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Boyfriend unable to get erection but masturbating to Instagram models

157 replies

TheInfamousGrouse · 23/09/2026 14:14

To the women on here, how would you feel if your boyfriend couldn't get an erection, but was using Instagram models and such like to masturbate regularly?

We've only been seeing each other for 7 months....

OP posts:
SmallDFartyCarNRG · 24/09/2026 09:20

LifeOnEnceladus · 24/09/2026 09:13

Wow. There’s no need to insult slim women calling them “skinny” and claiming they look like boys just because the OP’s boyfriend is a creep.

That is as offensive and ridiculous as calling overweight women hippos and saying men who find them attractive must be into beastiality.

Really nasty.

OP - dump the loser.

Personally I assume men who like super skinny women, ones who look ill, would be looking at kids if it were legal. They like the power of weakness and fragility.

RowsOfFlowers · 24/09/2026 09:29

SmallDFartyCarNRG · 24/09/2026 09:20

Personally I assume men who like super skinny women, ones who look ill, would be looking at kids if it were legal. They like the power of weakness and fragility.

I mean it’s a valid (albeit vile) point to be honest. I’m sure this point has been made many times before!

thetinsoldier · 24/09/2026 09:36

So he can get an erection, but not with you?

I’d dump him.

He’s clearly not mature enough for a relationship with a real person.

notanothernamesurely · 24/09/2026 09:49

What would we do!? You know don’t you? We’d all leave. And fast!

crikeymikey123 · 24/09/2026 10:23

@LifeOnEnceladus
I was talking about porn-skinny women, not the OP. And don’t be so naïve, plenty of gay men present as straight, and that look is often treated as a tell. Maybe ask someone in the gay community before leaping in with the straight-person defensive onslaught.

grbj · 24/09/2026 10:56

Very petite women still deserve to have a partner who’s attracted to them, even if they’re a porn actress. I don’t get how slagging them off by comparing them to little boys and saying only a nonce would fancy them is some kind of profond feminist argument

Also, I’m willing to bet any amount of money that the women OP’s partner is looking at on IG are just normal weight, slim or fit young women anyway. So it’s not even relevant.

crikeymikey123 · 24/09/2026 13:14

Men who go for very skinny women are often more likely to be gay. I’m not sure why that’s offensive, it’s just an observation. Then again, I’m a lesbian.

TheInfamousGrouse · 24/09/2026 13:44

grbj · 24/09/2026 10:56

Very petite women still deserve to have a partner who’s attracted to them, even if they’re a porn actress. I don’t get how slagging them off by comparing them to little boys and saying only a nonce would fancy them is some kind of profond feminist argument

Also, I’m willing to bet any amount of money that the women OP’s partner is looking at on IG are just normal weight, slim or fit young women anyway. So it’s not even relevant.

They are just very slim, very young women.

I really have had zero signs from this man that he is gay.

Don't start me on my ex.... however!!

OP posts:
Gettingbysomehow · 24/09/2026 13:50

There is a well know thing that masturbating to porn can turn into being unable to get an erection with a real woman teen or otherwise.
My exH was the same. He was a porn addict and after a few years couldn't get it up any more. I don't date men obsessed with porn.

OneShyQuail · 24/09/2026 14:09

crikeymikey123 · 23/09/2026 22:43

I'm always suspicious of men who like super skinny women....
Maybe they're closer to boys

Errrr. Pause.

Offensive much?!

Im a suprr skinny woman. Im very attractive thank you. I look nothing like a boy (super skinny women can still have boobs etc) i may not be everyones cup of tea but im my DPs and he doesnt like boys!

Just like we dont "fat shame" we shouldnt "thin" shame either

OneShyQuail · 24/09/2026 14:11

SmallDFartyCarNRG · 24/09/2026 09:20

Personally I assume men who like super skinny women, ones who look ill, would be looking at kids if it were legal. They like the power of weakness and fragility.

Oh god theres more

Im suoer skinny. I dont look like a boy. I eat very healthily. Im not ill.
Im strong too.

Whats with these yucky comments?!

OneShyQuail · 24/09/2026 14:14

crikeymikey123 · 24/09/2026 10:23

@LifeOnEnceladus
I was talking about porn-skinny women, not the OP. And don’t be so naïve, plenty of gay men present as straight, and that look is often treated as a tell. Maybe ask someone in the gay community before leaping in with the straight-person defensive onslaught.

What do you class as "porn skinny women"

Some women out there are just naturally skinny, with boobs that are still fairly large and their own!

Soz cant help it if thats what porn pushes out most of the time, im built how im built, if someone finds me atttactive or not thats their issue, but theres no need to be offensive to skinny women

midlifeattheoasis · 24/09/2026 16:01

TheInfamousGrouse · 23/09/2026 14:15

... more to the point, what would you do?

Dump him

LifeOnEnceladus · 24/09/2026 16:07

crikeymikey123 · 24/09/2026 10:23

@LifeOnEnceladus
I was talking about porn-skinny women, not the OP. And don’t be so naïve, plenty of gay men present as straight, and that look is often treated as a tell. Maybe ask someone in the gay community before leaping in with the straight-person defensive onslaught.

