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I need to know if tentacle porn is a red flag..

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WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:18

Name changed, regular long time poster.

Last night DH was out for a run, so as usual I went to have a quick wank. This is my only 30 minute window in which DC and DH are out of the house, it happens weekly and it's become a regular 'thing' for me to do this and although I don't announce it to DH, we've had many jokey discussions about this being my 'time' and he is fully aware this is something I do, just like I'm fully aware he does the same a couple of times in the week when I've got DC and he's home alone.

Last night, the bastard came home early and bounded up the stairs to come and tell me he'd hit a 10k PB and he walked in on me mid way through.

I was a bit startled and burst out laughing after a very awkward few seconds. DH also laughed, then we had sex, then afterwards he insisted on giving me an extensive quiz on what I'd been thinking about/ reading when he'd walked in.

I told him I wasn't going to tell him because some things really do need to stay private in a marriage. It started out as gentle nudging and trying to get it out of me but he kept on and on and on about it until I finally said 'I'll tell you if you tell me the last thing you watched whilst wanking'.

He told me, zero hesitation, absolutely no bashfulness at all.

Reader, it was tentacle porn. As in, a cartoon of a woman having sex with a tentacled alien.

Now, I'm no prude. I'd almost rather he was watching cartoon porn than the real stuff because at least no one's getting trafficked.. but.. tentacles??

I've brushed it off and we laughed about it, but today I'm a bit shellshocked and not sure what to make of this revelation after 18 years of marriage?!

Should I be worried, or should I be looking for tentacle alien costumes on Amazon?

Help me figure this out and please do laugh, this is the most ridiculous situation EVER.

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gottaloveascamhun · 10/06/2022 13:23

Haha

the1percent · 10/06/2022 13:25

2/10

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:26

the1percent · 10/06/2022 13:25

2/10

I know full well how this sounds - it's unfortunately genuine though!

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Burgerqueenbee · 10/06/2022 13:28

There's that old Japanese painting of a woman being pleasured by an octopus that featured in Mad Men, so I guess it has been a thing for a while!

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:32

Burgerqueenbee · 10/06/2022 13:28

There's that old Japanese painting of a woman being pleasured by an octopus that featured in Mad Men, so I guess it has been a thing for a while!

I found some other stuff today during my anxiety death spiral to suggest it's been around a long time too - that it's an actual 'thing' and I don't just have a broken DH..

I'm still not sure how to feel? Like is this something I need to be concerned about or am I being ridiculous, it's just a kink and I should just let go a bit??

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TheVanguardSix · 10/06/2022 13:33

Do anything you like with tentacles- grill 'em, fuck 'em, put 'em in a stew- but do not refer to us as 'reader'.

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:34

TheVanguardSix · 10/06/2022 13:33

Do anything you like with tentacles- grill 'em, fuck 'em, put 'em in a stew- but do not refer to us as 'reader'.

Sorry, I'll put myself in Mumsnet jail for that.

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PashunFroot · 10/06/2022 13:35

Hentai has been around for decades, it’s not a new thing.

Attractinglife · 10/06/2022 13:39

The thing that makes this sound made up is the long and unnecessary back story of what you do when your husband is on a run.

Squiff70 · 10/06/2022 13:40

What did I just read??? 😐

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 10/06/2022 13:43

Well it's either no red flags or eight red flags.

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:45

Attractinglife · 10/06/2022 13:39

The thing that makes this sound made up is the long and unnecessary back story of what you do when your husband is on a run.

Ahh ok, that probably wasn't needed. I think I was trying to explain how the conversation even came up to shield against the 'it's none of your business' type comments I was expecting to get. I didn't want to just go 'my husband watched tentacle porn, should I be concerned?' without first laying out that firstly, porn and masturbation isn't a problem in our house (to an extent), we have a decent sex life, I also masturbate so that bit isn't the issue and it really is just the fact I'm not sure if I'm over reacting by spiraling about it all day.

From the comments so far, it seems I am likely over reacting and this is in fact normal. Who knew??

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WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:46

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 10/06/2022 13:43

Well it's either no red flags or eight red flags.

OutSTANDING.

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Burgerqueenbee · 10/06/2022 13:46

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:32

I found some other stuff today during my anxiety death spiral to suggest it's been around a long time too - that it's an actual 'thing' and I don't just have a broken DH..

I'm still not sure how to feel? Like is this something I need to be concerned about or am I being ridiculous, it's just a kink and I should just let go a bit??

I would worry if he brought an octopus home, until then 🤷‍♀️ there is much worse things out there.

sunlovingcriminal · 10/06/2022 13:47

@WankyMcWankerson don't get "suckered" into overthinking this, just take it very "calamari"...

I'll get my coat...

Tomselleckhaskindeyes · 10/06/2022 13:47

I think it's sweet but he is a weirdo!! At least they won't be real life temptations. 😂

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:47

PashunFroot · 10/06/2022 13:35

Hentai has been around for decades, it’s not a new thing.

Is this not on the weirder end of that spectrum though?? I always thought Hentai was mostly humanoid cartoons type stuff but maybe I'm wrong on that?

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milkmaiden · 10/06/2022 13:48

I think the idea is he imagines himself as having such penile prowess that it's akin to an eight tentacled beast penetrating a woman in every orifice repeatedly giving her ultimate pleasure.

I don't think he wants you to be the tentacled beast. I think HE's the tentacled beast in that fantasy.

jewishmum · 10/06/2022 13:48

What are you worried about exactly?

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:49

sunlovingcriminal · 10/06/2022 13:47

@WankyMcWankerson don't get "suckered" into overthinking this, just take it very "calamari"...

I'll get my coat...

Grin
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JustTheOneSwan · 10/06/2022 13:49

Chat has really gone downhill.

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:51

jewishmum · 10/06/2022 13:48

What are you worried about exactly?

I think this is the core question. I'm not sure it's worry, it's just like 'aaaaaaah omgomgomgomg my husband wants to have sex with Cthulhu and I don't have any tentacles so wtffffff' - I fully appreciate this is batshit.

It's probably more shock and revulsion than 'worry' so maybe I used the wrong word - although I am a bit worried that this might turn into the 'ick'..

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OldWivesTale · 10/06/2022 13:52

Off to Google tentacle porn...

JuneOsborne · 10/06/2022 13:52

You haven't seen sex education, have you op?

Slampunk · 10/06/2022 13:52

Gosh. I'm not sure about this at all. I suppose cartoons are better than real people. But it is a bit odd. Would it be a thing if it wasn't a "thing". Surely the number of men in the world who have this fetish must have been minute until it got " advertised" so widely.

Not sure how I would feel to be fair. Good you can talk about these things. I've been probing recently as I'm interested in what my DH is in to. Many will cry... none of your business, but I'm nosy, love him and as I consider him my closest friend would actually like to know (but then maybe I wouldn't)...he's very private though and just says "regular" things!

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