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My boyfriend gets mad if we don’t have sex

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Poppy23xx · 03/08/2023 01:48

I have been with my partner coming up to 4 years, are sex life used to be really good multiple times daily. Obviously a lot has changed and life has got much busier over the years and due to this we tend to have sex around 3-4 times a week mostly due to busy life’s being tired and I’ve been prescribed 150mg of sertraline.

I haven’t been on any medication for a few days due to running out and waiting on my prescription due to this I’ve been feeling unwell. I’ve been feeling crappy for the past two days, today I haven’t been able get out of bed. As soon as he gets home from work he just wants my absolute attention he has to be constantly in my space which I don’t mind but when I’m not we’ll and I’m sweating one minute and cold the next the last thing I want to be doing is being cuddled. after about an hour of cuddling I moved away to sit up because I felt sick and I told him I just need my own space for a minute he then said to me that I never show him any intimacy I never let him touch me that I never touch him that we never do anything. I told him that we had literally been cuddling and I needed some space as i feel Ill and he laughed at me like yeah okay then you feel ill.

so after a couple of hours doing our own thing we was chilling again cuddling and watching tv. He’s then trying to make a move on me sexually which I told him I don’t want to do as I do not feel well. He then proceeded to push me of him he told me that im boring that I never want to do anything. He said that he is a man and a man has needs, he went on to accuse me of cheating and fucking someone else and told me that he is leaving tomorrow to find someone who’ll have sex with him when ever he wants.

well I got up out of bed and went downstairs to sleep on the sofa, he was continuing to shout me and kept coming downstairs waking me up. I told him I wanted to be left alone and he just kept coming in and turning the lights off. He makes a lot of jokes about our sex life to people he’ll say things like “you must be mad if you think I get touched” , “ mines not been used in ages”. But I really don’t understand because it’s not like we don’t ever have sex we do have sex. I’ll name the days when we last had sex and he’ll tell me that I’m lying and it’s been longer than that.

i Really don’t know what to do should I be having more sex with him. I do try to as much as I can but I am tired a lot of the time

OP posts:
CrazyFrogDingDing · 03/08/2023 06:12

You mean ..
My ex used to get mad if I didn't have sex with him. I dumped him but he kept threatening and harassing me, so went to the police and I also got a restraining order and now I'm living a peaceful, single life and it's great.
Is that what you meant to type?

autienotnaughti · 03/08/2023 06:09

Poppy23xx · 03/08/2023 02:10

I have my own place where he stays but he refuses to leave when I ask and when we have broken up previously he has climbed into my windows and harassed me so if I was to break up I would need to move but at the moment I can’t afford anywhere as I am out of work.

Call the police . Every time. You can get a restraining order.

autienotnaughti · 03/08/2023 06:07

This is not a good relationship. Can you imagine how he would be if u had children together. Wanting your attention and sex whilst your post partum dealing with a screaming baby.

Nobody has the right to demand/pressure you to have sex. Or to make you feel like less of a person. You need to leave, you are not responsible for him and his actions . Move out, block him and don't speak to him again.

Relationships like this only get worse the more committed you are.

Shoxfordian · 03/08/2023 06:01

Go back to your Mum today if she’ll be supportive, call the police on him if he turns up and is abusive to you. He’s not a good man op; you can do so much better and be so much happier without him

Zanatdy · 03/08/2023 05:53

What an arsehole. You seriously deserve so much better. Contact Women’s aid as they will have some good advice for you in how to stay strong once you’ve ended things. If he harasses you once you split then you need to contact the police. Either stay at your mums, or ask her to stay with you for a little while or a friend. He will get bored soon enough once he knows you’re serious. Really you don’t need to put up with this, sex 3-4 times a week is perfectly reasonable, much more than many in long term relationships. Him sulking and talking to friends about lack of sex is disrespectful and rude. Don’t waste your life with this guy, honestly the years fly by, and you really wouldn’t want to be having a relationship with someone like him

IamfeelingConfused · 03/08/2023 05:50

150mg of sertraline is a really high dose - coming off it suddenly will be affecting you like you are aware. Your dr should have treated this as emergency medicine and give you some same day. Speak to your pharmacy you normally get your meds from and explain you ran out as they can give you a few days. Or ring 111. https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/prescriptions-and-pharmacies/pharmacies/out-of-hours-medicines/
BUT very important - tell your pharmacy you have suddenly had to stop as you might need to build up again.
Sorry but your boyfriend is a dick.

