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66 replies

TDR35 · 29/04/2026 07:18

Ugh! Dp buying more lads mags and having them sent to his mum's house so I don't discover them like I did 18 months ago.

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TDR35 · 11/05/2026 17:49

Needmorelego · 11/05/2026 07:39

Women's magazines have plenty of pictures of "hot" male celebrities wearing very little clothes and articles about sex.
Does Heat magazine still exist? Or Closer magazine?
They are (were?) essentially the female equivalent.

Never heard of them, thanks for the heads up!!

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Needmorelego · 11/05/2026 22:37

TDR35 · 11/05/2026 17:49

Never heard of them, thanks for the heads up!!

They've existed for years.
Since the late 90s or early 00s.
Do you know anything about magazines? Do you ever actually read any?
You seem to be disgusted by something you know nothing about.

Shoemadlady · 11/05/2026 22:46

Sorry but this is grim. Objectifying women in this way?? How old is he? This would be a MASSIVE dealbreaker for me!

LifeSurvior · 11/05/2026 23:47

Is your DH17?

TDR35 · 11/05/2026 23:47

Needmorelego · 11/05/2026 22:37

They've existed for years.
Since the late 90s or early 00s.
Do you know anything about magazines? Do you ever actually read any?
You seem to be disgusted by something you know nothing about.

Ha, ha, I've only bought Smash Hits for a while back in the mid eighties, never been interested in womens magazines if just about fashion and make up and god awful "gossip".

Apologies for finding my H's lusting after naked women offensive!!!

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Needmorelego · 12/05/2026 00:20

TDR35 · 11/05/2026 23:47

Ha, ha, I've only bought Smash Hits for a while back in the mid eighties, never been interested in womens magazines if just about fashion and make up and god awful "gossip".

Apologies for finding my H's lusting after naked women offensive!!!

Yes but the point is the magazines you are annoyed about are from years ago and had pictures in that were no worse than the paparazzi photos of celebrities in bikinis on beach or a fashion page of underwear advertising that the women's magazines had.
Ironically the "lads mags" have died out and are no longer published but the women's ones are still being published.
Also women weren't naked in the "lads mags".
I believe legally they couldn't be because then they would actually be classed as porn magazines and would have had restricted sales.

Needmorelego · 12/05/2026 00:22

@TDR35 have you asked him why he is collecting them?

blythet · 12/05/2026 00:46

The majority of men will regularly watch porn or look at pictures of semi-naked/naked women online for a wank.

it seems strange to me that he’d go to the hassle of buying magazines and porn dvds on eBay instead of looking up online & accessing it for free. Or is it because you’d check his phone and he feels the need to do this as an alternative?

TDR35 · 12/05/2026 01:18

Needmorelego · 11/05/2026 07:43

@TDR35 you still seem to think these magazines he is collecting are some kind of porn magazines.
They weren't porn mags.
Actual porn mags can only be sold to over 18s and from the top shelf.
Zoo/Nuts could be sold by the checkout in supermarkets (next to the female equivalents like Heat magazine).

So they don't have naked women in then? Sorry, my mistake. I thought what was on the cover was inside, clearly not then, my mistake.

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Lookonline · 12/05/2026 01:26

As a long-time slash fan I am happy to say my current calendar has pictures of some great looking guys wearing little to nothing and posing provocatively.

TDR35 · 12/05/2026 01:26

Shoemadlady · 11/05/2026 22:46

Sorry but this is grim. Objectifying women in this way?? How old is he? This would be a MASSIVE dealbreaker for me!

He's early 50s. I think he's having a bit of a mid life crisis. Oh well, boys will be boys 🙄

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TDR35 · 12/05/2026 01:31

Lookonline · 12/05/2026 01:26

As a long-time slash fan I am happy to say my current calendar has pictures of some great looking guys wearing little to nothing and posing provocatively.

I'll have to get myself a hunks calendar next year, after all he's got Megan fox in his bedroom and Page someone, a so called golfer, at his work. I've got one of nice scenic pictures 🙄

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TDR35 · 12/05/2026 01:37

Needmorelego · 12/05/2026 00:22

@TDR35 have you asked him why he is collecting them?

When he bought about six copies two years ago he said it was because he had some when he was younger and got rid of them but later wished he hadn't. Some say "100 naked babes" on the cover so I fail to see how that can't be classed as nudity??? Sad that people are defending such grim behaviour really.

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Needmorelego · 12/05/2026 01:55

TDR35 · 12/05/2026 01:18

So they don't have naked women in then? Sorry, my mistake. I thought what was on the cover was inside, clearly not then, my mistake.

I showed you a screenshot of a typical contents page upthread.
Yes there were some pics of women in underwear (not naked) but there was also football, cars, films, tv, actors, jokes....

LittleRoom · 12/05/2026 01:57

I'm surprised so many here are defending him. That would be a huge ick for me - very possibly a deal breaker. My DH's buying of lads mags tailed off when we started seeing each other.

  1. It was the early 00's
  2. He was 30
  3. He'd been single for some time

No way would he buy that shit now. He doesn't have an Instagram following half naked women of anything like that either.

Needmorelego · 12/05/2026 02:01

TDR35 · 12/05/2026 01:37

When he bought about six copies two years ago he said it was because he had some when he was younger and got rid of them but later wished he hadn't. Some say "100 naked babes" on the cover so I fail to see how that can't be classed as nudity??? Sad that people are defending such grim behaviour really.

I am sure they legally wouldn't have been completely naked pictures because it was a mainstream magazine not an "adult" magazine.
Why don't you ask to look at them.
Seriously....you are making a huge fuss over a handful of old magazines yet you also mentioned he had bought porn DVDs.
Now that I personally wouldn't be happy about - not these magazines.

(The half naked firefighters holding kittens calendar is always nice to look at 😁.
Get yourself one of those)

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