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AIBU to think my marriage is slightly crowded

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runliketewind · 17/08/2020 16:37

I will try keep this short but any advise will be much appreciated plz I've recently discovered my DH internet history and to my shock horror he is addicted to porn ( went back 6 months) watching it several times a day even when I'm in the house cooking, cleaning etc etc. He chooses not to join most activities outside the home and I'm thinking this is because he wants to stay behind to watch this stuff ( as the history suggests, i thought he was just lazy and boring! ) I know many will say that all men watch porn but honestly AIBU to think my marriage is a little crowded or should I let my DH have his "self love" as many sites suggest. This makes me angry to read but seems to be the "normal" advise. He even watches the home cameras on the tv to make sure I'm not coming home ( wondered why they were always on whenever I went out!) I've carmly mentioned it to him but he denies everything and hasn't stopped. Thinking of ending my marriage as dont want to grow old having to put up with this crap! am I being too extreme?

OP posts:
Bells3032 · 18/08/2020 08:25

I am very open minded about porn and have no issues my dh (or myself) using it if needed. But this sounds like it's become a major addiction. If he's picking porn over you then he either needs to get help or you end it. It's up to you which one you want to do first. Sounds like theres a massive loss of trust there too.

chickenyhead · 18/08/2020 08:34

His denial would be enough for me to leave. The evidence is there, unless you have a porn addicted ghost.

If it was just porn, lying would seem extreme. I wonder if anything else is being covered up.

At the end of it the question is, do you trust him? How does his objectification of women as sex objects make you feel about yourself?

BubblyBarbara · 18/08/2020 08:54

That ICO page is silly. The GDPR explicitly doesn’t apply to individuals or households.

JinglingHellsBells · 18/08/2020 10:13

@WaltzingBetty If the CCTV is so irrelevant, why are you bothering to call me on it and just prolong the discussion? Talk about pots and kettles. To me, it was perfectly obvious that if his CCTV was out of order, she could ask him to take it down. Not my fault if other posters can't read between the lines.

As you were.

JinglingHellsBells · 18/08/2020 10:14

@BubblyBarbara Maybe read again? The whole point of that link is to show how it DOES apply to households.

runliketewind · 18/08/2020 10:32

Thank you all so much for taking the time to make me see that this is not normal behaviour. I really do appreciate your comments.

For a few years I wondered why my DH is so unwilling to do small things to make me happy like just going for a walk, shopping or even a day out, anything! he just seems content to sit around the house on his phone and watching rubbish tv. I accepted that it was just him until I stumbled across his habit/addiction. I realised that whilst we were even in the same room he was watching. Everything is secret, his phone ( which he never leaves hanging around) his laptop, but how I found the history was some sort of miracle. He brought me an ipad, but what he didn't realise is that his other devises where synced to it, somehow?. I hardly used it hense why it took so long to discover.

His denial drives me crazy even though he knows I know. Doors locked when I get home from work, cameras on and evidence in the way of tissues, socks etc covered in cum on the floor.

Here's for the part that I'm not proud of but could not stand being told im crazy. When leaving the house I hid my phone a few times on record, and yes, got the further evidence I needed! Within minutes he was down to business! I always thought porn was porn and it was all acting, however, from the little I could hear the woman did sound in pain and mistreated, so maybe the stuff he is watching is not good!

As with the meet up sites, he would aften blow up arguments and disappear for hours not answering his phone. Now I guess I know why. Silly me thought he was just taking himself away from the situation even though the arguments were rarely my fault.

It all seems pretty clear now. Thank goodness I discovered that history!

OP posts:
runliketewind · 18/08/2020 11:10

Not to mention we are also in the middle of a pandemic whilst he is potentially meeting up 😒

OP posts:
SoulofanAggron · 18/08/2020 11:14

It's not 'random' stuff about CCTV when he is using it as means of 'policing' the OP's whereabouts, so he can wank to porn is it? @SoulofanAggron It's an integral part of the problem and shows his obsession and helps facilitate it.

@JinglingHellsBells I know. I was talking about the people who were going on about whether OP's cameras were legal etc.

WaltzingBetty · 18/08/2020 12:00

[quote JinglingHellsBells]@WaltzingBetty If the CCTV is so irrelevant, why are you bothering to call me on it and just prolong the discussion? Talk about pots and kettles. To me, it was perfectly obvious that if his CCTV was out of order, she could ask him to take it down. Not my fault if other posters can't read between the lines.

As you were.[/quote]
Oh no I expect it's everyone else's fault.
I'm sure the OP is finding your ongoing posts ever so helpful and constructive...

@runliketewind it sounds as if you have all the information you need. Your husband is deceitful, secretive and quite possibly cheating. He's contributing little to building a life with you.
You just have to decide how you want to live.

Feralkidsatthecampsite · 18/08/2020 12:06

If my dh was investing hours on his penis over his family he would be an exh..

tarasmalatarocks · 18/08/2020 13:33

Don’t worry about ‘how’ you found out OP, I did similar . If it doesn’t bother some folks at all, fair enough and it’s all open and known about — but it did me too , as it was very secretive , went out of his way to hide it, was checking where I was by calling me randomly about nothing and it was a big habit rather than’occasional’

candycane222 · 18/08/2020 13:35

Ugh, he is basically lying to you, gaslighting and ignoring you so he can opt out of the marriage to do his hobby, which is itself potentially harmful to others (especially if the porn is violent, as you suspect).

If this is his idea of a marriage , let him marry his socks (that is frankly, grim). The utter disrespect would do it for me. If he was lying to you about his addiction to the spin machine then leaving damp towels, sweaty shorts and oily rags around foryou to find, that wouldn't be acceptable either. And this is worse. He clearly doesn't think you have anything to complain about. Sadly that clearly shows how little he thinks of,or about, you. You just dont matter to him, do you? So sorry.

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