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Sensitive Topic- Boyfriend told me he’s attracted to minors

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MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 10:30

I’m aware I’m going to be ripped to shreds for this post and I probably deserve it but I’ve figured I couldn’t feel worse than I do already and if just one person can find it within themselves to hold my hand and offer me the tiniest bit of kindness and safe advice it will be worthwhile.
So I was married for 29 years, two grown up children. Met a guy who seemed like the full package, kind, warm and gentle.
Ex husband stated he wanted the house sold but insisted on moving in in the interim period as he had nowhere else to go so .. bf asked me to move in with him after a few months so I accepted, albeit all a bit rushed things seemed to go ok.
You know the saying if some thing seems too good to be true it usually is? …well
When we were out and about I steadily noticed he was checking out girls, like it wasn’t something I imagined .. it was a real vile gut instinct I’d had for a while.
During a recent argument I raised it with him and he made the foulest admission he was sexually attracted to teenage girls and often as a single man he was drive home from work and masturbate thinking about them.
He said he would never act upon those feelings as in harm them in any way but surely this admission IS a form of harm isnt it??
This man is 63 years old!! I’m sickened to the very core and sometimes I don’t feel I can go on .. he seemed a nice guy .. he has his flaws but never in a million years did I think he was that man!
I need to move out but I’m still waiting to sell my house and I have huge debts and apart from pitching a tent on the marsh nearby my housing options are limited so I’m biding my time til my house sells …
Please understand I’m a good person, a decent person with strong morals and this has destroyed me … please help!

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MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:02

Lmnop22 · 10/02/2026 13:06

Have you actually dumped him?

I get that you might not immediately be able to move out but you should at the very least clearly end the relationship, define boundaries within your home stipulating separate beds etc and stay out of his way as much as possible whilst you sort out somewhere else to go.

I have and yes to all the above! I do have standards and a string moral code even if so many of the pile on gang here would disagree!

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MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:03

allthingsinmoderation · 10/02/2026 13:39

Im sorry you are going through this.
Your gut is telling you to run. Please listen.

I’m trying trust me!

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MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:05

SweetcornFritter · 10/02/2026 13:40

Are there any heterosexual men who aren’t (deep down) sexually attracted to teenage girls I wonder? Most wouldn’t dare admit it of course.

Sadly you make a very good point but most of them would keep it buried so deep it would never see the light of day.

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thisist · 10/02/2026 14:10

And this is why I will never have a relationship with a man again…

MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:13

Imdunfer · 10/02/2026 13:21

He was extremely unwise to talk to you about it, but you did ask.

I am perpetually surprised by the fact that some people are surprised that men find sexually attractive fertile females sexually attractive.

Age does not stop the fundamentals of human sexuality and sexual attraction.

Sadly I agree with you … it doesn’t make it right but you only have to look at OnlyFans with the BopHouse content .. young women selling sexualised content raking in millions because they look very young .. barely legal porn is the most widely searched on adult content websites .. as much as I’d love to report this man I doubt based on what he’s told me there’s been any actual crime committed.

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FancyBiscuitsLevel · 10/02/2026 14:15

is there police reports from the violence from your exH? Speak to women’s aid. You might be able to get him out until it sells.

MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:16

StopWindingBobStopWinding · 10/02/2026 13:46

If he is masturbating while driving, whether the child he’s thinking about is 13 or 16, surely anyone on the pavement can see him, which is indecent exposure at least, an actual offence. This is a very short step from deliberate flashing, which is a precursor to much worse. I don’t see any good reason not to report him to police so he can be dealt with before he causes harm. I can’t believe the dangers of escalation for thrills are still so little understood. Of course he needs to be reported.

No as far as I’m aware the deed was done in his own home not in the actual car! Still gross beyond words …

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ValidPistachio · 10/02/2026 14:16

SweetcornFritter · 10/02/2026 13:40

Are there any heterosexual men who aren’t (deep down) sexually attracted to teenage girls I wonder? Most wouldn’t dare admit it of course.

So long as the teenage girls are sexually mature, probably not. That’s the way nature programmed ‘em.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 10/02/2026 14:18

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MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:18

SatsumaDog · 10/02/2026 13:02

That’s gross op, but not a reflection on you in any way. Unfortunately I think this kind of thing is far more common than we might like to think. I suspect many men are attracted to young girls; they just don’t verbalise it.

You have plans to leave op, so I would concentrate on getting out of there asap.

Thank you 🙏 and yes I agree .. sadly a great deal of men probably harbour similar thoughts but keep them locked away and would never vocalise them… horrific!

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MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:23

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Good for you Alone! 🤭

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Duckyfondant · 10/02/2026 14:23

MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:13

Sadly I agree with you … it doesn’t make it right but you only have to look at OnlyFans with the BopHouse content .. young women selling sexualised content raking in millions because they look very young .. barely legal porn is the most widely searched on adult content websites .. as much as I’d love to report this man I doubt based on what he’s told me there’s been any actual crime committed.

Wtf? You sound strangely knowledgeable about this area, OP.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 10/02/2026 14:24

MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:23

Good for you Alone! 🤭

Wtf GIF

well yeah, I’m alone and not with a nonce

???

dreichluver · 10/02/2026 14:26

What a complete shit show this thread has been. Honestly it's an embarrassment to MN.

