Not Sure How/Whether to Proceed

Internet Porn Addiction

I have been living with my boyfrend for about 7 months. Before he moved in we had dated a rather short time but because of a certain situation he started spending more and more nights at my place and finally gave up his apartment a few months ago. I knew from the beginning that he enjoyed viewing porn a good deal, but now I am to the point of feeling totally sexually pointless in our relationship. Our browser's histories are overflowing with porn sites.

I work an evening job while he works a day job, and by the time I come home he is fast asleep. He says because we only get a few days a week together he has to have some outlet to pass the time and basically get off. I thoroughly enjoy sex and would love to have it more frequently but our schedules don't work out that well. Our 3 days together weekly sometimes are full of sex, sometimes not. I almost get jealous that he spends so much time staring at all of these women.

When we have sex I am okay with sometimes loooking at some porn, but I just feel like he and I are buddies and there is no passion. He also will chat/IM different women on hook-up sites or call phone-sex lines. I have tried to talk to him but he doesn't see where there is a problem. His response is "I am a 29 year-old guy. It's what we do." Honestly, if I worked the same hours as he did, I think it would be just as bad. We are starting to look for a new place together but I am starting to feel weary. Is this a sign that he is likely to cheat? He knows it bothers me, what else can I do?

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Decide what you really want

It is a sign that your concerns are not being taken seriously by either him or yourself. He knows it bothers you.

This is a very new relationship and already you have some big differences which are making you feel "weary". Many women consider that a man who is meeting women on sites and chat is the same as cheating.

Do you really want to be in this situation?