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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Eleanor Gordon-Smith

I’m attracted to women of a different type than my partner. What should I do?

Painting: Lovers in a Park by Francois Boucher
‘Chasing ever higher connection and surrender can be a lot more fun than chasing a particular kind of body.’ Painting: Lovers in a Park by Francois Boucher Photograph: Alamy

I’m in a relationship with someone I care about very, very much. We have so much in common, we both help each other on our journeys. People love seeing us together, and we benefit from our mutual connections as well. On paper, we are perfect … except that I find myself constantly attracted to other women of a completely different type.

I knew about this difference in physical type when I met her, but I’d hoped that part of it was to do with a porn watching issue. I was never an hours-and-hours-a-day user, I just didn’t like my relationship with it. I have reached a consistent month with no watching, as of today, and I have had streaks like this before, but I am afraid that porn is still affecting how I perceive the relationship.

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