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Partner looking at local escorts

34 replies

Anomonus · 22/07/2024 13:09

My partner and I have been together for a year now & in my head, I would assume you should still be in the honeymoon phase. For around 7ish months we have had problems in the bedroom. When we first got together his sex drive and desire for me was amazing & normal, but slowly we started having problems where we would go to bed at night & it would be perfect time to get it on, but he would reject me. At first I felt like I was the problem and that he had started to find me unattractive, not doing it for him. Which I was confused about because I’m very much actively trying to be sexy for him. But with bringing this up to him and communicating how I was feeling, we discussed that it’s normal for men to not be in the mood every single time & that he was tired at night. We then came to the conclusion that it was because he was more of a morning person rather at night, but as time went on, it was clear that he had a significant low sex drive all of a sudden. This would fluctuate- getting better and then get worse again. It’s not like he had absolutely no sexual desire but he stopped doing little things like spontaneously grabbing me in the middle of the day or giving me sex eyes randomly like he used to. He sort of just became very sexless with everything and when it actually came to sex, it was me initiating it & almost forcing him into it. We would have arguments about it because I was getting fed up & he tried to understand but he couldn’t come up with an answer himself, he told me that he’s still very much attracted to me and finds me sexy but I always say actions speak louder than words. After our chats, it felt very forced from his end & he was trying his best but it wasn’t natural. All of this was confusing and after time I kind of just accepted it, that the sexual person I knew right at the beginning of our relationship was not who I was going to be with. We don’t live together so it was hard to gauge where we were at, as we would go for long periods of time not seeing each other to then spending consecutive weeks together. Anyway, 5 months ago during a holiday, I was using his WhatsApp and accidentally came across a chat with this girl. With reading the messages I discovered that a few days before our trip he had invited an ‘escort’ round to his home. They had only exchanged a few messages including descriptive words he had sent to her, telling her the things he wanted to do to her. The next few messages were about arranging a meet up & the last message was “I’m outside”. As soon as I saw this I froze and he came back into the room, I couldn’t speak or look at him. I confronted him with difficulty & he consoled me laying everything out on the table. He said he was trying to figure out what was going on with him sexually and he stupidly invited her over but upon arrival, she was only in the house for no more than 10 minutes as he chickened out and realised that what he was doing was wrong. He promised me that nothing happened, the messages he sent to her was him being “a lad” and egging it on. He sort of accepted that I was done and that night he slept on the floor. I couldn’t forgive him for the rest of the trip and I kept asking him questions and he was being transparent with me. I truly believe that what he said happened, happened. I forgave him. Yesterday we were using his laptop and he left the room, I then saw on his google history that the previous night when I was in bed (unwell) and he was in the living room, that he was scrolling through a local escort site. The links on the history were - the escort profiles, their pictures & reviews. I couldn’t believe it, I then went back a few weeks and saw that this was a thing he was doing, he would be on the local escort site & then simultaneously be on pornhub. It seemed to be that he would watch porn and then go on this site vice versa. The fact he had done it the night before in the same house as me while I was in bed made me feel sick to my stomach. I confronted him and he explained that he knows what I looks like but he just uses it as a form of porn. I’ve never had an issue with him watching pornhub but this local thing is just far too close to home. The audacity he has to be going on the same site he found the escort 5 months ago which nearly broke our relationship is beyond me. The fact he never sexualises me hurts even more. But he wants to look at these random prostitute’s pictures that are only a few kilometres away from him. He never asks me for nudes, I don’t remember the last time I sent him a picture. I’m just at a lost cause with all of this now. I’m in so much pain that he’s actively sexual with himself masturbating & using local prostitutes as sexual stimulation but not with his girlfriend who is very much willing to do anything.

OP posts:
AttilaTheMeerkat · 22/07/2024 13:12

He needs to be your ex partner now. You will never be happy as long as you and he remain together. He treats you with contempt and has no remorse for his actions.

Feelingmentallyunsettled · 22/07/2024 13:14

He watches porn and uses escorts.
That's the type of man he is. That's what is normal for him.He won't change.
So you either need to accept this or finish the relationship.
I wouldn't want to be in a relationship with any one like this.

Watchkeys · 22/07/2024 13:18

So basically, you held his interest for a while, and now he's more interested in porn and escorts. he arranged to meet with an escort when you were 5 months in, and he is still window shopping now, if nothing else.

