Signs he gave up porn

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ClaryClove

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Hello. When my boyfriend and I first started dating, he told me that he watched porn but that he would stop. I later found out that he had still been watching it. There was a huge blowup in the relationship and he promised me he would stop again. It's now 1 year later and I would like to know if it is safe to fully trust him again. How do I know if porn is an issue or not? I've asked him and he says he's been clean. I think I do trust him, but I want to be sure. My biggest hesitation is that I feel he doesn't care to have sex with me and would often turn me down. This was after the blowup in our relationship. He has never had a problem getting an erection or having an orgasm. He would get erections almost every night and frequently in the morning. Right now we've been doing long distance and we'll have video sex. I usually only show my face and he has no problem getting hard and cumming. So my question is, should I be concerned that he doesn't show a lot of initiative in having sex? Thank you.
 

joepanic

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Very strange that he has no problem  having video sex seeing only  your face  but has very little  interest in real sex  and your concern that he  does not initiate sex.    Can I assume you initiate  sex and are turned down more often than not  ?    I have been married for over 12  years  and we were together for close to 3 years before that    when we 1st got together we could not keep our  hands off each other  now  I must initiate  100% of the time and sometimes  am turned down without a given reason  and i know how frustrating it can be  it leads me to believe she is disinterested  something she denies  but will never give me an honoust answer  as to why she wont initiate    Perhaps he has given up porn  and senses you still dont trust him.  you dont mention ages or where you are at in life  which might have something to do with it
 
You can't expect him to just quit this cold turkey. Porn addiction is no joke, if it was easy to quit there wouldn't be countless online communities talking about how to recover from this.

If there are no issues in your relationship as of right now, what's the problem? If you start having physical contact again and he doesn't seem into you, then perhaps you should bring it up again.

However, the fact that you had a big fight over this was not helpful in the slightest and may have made it even worse - he is probably unwilling to admit his struggles and it sounds to me like you would only berate him if he tried to talk to you about it. To answer your question, I highly doubt he gave it up completely over the past year.

If you want him to quit you'll need to supportive of him instead of getting presumably indignant and fighting about it with him. If someone is addicted to something the worst thing you can do is make them feel bad about themselves, as that will ultimately only serve to cause further downward spirals.
 
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