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My boyfriend is addicted to porn, cyber sex and more

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sadandlonely1982 · 22/11/2018 05:45

Hi ladies,

I'm sitting here at 4am not knowing what to do next. I have been through a lot of trauma in my life and after finally breaking free from a 10 year physically and mentally abusive relationship I thought I had found the the one. My boyfriend has been loving, caring and kind to me for the 2 years we have been together. There's always been an issue in the background with him not always being able to maintain an erection all of the time but it worked most of the time and I loved him so much I just carried on. so I was shocked when I discovered he had been leaving distasteful comments under women's pics on FB like "nice ass" and "sexy" but I confronted him and he said sorry and he wouldn't do it again. Then I accidentally came across some strange text messages in his I watch - I googled the numbers and local escort sites appeared - again silly me believed him when he said he was just looking at it and did text them but nothing happened beyond that. Fast forward to today I am 30 weeks pregnant and around 1 month ago I saw emails that he was sending to online sex services where they send dirty pics and talk dirty to him and ask him to put in credit card details. We were going on a holiday/working trip for me to Colorado and he was asking these girls if they would do an incall to our hotel! (I was going to be working on some days in Colorado). This was unrealistic because none of the girls were based there but all the same it was devastating to see this and literally took all the breath out of my body. I confronted him and he tried to deny it at first but then when he could no longer deny it he admitted it and said sorry, that he has an issue but he loves me and doesn't want to do it anymore. He promised he would never do it again- I literally have been waking up crying in the night uncontrollably about this I was so hurt he convinced me to give him a chance and that he loves me and when we went to Colorado I tried to initiate sex because by now we have not had sex for 5 months and it's not because I don't want to. We used to have sex however it was never often after the first few months and I did always wonder why but I just thought he didn't have a high sex drive or it was because of the fact he can't always maintain an erection so just doesn't want it as much. Since being pregnant though He never initiates if I do he pulls away which is humiliating and then if he does try he fails so makes it worse. He has literally never gone near me since I said I was pregnant which breaks my heart. I don't show for months even now I'm tiny It just seems like an excuse. Anyhow back to the story. When we returned from Denver I went to the doctors with him and we got him tested and also got him signed up for a sexual counseller which he hasn't seen yet due to waiting list. The doc gave us viagra. We tried it once and it didn't work so we went back to get a stronger dose and now he is refusing to try it (I'm getting very pregnant now) I really wanted to please him and would of done anything he wanted sexually to stop him having to do all that as I find it Devastating.Today I found his entire google search history for the last year he is pretty much watching porn everyday and looking at escort sites and searching for dirty things online sometimes for hours at a time. He isn't working at the moment so whilst I'm out pregnant and earning money to keep the house going he is looking at this stuff morning noon and night. Im not sure if he has visited an escort in real life but it's a massive possibility based on the fact he texts them. He doesn't know I saw the google search history yet and is still being all lovey Dovey with me, it's unbelievable to me! Do I confront him or continue to see what he does online -do I leave and find a way to get through the rest of pregnancy and became a single mum or do I try to work it out, it going to be hard as he was going to be the full time carer for the baby whilst I go back to work. I going to be so lonely - I'm so lost and hurt 😔

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Linziepie · 23/11/2018 08:32

sorry crossed posted..not ypur problem where he goes just get him out.

Mix56 · 23/11/2018 08:34

Friend, Siblings, Hostel....... he will use this as a reason to stay, he hasn't been arsed to get a job, maybe he should try !

Mix56 · 23/11/2018 08:35

It's Xmas, there are plenty of jobs available

hellsbellsmelons · 23/11/2018 08:54

Well done OP.
Mine promised to get counselling.
Told me he'd booked it.
When he should have been there, I left work a bit early and saw his car outside the pub.
When he came back, I asked how it had been and gave me much detail about his 'session'.
They are such good liars.
Mine was a narc as well though.

Where he lives is not your problem.
I'd give him 2 weeks from today.
Then pack up his shit and change the locks if he wasn't gone by then.
Where was he living before he met you?
He must have friends?

Xiaoxiong · 23/11/2018 08:58

Good for you OP, stay strong! I'm proud of you for recovering your self-respect. You will look back at this time in future years and be so thankful that you kicked him to the curb. Give him a deadline to get out - where it is and how he pays for it is not your problem.

Good luck!! Thanks

Rikalaily · 23/11/2018 09:34

If you leave it up to him to find somewhere else, he never will. Chuck him and his stuff out and change the locks, he can sofa surf and go to the housing and tell them he is homeless, he's not homeless while he's living with you so they won't help.

