My boyfriend (26) is addicted to porn. What do I do?

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I’m 20, he’s 26, and we’ve been dating for over a year now. We live together, but we’ve had that same stupid issue for months. He’s addicted to porn, and it is killing me every day. I feel very uncomfortable, I feel like I can’t trust him, and he won’t even talk to me about it. I really don’t know what to do anymore. I need advice… Thank you.

Category: Tags: asked June 3, 2014

8 Answers

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Watch the movie Don Jon with him, he'll laugh, and with the moralist ending, he might just realize something. He'll relate to that movie, I guarantee. P.S. "He won't even talk to me about it" - Hmm, what did you expect, him to bluntly tell you he's into idk, midget porn? It's probably as embarrassing for him as it is annoying/disgusting for you lol
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Well, sit down and make him talk to you about it. Tell him how you feel and ask him if he wants to quit or whatever..and really discuss. Talk first ( force him to talk) and then think what to do next
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I tried talking to him. At first, it was okay. Then, I lost it. I became paranoid, and we almost broke up. Now, it's almost taboo. I tried talking to him a month ago, but he says he's not ready.
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It could be possible, no offense to you, that he isn't satisfied with anything you give him. Maybe you should look up his history and see what kind of things he is into and try to do the same. He might be surprised! :)
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I know what he's into, and I have no interest in watching porn with him as long as he isn't open about it. I asked him multiple time if I was the problem, if I wasn't enough for him or something, and he said that it wasn't that at all. He said it's jsut an addiction. He can't help but watch it.
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If he truly loves you, he will try to change his bad behavior and addiction the best he can, whether it be taking classes to break that addiction or whatever. But the first step is to really talk to him about it and how you feel. Someone who won't change for you out of the sake of love is not worth it.
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Young lady, if he is not interested in breaking his "addiction" you can't force him to do it, and you will not guilt or shame him into it. If you cannot have a calm and rational discussion about it, then you are not the person to talk with him about his addiction, you are in fact the worst.

Enjoying porn is not always an addiction. And saying that it is "killing" you is not improving the situation. You are so focused on the problem that you cannot work toward the solution. Now is the time to step back and give him some room. Tell him that you love him and that you support him and then leave him alone about it and focus your attention on yourself and work with yourself to resolve that insecurity. As long as that insecurity is rearing its' ugly head, you'll NEVER fix the problem because the insecurity is part of it.
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It can be an addiction, my husband goes through it too. At first when I tried talking about it he would get mad. The arguments went on for months. I asked him why and he said he don't know. I felt like I wasn't enough for him and that I couldn't trust him because maybe he wanted something else.
Talk calmly with him about let him know that you understand that it's an addiction and that you will be there for him if he wants to stop. I tried it with my husband n it turns out that he was very ashamed of it and now he is slowly doing it less n less. He's more honest with me about it and keeps track of how long he went without watching it. Some times he messes up, but not without feeling bad. Work with him on it by giving him time to admit to it.