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Googled my boyfriends name..confused now

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Alexanadra · 17/07/2024 08:11

Googled my boyfriend of 2 and a half years out of curiosity. He is a computer genius and writes papers. His name came up under a respectable looking site but when I pressed it a porn chat site came up. I asked him about it and he went crazy and said his Internet blocks porn sites so how could he look at them.However he is very secretive and has several phones and laptops for his work in several universities.Reason am confused is he doesn't seem to care if we have sex or not and says he has a low sex drive. Doesn't make much effort for me tbh but am I being paranoid?

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roses321 · 17/07/2024 12:09

Alexanadra · 17/07/2024 08:11

Googled my boyfriend of 2 and a half years out of curiosity. He is a computer genius and writes papers. His name came up under a respectable looking site but when I pressed it a porn chat site came up. I asked him about it and he went crazy and said his Internet blocks porn sites so how could he look at them.However he is very secretive and has several phones and laptops for his work in several universities.Reason am confused is he doesn't seem to care if we have sex or not and says he has a low sex drive. Doesn't make much effort for me tbh but am I being paranoid?

Two options:

  1. His site has been hacked in some way. Not likely if he's the genius you say he is. Doesn't sound like he's at genius level so far.
  2. Porn addict.

I dated a porn addict once and yes, low sex drive, wasn't interested in sex with me, when he did he couldn't finish... it was a bit tragic really.

Porn addicts tend want more and more highs, so they look for more and more extreme stuff and it's a really ugly addiction (like most addictions i guess).

His reaction is interesting as well, quite telling of someone who is guilty. I'm unsure as to how he thought you wouldn't eventually find this out.

longtompot · 17/07/2024 12:10

SmileyClare · 17/07/2024 12:01

Yeah that time he got back late after visiting his elderly relative? Dropping a banging set of old school house and trance at the The Ministry more like.

All those great nights out I have missed! Bloody love a good dance, not trance though

Lavenderblossoms · 17/07/2024 12:18

When they go crazy to a normal question, they act so mad to deter you from asking again... do more digging. He sounds dodgy.

SmileyClare · 17/07/2024 12:22

longtompot · 17/07/2024 12:10

All those great nights out I have missed! Bloody love a good dance, not trance though

🤣 At least you didn’t mind missing the trance set I suppose. It’s not all bad news.

blackpooolrock · 17/07/2024 12:26

Having several laptops and phone is pretty normal when you work for various companies doing IT work.

A lot of companies have security restrictions which means data cannot be shared between devices, you would be in breach of the security requirement agreement you had to sign to work on the contract.

He may seem secretive about his work but he might have had to sign NDA's to work on certain projects which means he can't really speak about it.

he might have had to go through security vetting to work on certain projects so again he cannot speak about them.

If you aren't in the industry it may seem overkill with all the restrictions placed on you but its about protecting data and reputation.

time2changeCharlieBrown · 17/07/2024 12:28

Could it not be someone else with the same name?

SmileyClare · 17/07/2024 12:30

When they go crazy to a normal question

Im not sure if
Have you got a respectable looking website featuring you that’s actually a cunningly disguised porn hub when you open it?
is a normal question.

Unless he’s used your phone to watch porn and left a tab open or something then its impossible to “find” who is watching porn by googling their full name?

Nolongera · 17/07/2024 12:32

If he is a computer genius he will know how to not link his real name to a porn site.

FairyLightBan · 17/07/2024 12:35

Ewugh. Throw him back in the sea...

SareBear87 · 17/07/2024 12:59

Apparently I'm a figure skater! I can assure you I would make Bambi look like a medal winner.

DH is an archbishop apparently... I thought he also worked in the IT world.

DH also has multiple laptops and phones due to the mind boggling amount of red tape in his company - it causes a lot of swearing. So that aspect wouldn't bother me, but the lack of physical contact would!

SlightlygrumpyBettyswaitress · 17/07/2024 13:22

If you Google my name I come up as a talented Artist. In real life I struggle to draw stick men!

ThePotholeHelpdesk · 17/07/2024 13:25

PeppermintParty · 17/07/2024 10:08

Just googled myself and unfortunately I seem to have died, but on the plus side, I had a special needs school named after me in my honour.

😄

SmileyClare · 17/07/2024 13:26

Do you really think Googling someone’s full name on your phone will take you to the internet sites they’ve visited on their devices?