What does gay men presenting as straight have to do with whether they prefer slim women or overweight women? There are slim and overweight men as well, you know. Weight has nothing to do with people’s sexual orientation. Your disgusting comments that men who find slim women attractive are likely to be gay are vile, effectively trying to imply that women who are slim look like males. What’s wrong with you?

LifeOnEnceladus · 24/09/2026 16:08

OneShyQuail · 24/09/2026 14:11

Oh god theres more

Im suoer skinny. I dont look like a boy. I eat very healthily. Im not ill.
Im strong too.

Whats with these yucky comments?!

Bizarre and gross, isn’t it?

I suspect it must be one of that particular breed of overweight women who hate all women who are slim so try to take any possibly opportunity to make spiteful comments about them to try to make themselves feel better.

LifeOnEnceladus · 24/09/2026 16:12

grbj · 24/09/2026 10:56

Very petite women still deserve to have a partner who’s attracted to them, even if they’re a porn actress. I don’t get how slagging them off by comparing them to little boys and saying only a nonce would fancy them is some kind of profond feminist argument

Also, I’m willing to bet any amount of money that the women OP’s partner is looking at on IG are just normal weight, slim or fit young women anyway. So it’s not even relevant.

Exactly. It was a random shoehorn of the poster’s apparent spite towards slim women into a completely unrelated conversation. She must think most men on Earth are paedophiles per her comments given that almost all of the famous women regarded as the most attractive are also slim.

LifeOnEnceladus · 24/09/2026 16:18

SmallDFartyCarNRG · 24/09/2026 09:20

Personally I assume men who like super skinny women, ones who look ill, would be looking at kids if it were legal. They like the power of weakness and fragility.

What?!?

Some of these posts are insane. What has an adult partner’s build got to do with paedophilia?!?!?

People in general are usually attracted to slim, healthy people rather than overweight people because of evolution: slim, healthy people were far more likely to be able to raise, provide for and protect children until they could fend for themselves and survive without their parents so this is instinctual because it helped the species to survive. In all species of animals there is a natural aversion in the vast majority against mating with others who show obvious signs of ill health and disease, which is strongly indicated by being overweight.

daisyydaisyy · 24/09/2026 16:23

TheInfamousGrouse · 23/09/2026 14:21

He's 42. He says it's because he has been single for too long. He got Viagra and it didn't work. I've read that desire has to be there for Viagra to work.

The Instagram women he looks at all look nothing like me. Most of them are super young, super skinny, almost like anorexic teen skinny. I'm a healthy, curvy 40 year old with a very, very good sex drive and getting more and more frustrated and losing my patience. And now my respect for him is leaving.

Pleaaaase leave him and find someone who isn’t a complete loser

Elieza · 24/09/2026 16:28

hes not that into you.
he doesn’t fancy you.
he doesn’t even like kissing you.
he is using you for some reason as this isn’t love.
dump and move on. sorry op. you deserve better.

SmallDFartyCarNRG · 24/09/2026 17:57

LifeOnEnceladus · 24/09/2026 16:18

What?!?

Some of these posts are insane. What has an adult partner’s build got to do with paedophilia?!?!?

People in general are usually attracted to slim, healthy people rather than overweight people because of evolution: slim, healthy people were far more likely to be able to raise, provide for and protect children until they could fend for themselves and survive without their parents so this is instinctual because it helped the species to survive. In all species of animals there is a natural aversion in the vast majority against mating with others who show obvious signs of ill health and disease, which is strongly indicated by being overweight.

I specifically said the ones who look ill.
FGS have you ever met a man? Have you never looked at the labels on porn sites that say things like "super skinny girls get huge XYZ" with "lolita"in the tags? It is possibly the most common and popular thing men click on, behind "step sister".

Anyway it is derailing the thread.

mybiggreenfrog · 24/09/2026 18:13

I would bin him

Yesitsweird · 24/09/2026 21:05

I work in a safeguarding adjacent area and know if peodophiles who specifically go for very petite, thin young looking women. It is definitely a thing.

Not skinny shaming, all body types are beautiful. But a 40 year old man only able to get an erection over thin, petite teenagers screams nonce to me 🤷‍♀️

OneShyQuail · 24/09/2026 21:07

SmallDFartyCarNRG · 24/09/2026 17:57

I specifically said the ones who look ill.
FGS have you ever met a man? Have you never looked at the labels on porn sites that say things like "super skinny girls get huge XYZ" with "lolita"in the tags? It is possibly the most common and popular thing men click on, behind "step sister".

Anyway it is derailing the thread.

What on earth am I reading?! 😂

All these stereotypes and assumptions!

Im very slim, petite but with a nice bum and my boobs were really nice before kids 😂 I fit into kids age 12-13 clothes im not ill i eat all sorts of crap i just have a fast metabolism clearly!
never struggled to get a date when i was single (sorry! 😅) my DP isnt gay or anything else suggested here.....in actual fact he doesnt even watch porn!!!
Yes!!!! These men do exist!
Not according to idiots on mumsnet though

Seen it all now, someone saying they are a lesbian and absolutely body shaming other women!!!

OldWallpaper · 24/09/2026 21:21

Tsubasa1 · 23/09/2026 15:50

He’s using porn 100%. I would give him an ultimatum- its you and trying to improve things or the porn.

I wouldn’t bother to give him an ultimatum. I’d just dump the wanker.

Jk987 · 24/09/2026 21:49

How do you know, does he do it in front of you?