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Ladyblue Mon 14-Jan-13 18:48:39

No doubt this subject has been covered before but would like some observations from this forum.
I have had a double mastectomy and a lot of gynae surgery, I'm 70 and am feeling a bit ancient sometimes!
I have recently realised (by accident I mean to add) that my husband is looking at online porn, maybe this is not unusual for elderly gentlemen - I don't know - never been married to one before!
This is making me feel really insecure and old and ugly - I don't want to embarrass him be letting him know that I know.
He was the one to choose to end our physical relationship about 3 years ago after I had some pretty nasty surgery that threatened to end my life, I felt that seeing me so desperately ill really affected him badly - but now I am wondering if it was something else.
Do you think I should just ignore it and let him have what little bit of pleasure it might give him?
We have a rock solid marriage - I love him to bits and tell him every day of his life

Enviousamerican Thu 11-Apr-13 23:20:26

had to look up what a rampant rabbit was...clever...sort of use to calling a spade a spade over here. (a shovel).

Flowerofthewest Thu 11-Apr-13 23:00:04

Love it F.Ted! how funny and how inventive.

Flowerofthewest Thu 11-Apr-13 22:58:18

Isn't Shades of Grey noted as the nearest thing to porn you can read without it being called porn. I would leave it on the bedside table with a rampant rabbit beside it. That may open conversation!#

Seriously though, I think that as you came about it by accident it would be pertinent to say something, he is probably waiting on tenterhooks for you to mention it as he may have realised that you found it.

BlueSky Thu 11-Apr-13 22:47:59

Ladyblue most men and a lot of women watch and enjoy on line pornography, on their own/with their partner, so stop worrying about it! grin

FatherTed Thu 11-Apr-13 21:40:05

For years I have bought and looked at soft porn Magazines. I did my best to hide them but inevitably my wife discovered one of them. She did not make a big issue of it because we had a healthy sex life. In fact, we made a sex game of it as a preamble to a love making session. I'd be on the bed reading a 'magazine' and doing what men do when they read these things. My wife would creep up the stairs and watch me through a mirror. She would come in and pretend to catch me at it and...well it would just develop from there.

helshea Sat 19-Jan-13 00:11:59

oops.... I meant "two"

helshea Sat 19-Jan-13 00:11:04

Perhaps he has been looking at porn all his life.. you just found out... and I certainly do not think it is anything to worry about. Obviously the best solution would be to watch it with him, although I doubt this is an alternative that you would consider. Anyway.. just stop worrying it is normal to watch porn and I reckon most men do it. I have to sons who are both in relationships, but I have gone past being shocked by what is in the history on the "house" laptop.

jeni Fri 18-Jan-13 23:25:39

[giggle]

Anne58 Fri 18-Jan-13 23:24:11

messenger must spend quite a lot of time going through the threads (recipes, knitting, gardening, work and volunteering etc) in the hope of finding something to suit his interests, that probably accounts for the long periods of absence.

jeni Fri 18-Jan-13 23:19:10

grin

Anne58 Fri 18-Jan-13 23:16:46

And actually, messenger you haven't. hmm

glassortwo Fri 18-Jan-13 23:13:37

Now I remember the name!!!!

jeni Fri 18-Jan-13 23:12:47

grin you're rumbled!

Anne58 Fri 18-Jan-13 23:07:25

Good grief.

And yet, somehow I'm not surprised.

Messenger there seems to be a pattern to your posting.

messenger Fri 18-Jan-13 23:07:15

Really!Jeniwink

jeni Fri 18-Jan-13 23:04:29

And I think I've seen it all!

messenger Fri 18-Jan-13 23:02:53

Maybe some `g`netters would like to meet a gerontaphyl..I think I have spelt the G word right!!Ladies of course, not the blokes...grin

glassortwo Fri 18-Jan-13 22:50:38

grin

messenger Fri 18-Jan-13 22:49:36

I agree glassortwo..like you say it is a bit samey but as we all know there `ain`t` nothing new under the sun is there?...wink

glassortwo Fri 18-Jan-13 22:15:07

I cant say I haven't had a look..... but after the first 5 mins its a bit the samey samey. grin

jeni Fri 18-Jan-13 22:10:16

I have NEVER found the desire to look at porn. I suppose it's because I know too much. So nothing would surprise me! Very boring!

Ladyblue Fri 18-Jan-13 22:01:50

He didn't clear his history and then asked me to bid on 2 things that he was watching on Ebay that involved me switching between 2 pages - he wasn't at home to do it himself silly boy!!! I never normally go on his laptop and would certainly think to look at his history.................never had any reason to and don't think I will have any reason to in the future! Liked JammieB's comment about leaving 50 Shades on the bedside table as I do confess to have read all of them - heavens knows why - I think that I will change my name to Hippocrite - accent on the "Hippo" bit !
Thank you ladies. I have enjoyed your comments x

JessM Wed 16-Jan-13 13:53:56

ladyblue you have clarified that you don't want to be having sex with him. I think most men (and I suppose quite a lot of women) look at porn at some stage in their life, probably several stages. It is normal rather than abnormal behaviour. And I guess it is also normal for women to feel at least a bit uneasy if their man is looking at porn.
So if you don't want to talk to him about it, the alternative is to somehow "reframe" it in your mind perhaps. (e.g. its harmless, at least he is not chasing younger women etc) It's about the inner words that you are saying to yourself maybe? Or can you perhaps talk to him about the fact that you need a few compliments from him to boost your ego now and again?

Grannyknot Wed 16-Jan-13 08:19:23

specki the nookie department made me laugh, I had to read it twice, bit early in the morning (apologies I know it wasn't meant to be funny). You make a good point.

lblue pragmatism trumps principle in this instance. He is a lucky man. One last thing though, I'm nosy now - how did you discover he was viewing porn? Did he forget to clear the history on the PC? Was he so immersed that you walked by and he didn't even notice? As I said, I am being just plain nosy, imagining an afternoon TV show entitled Lady Blue: Porn Detective.

FlicketyB Wed 16-Jan-13 08:17:27

I do not think that it is seen specifically as the women is to blame. I think it is just when one person rejects another the rejected person tends to wonder what they did. Many men whose wives no longer want to make love physically feel it is their fault, even if they will not admit it. Rejection is always hard to bear, especially if the the rejector seems to have found a substitute.