Even IF he had an account in his full name, you’d have to locate the site (Google won’t take you there) and if by chance you found a porn site he subscribed to you’d be locked out and redirected to a secure sign in page.

If anyone could check what porn their partners, family and friends had visited by simply Googling their name then were all fucked (well most of us 😂)

MrBallensWife · 17/07/2024 13:31

I just Googled myself and apparently I died on the 23rd April 2023..😭
Previous to that I was a Motivational speaker/Author 😵‍💫🤗
I also Googled my daughter who is 11 and she's a really accomplished and sought after DJ in House/Dance music who plays sets at raves most weekends..
I wondered why the little bugger was always tired and hates getting out of bed on a weekend,now I know 🤭

HowardTJMoon · 17/07/2024 13:47

His name came up under a respectable looking site but when I pressed it a porn chat site came up.

Do you mean like an ad for a chat site? What was the original respectable site that you found?

BTW I work at a single university and while I wouldn't say I'm a computer genius, I am a tech geek. I've got two uni laptops, plus two of my own, plus a couple of old desktops and various other bits of tech scattered around. And I've got two phones - my own and a work one.

Laura0076 · 20/07/2024 19:29

I think if you felt the need to Google him after 2 n a half years... there's more going on here.
I hope you get some answers. I'm not sure I'd be ok with multiple phones and laptops... lectures who teach at different establishments don't tend to need different devices x

Andthereitis · 20/07/2024 19:29

Boredmum24 · 17/07/2024 10:39

I work for the UN apparently

Every search result for my name is actually me.
At least everyone the first page.

Laura0076 · 20/07/2024 19:32

HowardTJMoon · 17/07/2024 13:47

His name came up under a respectable looking site but when I pressed it a porn chat site came up.

Do you mean like an ad for a chat site? What was the original respectable site that you found?

BTW I work at a single university and while I wouldn't say I'm a computer genius, I am a tech geek. I've got two uni laptops, plus two of my own, plus a couple of old desktops and various other bits of tech scattered around. And I've got two phones - my own and a work one.

Are you her actual partner 🤣

ColinMyWifeBridgerton · 20/07/2024 19:37

This is the third implausible porn related thread on here tonight. Everyone enjoying their summer holidays, aren't they?

Yougotwhatstuckwhere · 20/07/2024 19:49

I'm an award winning children's author apparently.
No porn linkage though !!
Shit is sex is a firm nope from me though. Why bother?

Krista882024 · 20/07/2024 19:56

No not at all, it's most likely your intuition telling you to research him for your own emotional and physical safety. I did the same for a man who had been running me down trying to get to know me and build a relationship, he lied to me about his age, occupation and just lied in general for no reason like I'm someone special he is trying to impress. Red flags were apparent for the first conversation. I googled his name and it turned out he's a known drug dealer who got arrested and spent 2 year's in prison for £95.000 worth of cannabis...an immigrant who is bound to £6000 of debt for illegally being imported by other migrants...he was my sons father friend who wanted his papers as I don't have my sons father surname on his birth certificate. He had enough information about me to take the opportunity and use me and my son as collateral damage to get what he wanted which was a citizenship in the UK...I'm guessing the information came from my sons father but my sons father didn't know his motives was to use his son for a visa...don't ever ignore your intuition it will save your time and even your life from lies and deception

leeverarch · 20/07/2024 20:18

RunningAwayToJoinTheCircus · 17/07/2024 08:41

My name comes up on Google as a very respected academic who is a professor at a university in Australia...
Unless your bloke is the only person in the world with his name, it doesn't necessarily mean anything.

I'm an American actress. Well I never knew that.

TeaGinandFags · 20/07/2024 20:42

If he really was an academic he'd be linked (with photo) to university websites and have papers in his name.

He's a Walter Mitty.

Bin him.

TeaGinandFags · 20/07/2024 20:45

MrBallensWife · 17/07/2024 13:31

I just Googled myself and apparently I died on the 23rd April 2023..😭
Previous to that I was a Motivational speaker/Author 😵‍💫🤗
I also Googled my daughter who is 11 and she's a really accomplished and sought after DJ in House/Dance music who plays sets at raves most weekends..
I wondered why the little bugger was always tired and hates getting out of bed on a weekend,now I know 🤭

Edited

Sorry to hear about your demise.

Could that be connected to feeling a bit drained recently?

Wishing you a quick recovery 💐

Rachel2709 · 20/07/2024 23:09

Don’t ignore the red flags. 2.5 years is not too late xxx