Is this your dream man?

Peoniesinbloom · 22/07/2024 13:24

Yuck, what a turn off! I couldn't trust him, Im sorry it sounds awful

sunflowrsngunpowdr · 22/07/2024 13:37

You are only a year in - leave now before you waste more precious time.

permanently · 22/07/2024 13:55

You'll drive yourself insane trying to work out what's going on within that man's head. He sounds very damaged. And you know what they say - "damaged people are dangerous, because they know they can survive." You, on the other hand, won't. Say goodbye and don't look back.

StrawberryWater · 22/07/2024 14:05

Don't believe a word he says. He's not looking at that to work out where he is sexually with you or because he was egged on or using it as a form of porn. What an utter crock of shit. If you believe that then I'm sorry OP but you're a fool.

Go and get an STD check and please dump this idiot. He's compromised your sexual health (and ruined your self esteem) and is nothing but a grubby little pervert. Yuk.

ThatsCute · 22/07/2024 14:30

Do you have kids? A mortgage? It’s only been a year, so should be easy to untangle your life from his. WALK THE FUCK AWAY.

FloydPink · 22/07/2024 14:38

So, some guys may fantasise about it and they may use sites like that as 'material' and actually have no intention of using them. But that can sound like an easy cop out. However the fact he has chatted and "I'm outside" means 1 thing, he has used them. And the bit about 10 mins and didnt go through with that is total rubbish!!!

You wil never be able to trust him again so walk way

Apileofballyhoo · 22/07/2024 14:44

Get rid of him. It's not you, it's him. I'd be very surprised if this is his only issue.

Domino20 · 22/07/2024 14:46

Bloody hell. Raise your standards!

AgentJohnson · 22/07/2024 15:00

Come on OP, the honeymoon is well and truly over, this is who he is. RUN!

Unhappy4500 · 22/07/2024 16:04

Anomonus · 22/07/2024 13:09

My partner and I have been together for a year now & in my head, I would assume you should still be in the honeymoon phase. For around 7ish months we have had problems in the bedroom. When we first got together his sex drive and desire for me was amazing & normal, but slowly we started having problems where we would go to bed at night & it would be perfect time to get it on, but he would reject me. At first I felt like I was the problem and that he had started to find me unattractive, not doing it for him. Which I was confused about because I’m very much actively trying to be sexy for him. But with bringing this up to him and communicating how I was feeling, we discussed that it’s normal for men to not be in the mood every single time & that he was tired at night. We then came to the conclusion that it was because he was more of a morning person rather at night, but as time went on, it was clear that he had a significant low sex drive all of a sudden. This would fluctuate- getting better and then get worse again. It’s not like he had absolutely no sexual desire but he stopped doing little things like spontaneously grabbing me in the middle of the day or giving me sex eyes randomly like he used to. He sort of just became very sexless with everything and when it actually came to sex, it was me initiating it & almost forcing him into it. We would have arguments about it because I was getting fed up & he tried to understand but he couldn’t come up with an answer himself, he told me that he’s still very much attracted to me and finds me sexy but I always say actions speak louder than words. After our chats, it felt very forced from his end & he was trying his best but it wasn’t natural. All of this was confusing and after time I kind of just accepted it, that the sexual person I knew right at the beginning of our relationship was not who I was going to be with. We don’t live together so it was hard to gauge where we were at, as we would go for long periods of time not seeing each other to then spending consecutive weeks together. Anyway, 5 months ago during a holiday, I was using his WhatsApp and accidentally came across a chat with this girl. With reading the messages I discovered that a few days before our trip he had invited an ‘escort’ round to his home. They had only exchanged a few messages including descriptive words he had sent to her, telling her the things he wanted to do to her. The next few messages were about arranging a meet up & the last message was “I’m outside”. As soon as I saw this I froze and he came back into the room, I couldn’t speak or look at him. I confronted him with difficulty & he consoled me laying everything out on the table. He said he was trying to figure out what was going on with him sexually and he stupidly invited her over but upon arrival, she was only in the house for no more than 10 minutes as he chickened out and realised that what he was doing was wrong. He promised me that nothing happened, the messages he sent to her was him being “a lad” and egging it on. He sort of accepted that I was done and that night he slept on the floor. I couldn’t forgive him for the rest of the trip and I kept asking him questions and he was being transparent with me. I truly believe that what he said happened, happened. I forgave him. Yesterday we were using his laptop and he left the room, I then saw on his google history that the previous night when I was in bed (unwell) and he was in the living room, that he was scrolling through a local escort site. The links on the history were - the escort profiles, their pictures & reviews. I couldn’t believe it, I then went back a few weeks and saw that this was a thing he was doing, he would be on the local escort site & then simultaneously be on pornhub. It seemed to be that he would watch porn and then go on this site vice versa. The fact he had done it the night before in the same house as me while I was in bed made me feel sick to my stomach. I confronted him and he explained that he knows what I looks like but he just uses it as a form of porn. I’ve never had an issue with him watching pornhub but this local thing is just far too close to home. The audacity he has to be going on the same site he found the escort 5 months ago which nearly broke our relationship is beyond me. The fact he never sexualises me hurts even more. But he wants to look at these random prostitute’s pictures that are only a few kilometres away from him. He never asks me for nudes, I don’t remember the last time I sent him a picture. I’m just at a lost cause with all of this now. I’m in so much pain that he’s actively sexual with himself masturbating & using local prostitutes as sexual stimulation but not with his girlfriend who is very much willing to do anything.

