Could it be that someone said something to her about how much time she spends buying toys and going out to sex shops to look or buy? I have known some people who will get on the super offensive about things they do or have done. And if they see me doing it, they will get plain rude about it and tell me why I should or shouldn't do it. And in the end, it turns out that someone told them how "wrong" or "bad" it was for them, so they, in a sense, go on some crusade, to make sure everyone else knows this too.

This hasn't happened to me, probably because I don't have many toys and haven't talked to anyone about them. It is annoying that she's judging you, and hypocritical if she does have the same number of toys as you do, and you shouldn't need to justify yourself to her. Just don't talk about them to her anymore.

Has your friend gotten herself into trouble financially, relationship-wise or made any changes in her life recently? I was just wondering if SHE is the one with a porn or sexual addiction.

An addict will be the first person to point fingers at others who moderately and can control and enjoy the same (-drug, alcohol, porn, gambling, sex, food-) product or activity that they suffer an affliction from and turn it around on you. This makes them feel like they have no problem, builds them up with false confidence and takes the heat off their actions.

Take another look at your friend and try to figure out if this may be the case. My best friend is an alcoholic and she will rage at me for my little 2-3 beer a week routine - as she falls off the wagon and ends up in the hospital days or weeks later.

Maybe you should tell her nicely that you are no longer willing to purchase items for your friends and refuse to discuss this subject until she can be more open minded.

My mother calls me a sex addict. Granted part of that comes from the fact that she wants to pin addiction on anyone but herself.

I am very fortunate in that my friends have been very supportive of me doing sex toy reviews and participating in the EF community. Sorry that you're friend is being such a hypocritical jerk.

This kinda reminds me of this article I read the other day about Americans' hypocritical attitudes toward sex:

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Your friend should mind their own business!

I don't think has ever happened to me...
Actually, I think my ex might have made some comment to the effect of "Jesus, can you get enough?" When I had two vibrators.

I can't say that has ever happened to me!

Frankly, it's much better than having way too many shoes. A quest for a large set of the perfect sex toys is really useful and educational, to learn what you like and how to get off.

My husband tried to say this to me once we were fighting. Whatever I have fun doing this and I love doing it. That is all that matters. I would say they only way you have a problem is if you contently have a toy shoved up there. Other than that you just like variety.

No one has ever said anything negative to me about it...but not many know I started participating here and blogging reviews.

I've never had this happen to me exactly as it happened to you, but I've been told pretty much that I'm sexually obsessed multiple times by my mother, oddly enough. I don't know where she gets this from. I talk about sexuality and gender issues of mine to her a lot because she's a good friend of mine, but then she throws it back at me and calls me obsessed. Mind you, she's a heterosexual, cis-gendered woman. I guess she doesn't understand where I'm coming from, and that she's never had to talk about sexuality and such so much in order to figure anything like this out. (I'm one of those people that isn't the biggest fan of labels, but the closest one might come to describing me is as a pansexual genderqueer.)

I'm also really passionate about sex education on the whole, and I am a feminist and an LGBTQ activist. As a result, again - I'm talking about issues that relate to sex and sexuality a lot. So she's called me sexually obsessed.

Several times.

I've avoided this by not talking to her about these things any more, except if she really egregiously mislabels me. (Like if she calls me gay even though I have a boyfriend, which has happened multiple times.)

Second instance: One of my best friends grew up in a sheltered Christian home. She knew nothing about sex, and she felt like she could come to me for information. Every now and again, she mentions that she feels like all we ever talk about is sex. This is nowhere near the truth. I simply answer her questions, and I answer them frankly. She generally seems to appreciate it (she always comes to me with these questions), but it really hurts that she still seems to feel guilt about even talking about sex, which is terrible.

I hate how simply talking about sex seems to be taboo.

I haven't this problem but that is because no one knows about my toys but my husband.

Dont let her get you down. As long as your happy it doesnt matter what any one thinks. GL and (sorry if this sounds rude but) tell your friend she has no idea what she is talking about and she should keep her big nose out of other peoples bussiness. If she doesnt like what you are doing, you dont need to help her out with her own toy collection.

Nope not me. But only a few people know I'm on EF. So not a big deal.