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Insecurity & question
Mature topic and Unpopular take: I dislike my boyfriend watching porn. It makes me feel insecure and pushes me to think that he will cheat on me. Overall, I do not like it. I have expressed this, and it led into a whole thing where I had to end up asking "Would you choose to give this up or me?" And his timing to answer pissed me off and said "of course you." Today, after a long time from previous convo, I asked again and he goes "Not really" which he clarified as somewhat a little. I don't like it. Currently I feel like I'm not upset, but I am. Which Is making me overthink in itself. Yes I struggle with self esteem, and yes I don't like that my partner does it and yes I understand different couples view it differently. But it's making me overthink on my relationship particularly. I thought the previous time that the reason it took him so long to answer was because he's probably done it so long and it's something that makes him feel good, and we all know how hard it is to come out of habit and normality Especially if it's something that results in pleasure. However, I personally find that it's so different when you, say, read eroticism versus view actual people. Like, that is genuinely someone's body and they are literally having sex and you are watching two live people do it. It makes me feel odd and annoyed. Am I being ridiculous? And how should I go about it? I feel stupid for wanting it to go my way and have him stop. Ultimately I want him to be happy too, but this is just too uncomfortable for me and I don't think it's something that shouldn't be easily given up.