KevinesKay
Fapstronaut
I think I can understand what @terrible-chocolate was pointing to. It's the fact that my porn use would not be acceptable to a partner even if I was honest about it. So in that perspective, ones best chances of relationship success is to simply not act out sexually, and thus, won't have to lie about it. In the addicts perspective, the acting out behavior is seen as the more destructive force.
From a potential partner's perspective, I can see it so much clearly now. If that person wants to select the best possible mate, He/she would want to know as much as possible to make an informed decision. And an extremely important one; who you are going to marry, have children with, build a life with, etc. And if a potential mate is found to be sexually unstable, then he/she has the information necessary to deem that person of lower value and dump the addict's butt and pursue a better partner. That person is not too affected. He/she can even have compassion for the addict, but just doesn't want to pursue a life altering relationship with him/her. But let's say that the addict kept the behavior hidden. All through the years, giving the partner the picture that he/she was attached to a wonderful high value man/woman only to find out about this. Instead, the partner finds he/she is married to a low valued loser. Yeah, I can see how the lies hurt more.
From a potential partner's perspective, I can see it so much clearly now. If that person wants to select the best possible mate, He/she would want to know as much as possible to make an informed decision. And an extremely important one; who you are going to marry, have children with, build a life with, etc. And if a potential mate is found to be sexually unstable, then he/she has the information necessary to deem that person of lower value and dump the addict's butt and pursue a better partner. That person is not too affected. He/she can even have compassion for the addict, but just doesn't want to pursue a life altering relationship with him/her. But let's say that the addict kept the behavior hidden. All through the years, giving the partner the picture that he/she was attached to a wonderful high value man/woman only to find out about this. Instead, the partner finds he/she is married to a low valued loser. Yeah, I can see how the lies hurt more.