I hope you manage to find somewhere else to live asap OP. It never fails to astonish me just how repugnant some men can be. Right up until their dotage.

Get yourself a cup of tea and a biscuit a packet of biscuits. A wee treat after an undeserved nonsensical pile on.

SteelMaiden · 10/02/2026 14:29

MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 12:14

I posted about the hair thing and he said he had a thing for redheads . I said NOTHING about minors! Yes his behaviour was absolutely gross but I did NOT say anything about minors .. but yeah … pile on all you like cos my backs up against the wall and I couldn’t possibly feel any worse than I do .. there’s nothing left for me anyway .. All I’ve known is abuse and betrayal and no one has ever shown me anything in the way of respect … and I’m tired of treading water .. I did NOT lie.. what I disclosed initially is very different to what I disclosed in this post but if it makes you feel like some super sleuths then good for you!

Its not hard to search

MorrisHer · 01/12/2025 07:30
Theslummymummy · 30/11/2025 12:47
Was she actually a girl, like a teenager? Not going to lie, he sounds like a twat. Make sure you point out how small his todger is! Say you've always had a thing for huge schlongs
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Yes she was a young girl … looked about 16 … his eyes lit up when she came over.

Frugalgal · 10/02/2026 14:36

Unless I've missed something on this thread whereby the OP has said she has an indication that the partner has potentially broken the law, please stop telling her to contact the police.

The police do not take action in relation to peoples' thoughts, however vile.

Happyjoe · 10/02/2026 14:40

Frugalgal · 10/02/2026 14:36

Unless I've missed something on this thread whereby the OP has said she has an indication that the partner has potentially broken the law, please stop telling her to contact the police.

The police do not take action in relation to peoples' thoughts, however vile.

As others said, if in the future anything happened where someone IS harmed, it could help the victim.

throwawayimplantchat · 10/02/2026 14:43

toiletpaperthief · 10/02/2026 13:24

No it's not fucking ridiculous in the slightest, this is her partner, a man who has expressed sexual interest in minors. There's a huge chance he's got porn in his devices, and guess what type of porn? If you go to the police and tell them your partner has told you he "likes teens" the police will do nothing, if you go to the police and tell them you have found underage porn in your partners tech device than man is toast. Personally I would look into his devices (while making sure he doesn't know) and check because I would not trust this man the slightest and would like to know if he's a pedo and children are being hurt.

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It wouldn’t be ‘underage porn’, it would be child sex abuse material.

I think it’s important to call it what it is as this kind of content involving children is actually imagery of children being sexually assaulted and raped. Not porn.

That’s not me having a go at you at all, I just think it’s useful to flag the importance of using appropriate terms.

MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:44

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Frugalgal · 10/02/2026 14:48

Happyjoe · 10/02/2026 14:40

As others said, if in the future anything happened where someone IS harmed, it could help the victim.

It won't because the police wouldn't put something like that on record. They'd ask her if she'd seen anything that indicated he'd taken action on his desires or saw anything on a device and if there was nothing she could tell them, that would be the end of it.

MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:49

dreichluver · 10/02/2026 14:26

What a complete shit show this thread has been. Honestly it's an embarrassment to MN.

I hope you manage to find somewhere else to live asap OP. It never fails to astonish me just how repugnant some men can be. Right up until their dotage.

Get yourself a cup of tea and a biscuit a packet of biscuits. A wee treat after an undeserved nonsensical pile on.

Thank goodness people like you exist.. yep, a batshit crazy, petulant pile on! Some kind and helpful comments and some real sage advice too .. thanks again … gonna open those biccies right now… some people 🤭

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Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 10/02/2026 14:50

StrawberryJamAndRaspberryPie · 10/02/2026 11:17

I don’t think it’s particularly unusual, especially for his age range - during his youth it was legal for eg Katie Price to be topless on magazines aged 16 and it’s not like we don’t all know that ‘teen’ is a popular porn category. We like to imagine most men grow out of this… but I highly doubt that. There’s lots of evidence that many men would go younger than 18 if they were able to. Schoolgirl fetish costumes for example… and weren’t we all catcalled as young teens ourselves? Men have basically been sold the idea that only very young women are sexy and beautiful just like women are essentially taught that they become unattractive as the age. Some men take that further and want girls as well as young women. It’s why people aren’t particularly surprised by Epstein / Prince Andrew… rock bands having ‘baby groupies’ in the 60s/70s… the rich going for teenage girls was never a shock to anyone.

It’s nothing for YOU to be ashamed of that your bloke ended up being a perv who hadn’t evolved past this.

You are very worryingly correct. I think we could all be shocked if we really knew what men were thinking 🤑

MorrisHer · 10/02/2026 14:50

thisist · 10/02/2026 14:10

And this is why I will never have a relationship with a man again…

I hear you and don’t blame you in the slightest .. biggest hugs 🌹

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toiletpaperthief · 10/02/2026 14:51

throwawayimplantchat · 10/02/2026 14:43

It wouldn’t be ‘underage porn’, it would be child sex abuse material.

I think it’s important to call it what it is as this kind of content involving children is actually imagery of children being sexually assaulted and raped. Not porn.

That’s not me having a go at you at all, I just think it’s useful to flag the importance of using appropriate terms.

You're right, sorry my mistake for not wording it properly.

dairydebris · 10/02/2026 14:52

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