In the meantime, put a password on the router so he can't sit there all day wanking your money away. God what a disgusting thing he is, a baby on the way and he's sitting there all day content to not contribute a single thing towards his child while he gets his jollies off.

BerylStreep · 23/11/2018 09:51

So glad that you have kicked him out. Just make sure he actually goes.

If you had let him become full time carer then there is every risk that you could have lost your baby to him and have to pay maintenance too if you subsequently split up.

Please consider not putting him on the birth certificate.

Also make sure that you hold on to the evidence of the extreme porn addiction. You never know when you might need that in the future if he takes legal steps to get parental responsibility.

Ceilingrose · 23/11/2018 10:19

" where do I want him to go".
That tells you everything. He thinks you are his mummy and that his whole life is your problem and responsibility.

Also these sorts of men have a problem with the Madonna/Whore thing, and they are not sexually attracted to their "mothers". That would be you.

Get rid and don't allow his problems to become your problems. You will be doing him a favour anyway as he will be forced to mature a little.

bellinisurge · 23/11/2018 11:19

He managed to sort out wanking opportunities on your money so he can sort out some where to live.

IdblowJonSnow · 23/11/2018 12:12

Op how are you doing? Please take care of yourself at this time. Hope your mate is being a source of strength to you.

sadandlonely1982 · 23/11/2018 13:14

@hellsbellsmelons he was in a flat but left it to move with me - he is going to have to find somewhere.

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sadandlonely1982 · 23/11/2018 13:16

@Xiaoxiong thanks for your support x

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sadandlonely1982 · 23/11/2018 13:18

@Rikalaily thank you- yes not nice at all. Where he goes is not my issue just hoping he doesn't make it too stressful to get him out x

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sadandlonely1982 · 23/11/2018 13:20

@BerylStreep thank you - I have screenshot a year worth of his google activity so have it all if only to remind me of why I doing this x

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sadandlonely1982 · 23/11/2018 13:39

@Ceilingrose I might of well been his parent to be honest - he even once said to me he values me to much that he doesn't want to touch me (this is when I was trying to initiate when pregnant).

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sadandlonely1982 · 23/11/2018 13:40

@bellinisurge well if you put it like that lol!

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sadandlonely1982 · 23/11/2018 13:43

@IdblowJonSnow I'm ok thank you for asking - I didn't sleep much but I'm sure it will pass looking forward to him leaving and drawing a line underneath so I can mourn x

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Mix56 · 23/11/2018 13:53

I assume he is on the sofa ? dick in hand

sadandlonely1982 · 23/11/2018 14:10

@Mix56 yep on the sofa - I have the day off today and he is still in there "sleeping"

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Mix56 · 23/11/2018 14:25

What ? he needs booting out, he is not taking this seriously. if he was he would be looking for a solution to his homeless problem.
A bucket of water would do it

Mix56 · 23/11/2018 14:28

Speechless, move the cushions off the sofa & lock them in your bedroom, he will soon discover it's not comfortable enough

Linziepie · 23/11/2018 19:37

Hope he gets the message and moves out soon

Closetbeanmuncher · 23/11/2018 20:11

ceilingrose is absolutely correct with this I'm afraid...This 'splitting' of women into these two categories is a common theme with men who have porn/sex worker habits or with concealed misogynistic tendancies.

You're doing the right thing by you and your baby...You're going to make a fantastic mum without the headache of this dead weight.

Has limp shrimp exited the building yet?

sadandlonely1982 · 24/11/2018 05:59

@Closetbeanmuncher LOL no limp shrimp is now telling me everybody wanks so it's not an issue, he doesn't want to go anywhere, it's my own fault for getting pregnant for him, he only doesn't want to have sex with me because I'm pregnant and it's weird ( the no sex has been happening the whole time including before pregnancy I just didn't know why). Then he started saying dirty sexual things to me and saying that I want to be treated like a whore so that's why he is saying it. He's saying he is not disposable, I'm blowing all out of proportion, I'm not thinking this through properly everyone does this it's normal. Oh and I shouldn't think that I will be able to move on and get sex from another man after this because he is not going to allow it. He's clearly not going to just up and leave thinking hard about how to approach this. I feel really disheartened

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Thankyounext · 24/11/2018 06:06

You could bring up everything and argue about the escorts/lack of job etc but it’s probably pointless. You are allowed to just end the relationship. Use the broken record technique telling him it is over.

As for how to actually get him out, Im not sure sorry as it took me two years to get my ex to leave (we did both own the house) but others might have better advice.

Don’t let him wear you down and try to convince you his behaviour is normal as it’s not.

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