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Husband has been watching porn

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MrsOs · 26/09/2016 20:36

So tonight my husband went to show me a you tube video of something funny and when i looked at the other sites open they were porn sites. I asked him what they were and he quickly deleted the pages said they popped up from the you tube video.. I knew that wasnt true.

Then he said he went on because they were talking about it at work and he couldnt believe it was that easy to access.. So he looked out of curiosity. I didnt believe that either. He had even deleted the browsing history but stupidly left the pages up.

So then i looked at the advanced web pages section in safari and it showed he had been on pornhubpremium and flirt4free... I confronted him and he confessed to looking at porn.

Im so hurt and angry. He never comes to bed with me and we havent had sex in nearly a year. We have had various rows where i say its over as i dont want to be in a loveless relationship but he says he loves me and its just we are so tired etc etc... Yeah tired of wanking over porn sites.

I thought i knew him.. I didnt think he was like that.. Im so shocked..

Wwyd if you were me?

OP posts:
19Bears · 17/09/2021 12:00

I wish mine bloody would! I get up on a morning to find his youtube logged in on the telly with Nigel Farage GB News shit....... Angry

(but I understand you being upset, OP. No sex for ten years here!) Flowers

Marjoriedrawers · 17/09/2021 12:06

@19Bears

I wish mine bloody would! I get up on a morning to find his youtube logged in on the telly with Nigel Farage GB News shit....... Angry

(but I understand you being upset, OP. No sex for ten years here!) Flowers

The. Chuffing. Years?? OMG!
Marjoriedrawers · 17/09/2021 12:06

Ten not the lol

frozendaisy · 17/09/2021 12:10

Ok so you know now.
Right at the beginning of our relationship my not then H brought his laptop round because I didn't have one or a TV in room to watch something in bed, he opened it on some XXXgirls website, I took the piss big time, he was mortified. And a bit embarrassed because it was "a bit sad and seedy".

A lot of male friends and boyfriends in the past have watched porn, I am unimpressed for a whole variety of reasons, and I think porn has got more degrading for women but also the men involved as well as time has gone on.

So what has happened to you right now is a chance to reset and get things all out in the open.

Yes romance suffers with small children, ill parents, life and work.

But it doesn't mean it's gone forever.

If you can both find a way to talk this through. From what you have posted, you need some tender reassurance during the day. He needs some intimacy. So start slow and listen to each other.

This can be just a blip. He was watching porn to have a wank, not great, hiding it probably because things between you had become a bit strained and in a bit of a rut and he knows it wouldn't have helped sort of if he came clean about all this. And the situation just spiralled a bit and got out of control.

Do you both want to throw away your family and marriage over watching porn?

Talk and listen to him. Don't judge or go off on one, if you want to get through this. Be honest. Be supportive. If you want him to desire you and you want the physical part of your relationship back you have an opportunity to tell him what you need to get there now. As does he.

I felt physically bit rubbish, bit flabby, lost confidence in the bedroom, my H was sad I felt this way reassured me that my pleasure was as important to his as his own (this is in a nutshell) and since then we haven't looked back! We've been acting like teenagers whose parents are away. But it took a rut to get us both out of our mundane assumptions.

If you love him, and want to stay together it's worth a try. Just keep blame out of the conversation. And listen. What do you have to lose?

Hope you work it out whatever you want.

frozendaisy · 17/09/2021 12:11

@19Bears

I wish mine bloody would! I get up on a morning to find his youtube logged in on the telly with Nigel Farage GB News shit....... Angry

(but I understand you being upset, OP. No sex for ten years here!) Flowers

This is much worse than porn......
EarthSight · 17/09/2021 12:21

What's also sad here is that he doesn't seem to miss the intimacy with you. Yes, he can masturbate or masturbate to porn to relieve any sexual tension, but doesn't he miss the physical closeness and affection of sex? What was your sex life like before having children? Doesn't he miss that?

19Bears · 17/09/2021 12:24

Totally agree, @frozendaisy It is just weird.

@Marjoriedrawers yep. Not great eh...

EvenMoreFuriousVexation · 17/09/2021 12:27

This was posted in 2016! Hopefully op has resolved things one way or the other...

layladomino · 17/09/2021 15:02

Have I understood this right:

  • Historically you were always the one to initiate sex
  • When you had your child you went off sex, so stopped initiating it
  • So now neither of you initiate it
  • You've found out your husband has been looking at porn.

If it happened in that order, the problem seemed to be first of all that your husband never initiated sex - so presumably you're wondering if he's always preferred porn?

Or did he have a lower sex drive than you, then you stopped initiating it altogether, then he discovered porn.

Porn could be the reason for the problem, or a response to the problem.

Has your sex drive returned? If so, and if you can talk to each other, then there may be a chance to rekindle what you once had. You may need therapy to help.

If your sex drive hasn't returned, then what you have is a couple who don't want to have sex with each other. And the question is do you want to continue like that.

SweetBabyCheeses99 · 17/09/2021 15:33

These are two separate issues. Almost all men watch porn and a lot of women too. I don’t think there’s any correlation between indulging in some self-loving and not having an active sex life - I believe some research shows it actually makes you more satisfied not less.

The fact that you and your husband have no physical intimacy and haven’t had sex for a over year is a separate issue to the porn. But this is the important one! This is obviously something that you still desire and you’re right to express that to him.

So yeah, the porn is a non-story. But you guys need to revive the physical side of your relationship unless you want to live as friends forever. Do you ever spend any time just cuddling in bed and enjoying physical intimacy without it being sexual? That’s a good first step.

urbanbuddha · 17/09/2021 15:47

This was posted in 2016! Hopefully op has resolved things one way or the other...

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