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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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IDidntKnowItWasAParty · 10/06/2022 13:52
Biscuit
Iamnotamermaid · 10/06/2022 13:52

Think it featured (sort of) on the Netflix series 'sex education' but from a sci-fi, female perspective. Hmm.

grapewines · 10/06/2022 13:53

Nah.

TryBeforeIBuy · 10/06/2022 13:53

Given this is an anonymous post @WankyMcWankerson please do tell us what porn you yourself watch

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:54

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.

Can i just take a moment to say I really appreciate you going down that rabbit warren of batshittery on my behalf and puzzling that one out Grin

Do you think now he's told me about it he'll be wanting to roleplay it?? Roleplay is a thing for us occasionally - the logistics of this though would be on another level.

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SirenSays · 10/06/2022 13:54

No idea on this, seems fairly harmless. If you don't have takoyaki for dinner I'm going to be so disappointed 🤣

picklemewalnuts · 10/06/2022 13:54

I think hearing someone else's fantasies always risks the ick, which is why you didn't want to tell him yours.

I'd try and put it behind me, laugh it off, and not give it another thought except say, perhaps, that our deepest inner sexual realities are weird! I mean, if you think too hard about sex- any sex- it's a total turn off. This is no different.

Slampunk · 10/06/2022 13:54

You'll have to make your own dress up. Blue Peter like. Could be fun. Get the kids involved.

picklemewalnuts · 10/06/2022 13:54

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.

And I totally agree with this.

KettrickenSmiled · 10/06/2022 13:55

Here you go OP - sure this clears the matter up nicely for you Wink

Slampunk · 10/06/2022 13:55

picklemewalnuts · 10/06/2022 13:54

I think hearing someone else's fantasies always risks the ick, which is why you didn't want to tell him yours.

I'd try and put it behind me, laugh it off, and not give it another thought except say, perhaps, that our deepest inner sexual realities are weird! I mean, if you think too hard about sex- any sex- it's a total turn off. This is no different.

This is probably wise. I'm nosy though. I want to know.

Slampunk · 10/06/2022 13:57

KettrickenSmiled · 10/06/2022 13:55

Here you go OP - sure this clears the matter up nicely for you Wink

Well when you put it like that. Efficient as a tool I guess. Not sure about it being like... an animal... but... suppose it would have been practical pre batteries 😂

Good lord.

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 13:57

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!

God I'm the complete opposite - I really can't think of anything I'd like to know less about DH 2bh Grin

I have just had a slight thought that he's said that to fuck with me.. knows it would sit in my brain and is going to come home and start making tentacle jokes.. that is a VERY DH thing to do. He was dead pan serious though and I can usually tell when he's lying.

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Seraphinesupport · 10/06/2022 13:58

its very weird but not a red flag :) some people get turned on by the wierdness

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 14:00

KettrickenSmiled · 10/06/2022 13:55

Here you go OP - sure this clears the matter up nicely for you Wink

I... huh.

There's a lot to be said for an octopus who knows how to please a woman.

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GrumpyTerrier · 10/06/2022 14:01

No problem, I've dated a few guys who were into anime and hentai, perfectly nice guys.

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 14:02

SirenSays · 10/06/2022 13:54

No idea on this, seems fairly harmless. If you don't have takoyaki for dinner I'm going to be so disappointed 🤣

We regularly eat calamari but I'm not sure that has the same impact... I do own an octopus fridge magnet I'm now eyeing up suspiciously Grin

Thanks everyone, just knowing I can laugh about it and shouldn't be running for the hills is enough. I can feel my panic lifting. Should have posted earlier - I've been freaked out all day and didn't sleep much last night!

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ellebelli · 10/06/2022 14:05

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'.

Amen

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 14:05

TryBeforeIBuy · 10/06/2022 13:53

Given this is an anonymous post @WankyMcWankerson please do tell us what porn you yourself watch

I don't tend to watch - I read! A lot of cult/ indoctrination fiction mostly although I've gotten really into mail order brides. Something about being picked from a line up is weirdly gratifying.

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WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 14:07

GrumpyTerrier · 10/06/2022 14:01

No problem, I've dated a few guys who were into anime and hentai, perfectly nice guys.

DH is extremely mainstream in every other aspect - likes a good documentary and his idea of a great night in is a bottle of pinot and re-watching time team/ anything Lucy Worsley ever presented... I love him in spite of this Grin

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emmathedilemma · 10/06/2022 14:09

I'm actually more intrigued as to how fast he ran 10k!!

Testina · 10/06/2022 14:10

I know this is mean and not in the spirit of a marriage - but I’d take this piss. There’d be toy octopuses popping up on his pillow, and I’d definitely serve calamari next time I cooked.

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 14:14

emmathedilemma · 10/06/2022 14:09

I'm actually more intrigued as to how fast he ran 10k!!

54.51, previous PB was 61.40 and he's been trying to get under an hour for months and months so it was an extremely exciting achievement to be fair to him and a huge improvement in one big jump.

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Cherryblossoms85 · 10/06/2022 14:14

He probably got the idea from watching The Boys, Season 3, episode 3. I wouldn't if I were you.

NOTANUM · 10/06/2022 14:14

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 10/06/2022 13:43

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

Chapeau!