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Boyfriend Addicted To Porn

So My boyfriend and I have been dating for almost 2 years. I love him with all my heart, and he is my best friend. He is(in my eyes), handsome, hilarious, loving, sweet, romantic, and he means the world to me. Except while cleaning his room with him when we first started dating, i found a few magazines under his bed. He told me that his dad gave him those and that honestly, he hadn't touched them in over a year. And i believed him, after all, they were dusty. And I trust him.
Then, a few months later, on his computer (practically brand new), I am getting ready to log into facebook while he's in the shower, and i find an open tab. Its a site that has funny posts, weird posts, and mostly, porn, porn links, and porn of all types. I confronted him about it, calmly as he explained to me that he looks at porn. He said he started looking at porn at an early age, and gave me reasons, told me sad stories, and kind of tried to prove his sob story and what got him into porn. We got into a mini argument, but overcame it the next day when we deleted all the porn off of his computer and he pinky promised to me that he wasnt going to get into that stuff ever again. and that I was good enough for him, and better, etc, etc, etc. I took it well, believed him, and went on with my life.
My boyfriend is in a creative writing class, and i was waiting for him to get off work, so i opened up his laptop. The opened document was a very sweet, amazing, well written story about how we first met. I was blown away, and wanted to do something amazing for him in return. So I started writing him a story mimicking how we met, except in my point of view. I got to a writers block where i needed to describe more features about him. So I went to his pictures to find a picture of him for inspiration to end my writers block. And then i found porn. So much of it. files, upon files. boobs, websites to rate boobs, long videos of sexual content, the whole deal. I broke down in tears because it sucks, He promised me. Long story short, we got in a fight about the porn once again, and I suggested that he could be "addicted". But he justified it with " Im just as horny as every other male in america", and how he isnt the only one, and people are worse than him, and how, if he is so bad, then i should just dump him. Well we got over that bump after another promise, and another argument.
and last night. I borrowed his laptop to write my paper for history, and in recent history were sites made for porn, more videos that were hours long,pictures, websites, favorites. all in just a matter of a few weeks. I havent done anything about this time yet, He doesnt know that i know, and i still have his laptop as we speak, and i deleted all the porn off of it already. But what should I do? Im not goign to break up with him, i know that. But is it common, natural? Should I blow it off and let him be himself. Or is it an actual issue/problem? Or should i risk yet another fight over the same issue. Because if it happens again, it will just break my heart once more. What should I do?
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replied May 10th, 2012
Hi little_carissa
I'm so sorry that you are going through this. I'm sure your boyfriend is a wonderful person, but, due to what you've posted here, it sounds like he is struggling with an addiction to porn. While working at Focus on the Family, I was made aware of some really good information about this subject on their website. http://bit.ly/JAVEba I hope he'll seek out the help he needs.
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replied May 10th, 2012
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Ok honestly.... alot of men and women like to watch porn like other people like to watch anything else so I wouldn't be quick to call it an addiction.

My fiance` and I both watch porn on a pretty regular basis simply because we like to and we are comfortable with the other doing so. I told him as long as you still prefer me over your hand (tmi) lol we are good. And we are. We still have an amazing sex life and we are closer than ever.

You and your boyfriend need to have a talk and discuss what he and yourself are comforatble doing about this issue. If it is something that hurts you and leaves you feeling disrespected and you communicate that with him ... he is making the concious choice to be disrespectful and dishonest with you which are two things that can be very detrimental to a relationship.

My advice would be to think about what it is that upsets you about his habit of viewing porn communicate that respectfully and come up with a plan forward on how you too will work through this issue together without either one of you getting the short end of the stick.

Good Luck =]
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replied May 28th, 2012
My wife and I have been married for 9 years and have a similar situation. I enjoy watching porn and she feels uncomfortable about it because she believes that I have fantasies about the females.

From my point of view I simply watch porn because I enjoy all aspects of sex. My wife does not like sex as much as I do, so I have turned to porn to fill the void from what we did while dating to our now decreased sexual encounters.

I had at one point even used porn directly before or after we had sex, after she confronted me I agreed that was not something I should be doing. Now I only turn to porn when we have extended times without sexual encounters. I also have been more discreet about it since she doesn't like it.

I can't say that is a solution for you, but as long as it isn't actually hurting your relationship and he still pays attention to you over the porn I think you should be okay.
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replied June 3rd, 2012
It's apparent that he likes porn and isn't going to give it up. Most men do because it feeds the fantasies that most likely won't be fulfilled in their real lives. A lot of men are afraid to ask the woman in their lives to do something that they find sexually interesting or they don't ask because they're 'sure' it's something she wouldn't do. Just because he's looking at porn doesn't mean he's going to cheat on you. He's not really attempting to hide the fact that he still looks at it because he freely allows you to use his laptop -- unless you're doing that without his permission.

A lot women are uncomfortable with porn because they feel that they are either being compared to the females in it or that they aren't able to fully satisfy the needs of the other person. Take time to consider the differences in your sexual drives. If you're satisfied with only once or twice a week and his drive is daily, then he might turn to porn to sate his hunger without going outside the relationship.

As for borrowing his computer and then searching through the browser history to find out what sites he's visited, that tells me that you don't really trust him and/or are looking for things to find. Wiping sites off his computer is neither your job nor is it going to fix the problem.

Love isn't building a person into your idea of perfection. It's acceptance of the person as they are. Nobody is perfect, though we all should strive to improve ourselves. Your description of his explaination as sob and sad stories of why he's addicted to porn also shows that you're unwilling to really listen rather than judge. That's kind of sad, especially since you profess that he's your best friend.
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