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Post by Ask Anon on Aug 29, 2017 5:28:58 GMT -5
You need to decide if this is about - Porn
- Your relationship
- Your fear of growing old
If it's about porn, then while I respect your principled stand, you'll lose. Porn is pretty much everywhere, and you are restricting your options, and inviting deceit. If there's a problem in your relationship, then there's a problem in your relationship. It is not necessarily porn that's the problem, or even your obsession with porn. It might be other things. Like the fact he lies - assuming you gave him your 'porn openness talk' and he denied it. Or the fact you don't trust him and you snoop into his things. Or the fact that he's not trustworthy. I don't know. Maybe you do. But, trust me, 'porn' is probably not the main issue here, and by focusing on porn, you may be missing the big picture. Forgetting the porn, for a minute, "I'm told I'm 'cold '" suggests you hadn't realised. Is that so? If this is about getting old, then get help. Getting old is a luxury denied to many people; and life does not end at forty. Maybe the realisation that you aren't as young as you were has hit you harder than you thought; maybe you're depressed. Think about that, but if this such an issue, then do get help.
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Post by Ask Anon on Aug 29, 2017 7:14:05 GMT -5
OK
It sounds to me like the relationship is severely damaged, if not broken, and you need to consider your options.
I'm still concerned that the only problem seems to be porn, and while I have no quarrel with anything you've said, I am concerned that this seems to be such a big - if not obsessive - issue in your life.
I urge you to put that to one side long enough to consider the relationship as a whole, looking at all aspects, before making the decision you need to make (and I suspect you've made already). This is important; you need to be sure you are doing the right things for the right reasons, else you are more likely to end up in a similar place all over again.
BTW, not all men use porn; some have zero interest in it. You need to find out what any prospective partner thinks before you make your position clear, else you invite deceit (they may be thinking "I can manage without" / "It's no big deal" while for you it's a Big Red Line). I'd guess that many men would feel "My porn is none of her business", and feel deceit was required 'to keep the peace' - that's a guess I can't back up with evidence, but it's something to think about.
I'd also suggest you don't get involved in what porn they can have; that's a license to control that no decent man would (honestly) go along with. Life will be 1000 times simpler if you just opt out of porn guys completely, rather than demand to vet their porn.
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Post by coffeecupday on Aug 29, 2017 7:28:31 GMT -5
Thanks anon , absolutely agree and I don't wish to get the pirn ( never did ) I only wanted to ask about the types of porn he enjoyed and trusted him to be honest about it . That was a mistake because clearly he wasn't honest when he said he liked a variety of women , when clearly it's only one type .Yes I'm sure there must be some men who don't use it . I'd love to come across one . I've deleted my previous posts only because I'm feeling really uncomfortable with all this being on here and to be honest I decided tonight I just need to take some time away from him and thinking about this whole thing but I did want to thank you . Your words were very helpful
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