I definitely get that it appears that he is manipulative/abusive, and that been something ive been struggling with to be honest. I feel like he's different than the abusive relationships ive been a part of, but at the same time i never expected those to happen like that either. He was my best friend...

I feel like his experience with porn has made him not realize what sex is actually like, even when he says that he knows porn isn't real sex. but he misses all the communication which is super important to me. I want to bring up a yes/no list, but im hesitant

My boyfriend is pretty inexperienced sexually, and definitely from my experiences with him/talking hes watched a decent amount of porn and i feel like it really influences him. I've been having sex since i was 15 (22 now), and im also a survivor of multiple instances of rape (once by a boyfriend) an...

I've been trying to do the list thing because its harder for me to vocalize some stuff because even just talking about it makes me feel degraded/disgusting sometimes. Im hesitant because i dont like making a big deal out of sex and overthinking things and i dont know if he would be receptive to it. ...

Those resources sound really helpful. I don't want to be pushy with him, but i would appreciate if he did more external reading to try to understand my point of view. I have tried to talk to him about what he likes, but he doesn't really say much. When we have sex he tends to be more dominant, like ...

He's really actually a very caring and good person. We were best friends for a few years before we ever got together, and we click really well. Our relationship was pretty low stress before it became long distance, which is when i started feeling a little bit more insecure. I think a lot of the issu...

I've tried to talk to him about how i need sex to be more personal, and that I need to feel more valued and special as a person, not just an object to have sex with. He isn't really very experienced sexually, and I think sometimes he thinks that sex is all about the vagina. So i tried to tell him th...

Bottom line is from experiences with rape/assault, I have started feeling very degraded and objectified during sex with my current boyfriend. My ex raped me after he found out i had cheated on him, and it was very traumatic because he was the first person id ever actually felt comfortable with after...