How long have you been together? X

Feelingmentallyunsettled · 22/07/2024 16:09

@Unhappy4500

OP says in her first sentence : a year.

Unhappy4500 · 22/07/2024 16:10

Feelingmentallyunsettled · 22/07/2024 16:09

@Unhappy4500

OP says in her first sentence : a year.

My bad. Missed that

sadabouti · 22/07/2024 18:24

He's lying. Dump him. He uses prostitutes so you are not safe with him. At a minimum, he is exposing you to a risk of STIs

Anomonus · 22/07/2024 21:08

Thank you guys for your input, I have no one to talk to so any form of second opinion goes a long way for me.

To add, he has shown complete remorse for his actions and he’s been the sorry one when I’ve found out and he’s seen how upset it’s made me. He’s so loving and caring and would do anything for me, we are both in love and are planning to have a life together. Apart from this he’s never done anything to me. Maybe because I forgive him so easily that helps his guilty conscience. I think it’s his dirty little secret and if I don’t find out and because he only sees it as porn, he doesn’t actually consider how I’d feel about it, almost like when he’s finished he forgets about it. He told me and swore to the heavens that he’s never had an account or paid for videos/photos/only fans etc, he also says that since 5 months ago he’s never contacted an escort. He also knows that if he continues looking at them, I’m out.

I am not closed minded to the truth and all your comments are significant to me and what I’m going to do about it this. Thank you so much all x

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SoSoller · 22/07/2024 21:19

Sorry OP, but I don’t even understand what you’re asking here. Just dump him.

And for what it’s worth, I don’t believe that an escort came to his house, and left after ten minutes because he “chickened out” Hmm

Fathomless · 22/07/2024 21:22

He’s so loving and caring and would do anything for me, we are both in love and are planning to have a life together. Apart from this he’s never done anything to me.

Come on op, he can't even stay faithful to you and is putting your health at risk of sll sorts of STIs. He has zero morals and respect for you. what sort of life will you build with this man?

NoSnowdrop · 22/07/2024 21:23

I only read your thread title as i cba reading long posts about losers like this and it tells you all you need to know. If you haven’t already ditched him, what are you waiting for?

Fathomless · 22/07/2024 21:24

And your sex life has already dried up... because he's only interested in escorts. What do you think that would do you to your self esteem? I despair, honestly.

Guiltypleasures001 · 22/07/2024 21:25

Sorry op
Also get an sti check just in case

lazzapazza · 22/07/2024 22:19

Any chance we can look at some paragraphs?

Thevelvelletes · 22/07/2024 22:38

SoSoller · 22/07/2024 21:19

Sorry OP, but I don’t even understand what you’re asking here. Just dump him.

And for what it’s worth, I don’t believe that an escort came to his house, and left after ten minutes because he “chickened out” Hmm

She may have as long as she still got paid.
Op why go through all this doubts and mental turmoil?... surely it's not worth it.

Mistymeg · 22/07/2024 22:43

A year in only? And all of this. Cut your losses now and go find your life partner. These are not foundations for a 10, 20, 30 year partnership… don’t waste your time on him.