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Im finding porn to be one of the most boring things Ive ever come across. Id rather stare at walls. honestly.

I dont feel guilty about it or anything. its just boring.

fetch me a book.
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Darth Wong wrote:If you both enjoy it, it is good for a relationship because it's yet another thing you do together for fun. However, if you pressure her to watch it with you, you're in trouble (but that's true of ANYTHING you pressure her to do).

Some benefits of porn in a relationship:
  1. Something to watch/do together.
  2. Might give one or both of you ideas on positions, techniques, etc. (although to be honest, an awful lot of porn positions look better than they feel).
  3. Everyone in porn does anal, so if your wife/girlfriend has hang-ups about anal, constant exposure to porn will loosen her up (no pun intended).
  4. Might help your wife/girlfriend with her body image problems, since porn girls are usually much chunkier than mainstream Hollywood girls. Those super-skinny women don't look so good naked.
Of course, the real trick is finding porn that isn't shit, since I'd say about 95% of it is garbage, either because of poor production values or misogynistic "suck it down, bitch" attitudes (you mostly find that in the raincoat porn, so it's best to avoid that stuff entirely).
I second that!

Both my girlfriend and I like watching porn together and it never made any problem in our relationship.
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Enforcer Talen wrote:Im finding porn to be one of the most boring things Ive ever come across. Id rather stare at walls. honestly.

I dont feel guilty about it or anything. its just boring.

fetch me a book.
You are probably watching it with an intent to evaluate it as mainstream entertainment, which it is not. If you decide in advance that you're not going to enjoy something, you will guarantee that you won't enjoy it.

Of course, it's also possible that you picked up some very poor-quality porn; there's certainly more than enough of THAT floating around.
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I don't think porn can damage your relationship, as long as you're honest about it. AFAIK, Rob doesn't have a porn collection, and for that reason alone would I be upset if I found one (dishonesty)

And everyone else is right - porn is never going to replace the warmth of havign someone in bed with you.
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