# do you watch porn with your partner? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184 "2013-10-02T15:31:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/1 "2013-10-02T15:31:15Z")
inspired by several huffpost articles. i can’t say i have but porn has its place. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/2 "2013-10-02T15:37:56Z")
Once, about 30 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/3 "2013-10-02T15:38:18Z")
Since this is a survey of the membership, it really belongs in IMHO, not here. I’ve asked the mods to move it for you. ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/4 "2013-10-02T15:39:16Z")
thank you sir! ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/5 "2013-10-02T15:56:18Z")
I have. I wouldn’t say that I do. The Mrs does not disapprove, but it just doesn’t float her boat. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/6 "2013-10-02T15:58:59Z")
I don’t think I ever have with anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/7 "2013-10-02T16:18:10Z")
ISTR watching soft-core together. I don’t care for hard-core. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/8 "2013-10-02T16:21:10Z")
Many moons ago, my ex and I used to watch it on occasion, and he liked me to pleasure him while he watched. (Anyone remember how embarrassing it was to go into the video store and rent them? I used to pick out the least graphic picture box lol) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/9 "2013-10-02T16:48:11Z")
I used to date a girl who enjoyed the super-soft core stuff. You know, the stuff on the “clean” side of the video store curtain but it was all an excuse for boobs and heavy petting over a soft jazz beat. Never watched the real stuff with a partner nor had a partner who seemed interested in doing so. Power to people doing whatever works for them but I never personally saw the point – for me it’s always been a means to an end for a solo endeavor. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/10 "2013-10-02T18:20:29Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > Once, about 30 years ago. Same here, but only for 20 minutes. I will say that the experience gave a whole new meaning to “Mariana’s Trench”. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tequila\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Party)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/11 "2013-10-02T21:12:19Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Same here, but only for 20 minutes. I will say that the experience gave a whole new meaning to “Mariana’s Trench”. Was her name Mariana? 😛 I have. It can be fun. ---
**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/12 "2013-10-02T21:15:31Z")
Occasionally, but we don’t give it much thought. If one of us quietly appears engrossed with the Ipad, the other one will get nosy and sidle over to share. It’s mostly for pregaming. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/13 "2013-10-03T04:31:51Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/14 "2013-10-03T13:33:02Z")
I don’t, but I’d like to. She’s just not into it. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/15 "2013-10-03T14:01:57Z")
Yes. But porn is kind of boring, so not that often anymore. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/16 "2013-10-03T14:23:44Z")
My business partner? Never. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/17 "2013-10-03T14:29:00Z")
Of my four primary exes: didn’t with the ex-wife (who hated porn, and went ballistic when she found an old, forgotten copy of a Playboy stuck in the bottom of one of my arcade games), nor the next girlfriend after her (simply never came up, and I got the feeling she had possibly never seen any). The next, ex-fiance, bought her own porn after asking to see some of mine (which she liked). The last, no, but she was open to the idea, and she was pretty liberal about sending me pics/video of herself. And not really girlfriends, but I’ve dated a couple of softcore fetish/Suicide Girls models who were fine with it. The woman I’m now talking with considers porn a “deal breaker” and has issues with the fact that I dated those models or watched porn with the ex-fiance, but didn’t mind the old sexting relationship; I guess she’s okay with porn if it’s homemade and for one’s partner only. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/18 "2013-10-03T20:34:52Z")
A couple times with a couple different partners, but it’s never been a regular thing. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/19 "2013-10-03T20:45:00Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184/20 "2013-10-03T21:23:35Z")
Yeah, some guy with a penis twice the size of mine is the _exact_ image I want in my head when I’m having (or about to be having) sex with my (hypothetical) GF. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-porn-with-your-partner/670184.md?page=2)