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To be weirded out by his past

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Corkscrewbetty · 14/11/2017 13:16

So... my boyfriend has had a lot of sexual partners. Hundreds. He used to be into swinging and sex clubs. I found (old) adverts advertising his 'services to women' and videos of him online (broke me to watch, but I did it anyway - several times!). He was very active in this 'sphere'. He assures me that those days are over and that he hasn't done anything like that since 2012. But, I keep thinking that if he was used to swapping partners and having wild sex and orgies and all the rest of it, how is he going to be satisfied with just me? I've become quite obsessed with it... trying to find old traces of what he was up to online, looking at the London swingers clubs online and just getting very down about it all. We've been together for two years, but I still can't shake it. We don't live together. I keep wondering what he's up to all the time in the city. I think I'm maybe being very naive. I'd like to believe him when he says it's over, but am I being stupid? He's a loving, caring man, but I worry that I'll bore him in bed and that he will just find it so easy to go elsewhere. It really is unhealthy that I can't shake this feeling. I've had so many discussions with him about it and I daren't bring it up again. I'm quite traditional. There's no way I could swap partners or ever go to one of these sex clubs. I know he hasn't asked me, but how can I trust him? The feeling of jealousy about his past is quite overpowering and I don't know what to do about it. I feel crappy about myself when I compare myself to the type of pornstar women he's been with in the past. They all seem to be mega hot women with toned figures and handcuffs and whips. They film themselves and put it out there for the whole world to see. My past is so far removed from any of that. I've always been one man-one woman. I don't think I'm going to get over it. Has anyone got any advice on how I can stop being so unreasonable! Or am I being reasonable to be weirded out by it all?

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whiskyowl · 14/11/2017 15:18

I think people do change what they want as they grow older - in both directions of travel, actually!!

I understand your feelings of distrust completely, however. I think you need to talk to him about this, and to really ask yourself whether there is any reassurance he can provide that would satisfy you. If not, can you get past this? There is no right or wrong answers to those questions, there's just what's right or wrong for you.

poisoningpidgeysinthepark · 14/11/2017 15:32

There's no reasonable or unreasonable or right or wrong here. It's a very personal thing, and only you can decide whether it's so uncomfortable for you that it will become a dealbreaker.
I personally couldn't deal with that, heck, my DH had one sexual partner before me and even that bothers me (I had none). But I accept that I'm unusual.

brasty · 14/11/2017 15:36

I wouldn't be able to accept this personally.

TatianaLarina · 14/11/2017 15:39

I don’t think the issue is that you are judging it - if you did you wouldn’t be with him - but whether you can cope with it.

Some people struggle with exes of either gender with similar pasts and fear they don’t measure up or aren’t exciting enough.

If you feel like that it’s perfectly valid, which is not to say it’s justified.

Lovemusic33 · 14/11/2017 15:44

He may have just got to a age where he doesn't want to do that sort of thing anymore.

I know someone (a family member) who is now married to a ex swinger, she knows about his past but it was a long time ago and he's not really into it anymore, he's quite a bit older though and I think he just got to a stage where he had outgrown the swinging scene.

I'm not sure how I would feel about it all though, I think I would struggle to trust someone who has done these things and who has slept with so many people, I think it would drive me crazy wondering.

RagingFemininist · 14/11/2017 15:45

Counselling for you to sort out if this is a deal breaker for you or not and to help you deal with your own insecurities of not being good enough compared to other women.

I d8ntbthink that people on here telling you they were in that lifestyle but now find it boring will help.
Because it’s not him that you dont trust. It’s you.

Corkscrewbetty · 14/11/2017 15:57

RagingFeminist - I think you're right. That's my main issue. It might help. I need a bit of help in the feeling-good-about-myself department that doesn't involve smoking fags and feeling sorry for myself!

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