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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.

OP posts:
WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 14:20

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.

Not his type of telly that - he's a history and politics kind of guy and makes huffy faces about me watching love island - if it happened in popular culture after 1945 he's 100% not interested which is what makes the tentacle thing so baffling - like where has he got it from??

OP posts:
Lizzieismagic · 10/06/2022 14:23

Op if your dh is late home tonight beware he hasn't stopped off at a fancy dress shop....

ThisIsTheGreatestShow · 10/06/2022 14:25

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 10/06/2022 13:43

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

😂😂😂

HogDogKetchup · 10/06/2022 14:26

I read all of that just to find out wtf tentacle porn is.

my thoughts:-


  • Your dh got a bloody good time if he was back in 30mins from a 10K. Please can he add me on Strava?

  • your kids must be good at occupying themselves whilst you’re chatting about tentacle porn, wanking and having sex. Or were they in bed?

Featuredcreature · 10/06/2022 14:30

Well it's imaginary who cares.

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 14:30

HogDogKetchup · 10/06/2022 14:26

I read all of that just to find out wtf tentacle porn is.

my thoughts:-


  • Your dh got a bloody good time if he was back in 30mins from a 10K. Please can he add me on Strava?

  • your kids must be good at occupying themselves whilst you’re chatting about tentacle porn, wanking and having sex. Or were they in bed?

SO i have a 30 minute window where DH and DC are out of the house each week - DH is out an hour and a half (ish) but DC's come home from an after school hobby about 30 mins after he leaves.

OP posts:
CandyLeBonBon · 10/06/2022 14:31

Have you been watching 'The Boys'?

LavenderfortheBees · 10/06/2022 14:31

I think a lot of stuff that people watch/read/think about as a sexual fantasy is nothing to do with what they would like IRL. Some of the stuff I think about would be very different if it actually happened and that is fine. In your head or on a screen is 'safe' especially if it's animated. I imagine a fair bit of hentai stuff would look utterly disgusting and unsexy if it was cgi'd to look real.

It's only an issue if the stuff you are consuming causes harm when it's made (most live action porn tbh) or you get obsessive over it.

DeusInAbsentia · 10/06/2022 14:33

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.

Didn't end well for the octopus did it? 😂

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 14:36

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 14:30

SO i have a 30 minute window where DH and DC are out of the house each week - DH is out an hour and a half (ish) but DC's come home from an after school hobby about 30 mins after he leaves.

Sorry, I should also say DH left for his run early last night after he finished work (he WFH), I was still expecting him to be gone an hour and a half but he was back in an hour and 5 mins and home a good 40 mins before DC.

OP posts:
ReneBumsWombats · 10/06/2022 14:42

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 10/06/2022 13:43

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

I'm back after a little MN break. As long as you're still here, I'll never wander too far for too long.

deepcyan · 10/06/2022 14:45

Maybe you can treat him to a trip to a sea life centre x

emmathedilemma · 10/06/2022 14:46

WankyMcWankerson · 10/06/2022 14:14

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.

great achievement!!

warofthemonstertrucks · 10/06/2022 14:49

Make him some calamari for dinner?

WaitroseWoman · 10/06/2022 14:51

KettrickenSmiled · 10/06/2022 13:55

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

For some reason this reminded me of Boris Johnson. I think it's the eyes.

FreddyVoorhees · 10/06/2022 14:57

Just get him some tentacles for Christmas and you'll be squids in.

IcakethereforeIam · 10/06/2022 14:59

Octopussy, definitely buy him that film.

Incidentally, pretty sure cephalopods die after mating.

WiddlinDiddlin · 10/06/2022 14:59

Wow.. I haven't heard of/thought about tentacle porn since the late 90's...

Now all I can think of is a Weebl & Bob cartoon taking the mick out of hentai/tentacle porn

Thats my afternoon gone... watches Weebl and Bob all day

Sorry what was the question again?

KeyboardCat · 10/06/2022 15:00

Anyone else reminded of that episode of The Apprentice??

I need to know if tentacle porn is a red flag..
Justme10 · 10/06/2022 15:08

This had made me think of that programme about the woman and the duck that was on googlebox!

Yolojo · 10/06/2022 15:09

I don't want to dampen the mood, but I'd find that a red flag. I remember reading this thread a while ago about a young trans identifying male getting arrested for sharing tentacle porn: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4224922-Help-DS-feels-like-a-girl-confused

Yolojo · 10/06/2022 15:12

Post is by @ChiefBabySniffer on the first page, half way down.

WiddlinDiddlin · 10/06/2022 15:45

That won't have been due to the tentacle content!

abyssofwoah · 10/06/2022 16:04

I’d be a bit relieved to be honest! Nobody hurt, not violent, pure fantasy. I’d not be rushing to try to bring any of it into your actual sex life though

FreddyVoorhees · 10/06/2022 16:09

Yolojo · 10/06/2022 15:09

I don't want to dampen the mood, but I'd find that a red flag. I remember reading this thread a while ago about a young trans identifying male getting arrested for sharing tentacle porn: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4224922-Help-DS-feels-like-a-girl-confused

This is one of those Japanese things. The tentacle thing is pretty old in Japan, with one of the most famous pieces being from the early 1800's (Dream of the Fisherman's Wife) so that in and of itself isn't automatically a red flag.

In the thread you've linked to, I'm guessing the problem is far more to do with the age (actual or intimated) of the female in the scene given that the Japanese have a HUGE thing for schoolgirls or at least the schoolgirl look. (look at Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill as an example). They can get away with it legally but it's not on here.

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