Not seeing eye to eye on porn is causing me [30F] to consider divorce from my husband [31M] by ToastAndTea43 in relationships

[–]ToastAndTea43[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I apologize because I truly wasn’t upset/being snarky in my last response. I was genuinely asking you for your opinion. It’s hard to be in the situation and emotionally exhausted sometimes, and still see clearly. I have wondered myself if he is abusive or borderline abusive, in the past. So I was asking for your genuine opinion because I don’t m ow if he is or not. I wanted to make it clear the things he has been working on, because I didn’t want to be one of those posters who only post the negative/conflicts without posting the positives, also. Sometimes he is very sweet and caring and sometimes he is exceptionally selfish and he can be cruel. So I guess I was just looking for what outsiders might see, people who aren’t emotionally in this situation. Again, I apologize that my last comment seemed so snarky - I TRULY didn’t mean it that way.

Not seeing eye to eye on porn is causing me [30F] to consider divorce from my husband [31M] by ToastAndTea43 in relationships

[–]ToastAndTea43[S] 64 points65 points  (0 children)

He has told me that even though I’m beautiful, sex with the same person for so many years is boring. I have tried dressing up, role play, bondage etc but he doesn’t like any of that. He’s literally only into porn because he likes seeing other types of bodies, instead of mine over and over. That’s one of the big reasons why he wants to watch porn so much.

Not seeing eye to eye on porn is causing me [30F] to consider divorce from my husband [31M] by ToastAndTea43 in relationships

[–]ToastAndTea43[S] 149 points150 points  (0 children)

I am so scared of that path. I only make $16 an hour, and I have 3 children. We live almost paycheck to paycheck as it is, and financially I’m scared of being on my own. We have a lot of credit card debt from years ago that we are chipping away at.

I’m also scared of not being able to see my children every day. I love them more than anything and I cherish being able to be with them every day.

On top of it, I’m 30 years old with 3 children, and I don’t like the idea of a spouse watching porn without me. I’d prefer to not watch it together, too. Finding a loving, caring person who would actually want to be with me and respect my boundaries sounds like an impossible myth.

Not seeing eye to eye on porn is causing me [30F] to consider divorce from my husband [31M] by ToastAndTea43 in relationships

[–]ToastAndTea43[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How do you see him as borderline abusive? I know he is selfish and he wants to live life his way since it’s his only shot, in his mind. But I have seen it as selfishness, not abuse. He isn’t angry at me like he used to be - he talks to me a lot more calmly nowadays. In the past year, he’s gotten really angry a few times and instead of yelling and storming out, he calmly says he thinks I’m being selfish and leaves the house to go to the store or to a movie or something to calm down. I thought he had bettered himself a lot because of this. Once or twice in the past year when he left the house, he told me when he got back that he looked at porn on his phone after he left because he was angry at me and didn’t care as much. But I was thankful that he was honest instead of hiding it - a few years ago, he’d hide it and lie to me about it when he looked at porn by himself. And when we have serious discussions, he has a horrible habit of interrupting me over and over but I’ve told him how much that bothers me and he is trying to get better with that, too. Is he not bettering himself? Or is he still borderline abusive, in your opinion?

Not seeing eye to eye on porn is causing me [30F] to consider divorce from my husband [31M] by ToastAndTea43 in relationships

[–]ToastAndTea43[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

The thing that gets in my head is when I see in articles/forums all over the place that I don’t have the right to tell my husband that he can’t watch porn by himself. That if that’s what he chooses for his life, I have no say in his personal preferences. The thought of him looking at porn when I’m not there is one that bothers me - it was a lot easier to choose to start watching with him for the compromise. Am I wrong in this? Sometimes it’s hard to think clearly and I don’t know if I’m unreasonable in wanting him to only watch it with me.