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Default Dec 06, 2016 at 11:51 PM
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I had access to porn when I was 11 yrs. old. A friend of mine's Dad drove a magazine delivery truck and I rode home from baseball practice with them a few times. His dad said we could have a few magazines so I grabbed some porn and stashed them in my room when I got home. So that was my official start of porn addiction at an early age.
I didn't see any movies until I was 17 and that set me on fire. I was a virgin until 19 and then I enjoyed some really good sex with a few different lady friends that were older than me and made sex a learning experience too.
I started having problems with depression and had long periods of low self-esteem where I watched a lot of porn and didn't hardly ever date. i got married and things were fine until I had to go on blood pressure meds. That put a big damper on our sex life. I turned to porno without my wife knowing and it gave me a guilt trip. I finally felt that it wasn't fair to hide it from her and now we are working on getting things going again. Porn may always be a temptation to me. I would lie if I said it didn't appeal to me. But we agree that we don't have to have it in our marriage.
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Default Dec 07, 2016 at 12:24 AM
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I think my biggest concern is about not wanting my wife to wonder who or what I might actually be thinking about while cooing her...and refraining from porn is the only way I can assure myself I am honestly trying to be honest and fair with her. Nevertheless, I suspect she is aware when something as common as a television commercial might set things to rolling...and I do not beat myself up over that. Overall, I just try to be true to myself and true to her while practicing being content.

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Default Dec 09, 2016 at 03:12 PM
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Check out Patrick Carnes' works, such as "Contrary to Love". He has some assessments that can inform you on this matter.
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Default Dec 09, 2016 at 04:30 PM
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The Skeezyks simply does not go there.
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