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How do I check up on him? Advice please!!

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Puddlegum · 18/02/2018 14:35

I have a strong suspicion that my dp is either cheating on me or addicted to porn. He may also be looking up various dubious websites eg escorts.

The problem is I have no proof and if I try to speak to him, he makes me think I'm going crazy. The other night I came downstairs at 2am when he had said he would come up to bed at 12. I heard him slam his laptop shut and he also had a blanket around him. He jumped up really quickly after went past him and looked extremely guilty. However, when I confronted him the next day he insisted he was just playing a computer game and only looked guilty as he knew he should have already been in bed (I'm not his mother so don't see his point about this).

In the early days of our relationship he told me he uses incognito tabs when watching porn. He also told me that when 'out with the lads' he had visited strip clubs and met up with hookers in Amsterdam (although hadn't slept with any). He says he was much younger then and would never do that now. His brother's stag do is in a couple of weeks and I'm very nervous.

Is there any way I can check up on him as don't want to accuse him in the wrong. I'm clinging on to the hope I might be wrong and I don't entirely trust my gut instinct. He works in IT so i would assume he is very clever at covering his tracks if he is up to anything.

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missmoz · 19/02/2018 19:52

What would be a deal breaker for you?

If he was watching porn?
If he was msging women on dating sites?
If he slept with sex workers?

All of the above?

Maybe if you could clarify that it would help you. There isn't an easy or ethical way to track someone's every online move so it comes down to if you trust him, what your deal breakers are, and how much you're prepared to live with.

missmoz · 19/02/2018 19:53

Not saying you should live with him doing any of the above, but rather the uncertainty of not fully knowing,

Puddlegum · 19/02/2018 19:57

My deal-breaker wouldn't be watching a bit of porn as he already told me he does that. That's the reason I was more suspicious the other night as if it was just porn, why slam the laptop shut?

However, saying that I think he has been watching it more and more to the detriment of our relationship. I always get up first in the morning to shower, put on makeup etc and he has increasingly been sleeping in and making himself late for work. I suspect it's because he's watching porn as he asks me to hand him his phone before I leave the room.

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missmoz · 19/02/2018 20:23

Ok so it sounds like he was watching porn...it's one thing for it to be an unspoken agreement but being caught is another thing which is probably why he slammed the lid down.

It sounds like you have other issues as well as a lack of trust. Maybe have a conversation saying you don't have a problem with him watching porn, but that it appears to be impacting other areas of your life together (or whatever he's doing online)

Reframe your point maybe?

Brokenpromises · 19/02/2018 21:00

NEVER ignore your gut NEVER, I did and lived to regret it. My h swore on our kids lives and was lying through his teeth!

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