I'm a successful 50-something who loves his wife but I'm addicted to paying £500 a week for online porn. Here's why so many husbands like me can't stop..
. and what we're really watching By Samantha Brick for Daily Mail Published: 02:14, 12 June 2024 | Updated: 09:10, 12 June 2024 e-mail 14 shares 287 View comments Charlie is a happily-married father of three who owns a successful business and has a healthy sex life. Yet, until recently, the 55 year old had a guilty secret: he wasted hours every day watching porn.
Such was his addiction to OnlyFans — the online video hosting site that allows people to upload X-rated content and charge others to view it — he was spending upwards of £500 a week on his habit. The wellness centre owner, from Leeds, struggles to explain his behaviour, even to himself. Each three to four-minute video he watched — and sometimes still watches — could cost up to £50.
Each three to four-minute Only Fans video Charlie watched could cost up to £50. Picture posed by models The habit can be fuelled by a combination of curiosity, middle-aged loneliness and boredom ‘There is the adrenaline rush when you’re in the pleasure zone, but afterwards there is the guilt. I think, “Why did I do that? I could have taken my wife out with the same amount of money instead”.
’ But it is not just the money. As figures show an increase in middle-aged men becoming addicted to online porn, experts warn of the far wider damage it can do — not just to the l.
