so sex is still painful and therefore rare. It's been a very loving, equal marriage. A few years ago we both agreed that we shouldn't watch porn because we felt it disrespected / didn't align with our marriage vows and wouldn't make the other person feel good.

Caught my husband masturbating to porn while I looked after the baby a few days ago. He says it's happened a few times but is sorry and won't do it again.

I feel really hurt. I know we're not having much sexual intimacy at the moment but surely that's normal with a baby? He happily agreed not to watch porn years ago, so now I feel i can't trust him. The timing of this has really knocked my confidence given I'm postpartum but I'm mostly just angry that he did it despite our agreement, I assume because he thought he wouldn't get caught as I was busy with DS. He wanted children but now I feel discarded and disregarded because my body has changed and I'm busy with DS. I have birthed his child and this is what I get.

AIBU?

OP posts:
Gardenisablooming · 11/08/2026 11:37

Dh did similar.

Ds is 12 and it's a grudge I still hold..
Never mention it but our relationship hasn't been the same since.

FinallyDecided · 11/08/2026 11:34

You can't have it both ways

Echo15 · 11/08/2026 11:30

PollyBell · 11/08/2026 11:27

'We' had an agreement or you came up with the agreement?

We had an open conversation about general relationship boundaries and this was something we both discussed and agreed on. I didn't just ban him out of the blue.

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Capillaryaction · 11/08/2026 11:29

Give the man a break!

Shittyyear2025 · 11/08/2026 11:28

I'd bet my house he's been using it all along op, sorry.

PollyBell · 11/08/2026 11:27

'We' had an agreement or you came up with the agreement?

user1492757084 · 11/08/2026 11:27

If that was the agreement, I would call quits on the wanker.

Candleflakes · 11/08/2026 11:25

I think if you’re not having a sexual relationship at the moment, it’s okay if he uses porn and masturbates to satisfy himself in the meantime.

Would you feel better if he’d asked you if he could watch porn temporarily?

I understand you feel hurt and he’s broken an agreement. If I was in your shoes I’d let it go as long as he’s genuinely sorry and it won’t happen again unless you both agree with it.

namechange6766333545544 · 11/08/2026 11:09

I can understand why you’re hurt, and I would be too. Porn feels disrespectful, and you’re looking after a baby while he’s watching that.
At the same time, he’s obviously sexually frustrated. It’s a shame he can’t masturbate without porn, but it seems like a lot of men can’t.
I’ve got mixed feelings about this one so I’m not sure if you’re being unreasonable or not.