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DH didn’t stop when I said stop

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bijouhibou · 04/05/2018 00:26

First time having sex after post childbirth vaginal surgery. All was well - better than expected - until very near his climax and I said stop because I was uncomfortable. He said he was going to come, carried on then came about 5 seconds later. I was in great pain and brought tears to my eyes. He was v supportive afterwards but those 5 secs were awful.

I know it’s physically difficult for men to stop when the floodgates open, so to speak, but AIBU re: those 5 seconds?

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SnobbyShores · 04/05/2018 01:28

Agree with everything villageshop said. Great advice. Hope you're ok op Flowers

villageshop · 04/05/2018 01:21

I'm not sure what your question is: 'AIBU re those 5 seconds?' Unreasonable how? You are not unreasonable in feeling the way you feel, but hang on, take a big breath and think of the man you love.

This is not rape as I understand it: 'All was well, it was better than expected.'

Do you love your husband, OP? Do you feel secure in his love for you? I take it that you did, up to that point, consent. Were you trying to get into it and it was only at the last minute that you thought, NO!?

This one time your beloved, in the throes of passion and love, for the first time since you gave birth, carried on. It hurt, you wished he'd stopped, he carried on for 5 seconds. In the throes of passion he didn't realise this was hurting you, he thought, if he thought at all, I can't stop. 5 seconds later, he stopped. He probably thought that was stopping in response to you asking him to stop. It is not clear from your post whether you told him it was hurting, or if you just asked him to stop.

In the scale of your whole lives together, this is a small hurt to get past. Talk to him, tell him how you feel, tell him everything that you are feeling and let him listen and learn.

Here on Mumsnet it often seems to me people live unrealistic lives and shout LTB, or rape, or abuse, at every given opportunity. Real life is not so black and white. Errors of judgement occur, and to let them jeopardise what could be a long and wonderfully happy family life is to cut off your nose to spite your face.

You know the man, we don't. Do you love him? Is he a kind man? Do you see that he meant you no harm? Men are often unaware of the physical changes to women's bodies wrought by childbirth. Teach him the reality, and if he's a good man he will understand and want to find a way to have sex that is good for you as well as him. But men need educating, in my experience.

I suspect what happed was down to him being unaware, rather than deliberately cruel or selfish. But only you know your husband, so trust your instincts.

Hidingtonothing · 04/05/2018 01:09

I'm so sorry OP but he chose not to stop, his orgasm was more important to him than your pain. Its really easy to minimise stuff like this, no one wants to believe their partner would choose to hurt us, but the fact is he did and youre left trying to figure out where you go from here. I'm not sure how to help you with that but you'll get lots of support on the Relationships board if you wanted to post on there. I hope you're ok Flowers

Ginkypig · 04/05/2018 00:54

The moment either partner says stop no matter what part of the sex act is happening or how much either partner has enjoyed parts that came before it or even how close they are to climax the sex should stop immediately!

TemptressofWaikiki · 04/05/2018 00:54

Kick him hard in the balls and tell him it was 'mid-flow'

Queenoftheblitz · 04/05/2018 00:48

Of course he could have stopped - he chose not to. Floodgates don't exist. If he'd been mid orgasm he may not have been able to stop the flow. But that's not what happened here. He shoulsn't have been supportive after, he should have been repentent. That was rape.
So sorry this happened.

FrancisUnderwood · 04/05/2018 00:38

I've had similar too.

The more I learn the more I realise i've probably been raped more than once and then leaned over and kissed them goodnight.

Terrifying.

SilverBirchTree · 04/05/2018 00:28

I’m so sorry OP

He was raping you. Do you have someone in real life to speak to?

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