Quote From: stevepageAll of this is purely subjective and based upon opinion, not fact. I don't lie, I don't sneak and I don't hide, regarding my use of porn, nor have I ever. I've never had any complaints about my ability to provide for my wife, sexually - if anything, it's the other way around. However, I don't hold it against my wife - her job is physically demanding, she's had problems with illness in the past and her sex drive has always been lower than mine - therefore, I don't take it personally. I find an outlet for my sexual tension instead, which she is quite happy for me to do. She doesn't think any less of me for it either.
My wife was aware of my porn use before we even started seeing each other - we were friends first - so it hasn't changed the relationship. Ergo, there is no negative impact from it, and no deceit.
It seems that how destructive porn is to a relationship is dependent upon how destructive those in the relationship want it to be.
maybe your wife should be nominated for wife of the year too. I'm sorry but you have to put yourself into someone elses shoes for a moment. Take me for instance I knew about my husbands porn addiction before we got together and at first is was a thrill but after i got pregnant my husband withdrew from me and yes he lied, he would sneak around and he would hide, heck he even went so far as to lock me out of our bedroom for 4 hours while masterbated to the porn. I am Not by any means a prude and i will give it up to him even when i am sick if that is what he wants. my daughter is 17 months old and this has been going on up until i threw out all of the porn in the house and took his account off of the computer and made my password protected. He has been doing better and our sex life is progressing to what it was before baby.
It all depends on the spouses of the porn users and their ability to handle what our guys/girls are doing. Me for one I put my foot down and stopped it. That might not work for others but it has worked for me.
and that last line in your qoute "It seems that how destructive porn is to a relationship is dependent upon how destructive those in the relationship want it to be."
I didn't want it to be destructive but my husband is an addict and he couldn't stop as long as it was in front of him. Now i get all the pleasure. and our relationship has gotten better because of it