I'd really love to hear from others who are managing to stay in a sexless relationship.
Advice on here is often to leave and that's not at all practical in our situation (low income, I've lost my career, etc etc.) We coparent fine and get on okay.
I'm really finding lack of intimacy hard. Tonight, after months, I tried to initiate and remembered why I don't bother. It's soul destroying .
I bumble along okay for a few months and then have a period of feeling so frustrated at the situation. It's so horrible. I assume he just has such a low drive it doesn't bother him if we "start something and it fizzles off and he goes back to doing what he was but leaves me feeling so frustrated. And then the bigger frustration that I even ended up in a marriage like this.
I know in can work if both partner have a low drive. But I really don't. I need to suppress it really. I have single friends who would love to be in a relationship and I do try to feel grateful for the fact I have a partner, and the kids.
But I was on so stupid getting into this in the first place.
Anyone else feeling the same? Is a rich fantasy solo fun the way forwards or does that just build resentment?
I'm so bloody envious of functional couples but I guess every relationship has it's story and every family it's difficulties.
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Staying in a sexless marriage
StickStickStickStick · 11/02/2018 19:12
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