I have been with my partner for 18 months and we overall have a really good relationship. I was single for many years before him and it took a while for me to open up and trust and be sexual with anyone new. We are very alike we have similar goals and our lives just entwined well.
We went through a rough patch about 6 months ago where my sex drive went we had issues because I felt that he wasn’t contributing enough financially and it out me off him a bit. Around around this time I had this nagging feeling and I went through his phone and I saw that he had messaged a girl that he used to see, he told her she looked beautiful and that he missed her a lot. I confronted him and he said he just wanted attention and to feel wanted and I wasn’t giving that. He blocked her and we worked through our issues although I wasn’t able to fully let go as I felt violated and did bring her up a few times but overall we got through it and worked though our issues. Our sex life returned to great and all feels good!
Something makes me check him phone, I don’t know why, but I did it…..she was unblocked and had one convo where she just said she’s there if he needs to talk and he said thanks, end of. I was ok with that, he’s out it to rest but it wanted to be disrespectful and ghost her when she hadn’t done anything wrong.
I looked at the next chat down and it’s an old number where he has sent many old sex videos with exes and photos, like a bath pic of one girl covering her private areas.
I confronted him and he was apologetic and said it’s what guys do and it doesn’t mean anything, he’s happy with me and wants to build a future with me. He said I was very intrusive and would I like it if he went through my diary - which yes I agree it’s intrusive but maybe my intuition was picking up on something?
He said he’s deleted them and he’s sorry and I am more than enough for him but I just can’t let it go. I’m glad I saw it as it’s a reminder that I can’t be deluded into thinking I can fully trust a man. I thought I could understand and accept that he’s not perfect and now he’s deleted them we can move on, because he is great in almost every other sense, but I can’t stop thinking that he’s not getting everything he needs from me.
I can’t discuss this with anyone in real life so I’m putting it here.
Can he be truly into me if he’s having to keep old sex videos and photos of exes? Is this normal and akin to porn?