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Found video on DH’s ipad, naked woman, not me.

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LidlLife · 19/10/2026 10:11

For background, DH and I, both late 30’s, two kids in primary school, steady relationship, I’d consider us both happy, general life demands, nothing out of the ordinary.

Was on DH’s ipad this morning, I know the passcode, he knows I know the passcode. He only really uses it for watching sport on, I wanted to use it to look at the hotel we’ve booked for next year, it’s easier to see it on a bigger screen than on my phone.

Anyway, I looked at the photo album on there, there are pictures and videos of the kids when they were tiny and I look at them every now and again, when I use the ipad, which is infrequent, maybe twice a year.

Anyway, there was a video on there of a woman, looks to be homemade, not porn, being touched intimately, she is awake and aware by the looks of it. Graphic, nothing left to the imagination, the video was about a minute long.

That video wasn’t there last time I looked at the photo album. It’s got the geographical tag on it and it’s the area DH lived before we got together and the video has a date of 2015 on it, so I assume it’s him and an ex. It was at the bottom of the screen of pictures/videos so I assume it’s been added to the ipad recently. That’s how my camera roll is laid out on my phone, new things are at the bottom. So he’s obviously kept it for a long time, on his phone maybe? I don’t know the phone passcode.

I feel a bit sick about it all, why has he got a video like this? It it him and an ex? Does she know he’s still got the video? I can’t tell if I’m under or over reacting but I’m so uncomfortable about it.

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Needacalminginfluence · 19/10/2026 20:21

dh280125 · 19/10/2026 14:55

If it's someone he knows, it's not porn and him having it is not your business. Seems unlikely she doesn't know he has it.

Of course it's OP 's business! It's OP's H for heaven's sake. The man who exchanged vows with her. Who made a commitment to her. What on earth do you think marriage and taking vows is about?

AcrosstheBorder · 19/10/2026 20:29

BlueFlyCheetah · 19/10/2026 12:11

He has downloaded this video to his phone or iPad. Your phone/ipad sync so if you download on one, it downloads to the other.

It wouldn’t just appear without him having to download it from somewhere (and no, it wouldn’t just appear). If it’s homemade of an ex, it’s come from his cloud storage.

He won’t admit it, he’ll play on your lack of tech knowledge and probably spew lots of confusing things at you to confuse you more and explain it away.

He is masterbating to this. That is why it’s there. He’s done it before and may have other videos too, he just forgot to delete it off both devices. Have you checked the deleted items to see if there are anymore in there?

iCloud does sync automatically with an iphone or ipad though, usually all the photos that have been taken and uploaded to the Cloud, either automatically uploaded depending on sync settings or otherwise. If there are other old photos beside it, that makes it much more likely.

What are the dates of the photos / videos before and after this one?

SergeantWrinkles · 19/10/2026 20:34

I hope you get the answers you need op. It’s completely understandable to feel upset about it. I would too. Good luck

gardenlady1 · 19/10/2026 20:48

BlueFlyCheetah · 19/10/2026 12:11

He has downloaded this video to his phone or iPad. Your phone/ipad sync so if you download on one, it downloads to the other.

It wouldn’t just appear without him having to download it from somewhere (and no, it wouldn’t just appear). If it’s homemade of an ex, it’s come from his cloud storage.

He won’t admit it, he’ll play on your lack of tech knowledge and probably spew lots of confusing things at you to confuse you more and explain it away.

He is masterbating to this. That is why it’s there. He’s done it before and may have other videos too, he just forgot to delete it off both devices. Have you checked the deleted items to see if there are anymore in there?

Yes I’d say this is what has happened - he has accessed it and that’s why it’s there. I hope you get yours answers asap

dylanke · 20/10/2026 08:06

dh280125 · 19/10/2026 14:55

If it's someone he knows, it's not porn and him having it is not your business. Seems unlikely she doesn't know he has it.

What do you mean it’s not porn? Of course it bloody is, do you think of it involves you or someone you know it ceases to be pornographic? Do you even know what that means?

dh280125 · 20/10/2026 08:51

dylanke · 20/10/2026 08:06

What do you mean it’s not porn? Of course it bloody is, do you think of it involves you or someone you know it ceases to be pornographic? Do you even know what that means?

Ok but only in the most literal sense - it has none of the cultural or commercial aspects that people judge porn because of.

dylanke · 20/10/2026 10:58

dh280125 · 20/10/2026 08:51

Ok but only in the most literal sense - it has none of the cultural or commercial aspects that people judge porn because of.

Right.

caringcarer · 20/10/2026 13:33

That would be it for me. He probably used this video to eank over

Thisismynewname23 · 20/10/2026 21:17

i would be so upset OP that’s awful

Lench · 21/10/2026 07:55

Firstly, you must check the deleted items folder before your discussion with him.

Does your iPad sync messages? If it does it’s worth seeing if there’s anything in there.

I’ve never heard of a ‘glitch’ that would download old videos from somewhere, without that person searching for them.

He was away and probably wanted to masturbate.

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