Are your guy's eye balls glued to the screen?
Dear Bedpost,
I've been dating my boyfriend for a while now and things have been going great. The only thing is he watches way too much porn and thinks that the weird stuff that happens on there should and must happen when we have sex. How do I tell him I don't enjoy porno sex without seeming terrible?
Dear reader,
Ah, technology. It’s given us many things like pizza delivery trackers, Flappy Bird and apparently, unrealistic expectations of what sex is supposed to look like.
Everyone has their something, and thanks to the Internet, people can find exactly what makes them tick at any time for free. This makes us regular folks who don’t have screamy, instant, mutual orgasms all of the time unable to stack up to the beautiful, theatrical people of the porn industry.
While there is nothing wrong with getting down with yourself in front of the computer screen, when you have a significant other who wants to do the nasty with you IRL as well, things can get a bit sticky.
A good way to go about this is to chat with your partner about what exactly grinds his gears. While his kinks might seem weird to you, there may be some that you could be into as well. And feel free to throw yours in too — it’s a fun convo to have, I promise. As long as you keep the conversation light and don’t shame him for what he may be into, I see no reason why you shouldn’t be have some amazing sex in no time. Go you.
Kristin is a senior studying journalism and a slot editor at The Post.
You know why porn stars do the things in porn that they do? Visual stimulation. It looks rad. It looks hot. It takes the viewer to Boner City, USA, population one member.
Not because they like it.
Enjoying the sex is a nice side bonus for many porn stars, but it’s not the main purpose. They do a lot of weird things that can be difficult or outright uncomfortable to perform for a lay person. You don’t have to be held upside down and given oral sex by your partner to have a good time on a Wednesday evening. You can do that from the comfort of your bed. There’s no need to have three dildoes in your bottom. One is fine.
I have some advice for your man, as well. Although I have almost certainly said exactly the opposite, there is such a thing as too much porn. You can get disillusioned with what makes sense in the bedroom. You can get desensitized to otherwise adequate sexual acts.
Tell your boyfriend you want to have sex like an adult human who doesn’t get videotaped getting gang banged by a football team. And he should close the PornHub and open a Netflix tab with Bob’s Burgers for some family values.
Ian Ording is a senior studying journalism and copy chief of The Post.