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WedRine · 03/08/2023 05:46

Leave this abusive prick. You seem like a really sweet girl, but you also sound like you lack any self-confidence. You don't owe him anything. You were not put on this planet to service his every demand. You are your own person and a healthy relationship would help you develop as a person and support you in your endeavours, not stunt you because it interferes with their personal agenda.

This is your tenancy, box up his stuff and leave it outside for him to collect after work and lock your doors. If you think he'll be difficult, get the police involved. They will care. They will support you. And moreover, coercive control is a criminal offence in its own right. It's also not your job to hear him out, if he wants the conversation, he can hire a therapist and talk it through there, so block him on anything and if he turns up at the house, call the police. If he threatens suicide, then he's not serious about suicide. He's just serious about manipulating you.

And remember: he will not change. Ever. You cannot fix it. This will be painful and sad and you'll grieve a lost relationship, that's normal. But then you won't be sad anymore and you'll have your life back and find someone who is worth your time. Fight for that point.

CurlewKate · 03/08/2023 05:34

You've had some good advice here. Will your mum support you if you tell her what's going on? Talk to Women's Aid, talk to the police, and, just in case, please make sure you have effective contraception that you control.

MintJulia · 03/08/2023 05:32

AndTheSurveySays · 03/08/2023 02:00

I bet if you left his pathetic arse you'd find yourself not needing medication.

Is staying with such a man what you really want from life? Imagine the next 50 years with such a guy..

Leave.

And don't worry about his threats. He is not your responsibility, he is your abuser.

Leave and if he threatens suicide, call the police and ask them to do a wellbeing check. That is where your responsibility ends.

You'll be much much happier & healthier when you are rid of this selfish abusive parasite.

Mummyoflittledragon · 03/08/2023 05:29

This is what the police are there for. This man is incredibly abusive and dangerous. He is terrorising your life. You clearly don’t want to be with him and he won’t let you go. There are no positives for staying with him.

Seddon · 03/08/2023 05:28

Please go to your mum, and get the police involved. There's a better life out there for you with him not in it, I promise.

guineacup · 03/08/2023 05:26

You have one life. Please don't waste another minute of it on this manipulative piece of shit.

BlastedIce · 03/08/2023 05:10

Poppy23xx · 03/08/2023 02:01

He really doesn’t I’m the one sleeping on a sofa tonight whilst he is upstairs in bed sleeping sound asleep. Every time I do try to leave him he’ll come round to my house and harass me or cry suicide. I really do feel stuck at the moment.

Emotional blackmail.

he’s a cunt, leave him!

Isthisit22 · 03/08/2023 04:33

Poppy23xx · 03/08/2023 02:10

I have my own place where he stays but he refuses to leave when I ask and when we have broken up previously he has climbed into my windows and harassed me so if I was to break up I would need to move but at the moment I can’t afford anywhere as I am out of work.

But you don’t need to buy a new house to leave a relationship. Just call the police every time he turns up.
seriously you do not need to be someone’s sexual prisoner!

montecarlo7 · 03/08/2023 04:31

This is an abusive relationship. The harassing you for sex when you're unwell is just awful. As is threatening suicide when you try to leave.

Rainbowqueeen · 03/08/2023 04:29

I think you know this isn’t right and you need to leave. Can you speak to womens aid to seek support to do that?

It isn’t best for everyone if you stay with him. It’s not best for you at all. You might find the freedom programme helpful too.
It is ok to call the police if he threatens you. It’s what I would do.

Guavafish1 · 03/08/2023 04:03

You are in an abusive relationship. please call women's aid for help.

This man sounds like a monster.

ChellyT · 03/08/2023 04:03

I'm sorry you're not coping and are unwell at the moment @Poppy23xx and it sounds like you need support or at least time to yourself to recover.

Your partner sounds very narcissistic and his needs/wants will always out way yours. His pain will always be more than yours 🌸I'm sorry

Topseyt123 · 03/08/2023 03:45

Dump the horrendous arsehole.

JANEY205 · 03/08/2023 03:34

He’s abusing you OP. 3-4 times a week is more than any couples I know who are out of the first honeymoon period.

hattie43 · 03/08/2023 03:33

He sounds vile

tt9 · 03/08/2023 03:31

this is not going to be easy, you already know that

but you have to leave

  1. suddenly stopping sertraline is beyond dangerous! ask your gp to give you an emergency prescription
  2. your depression won't get better until you leave
  3. if its your house and he doesn't when you tell him to... call the police.
  4. there is a lot of help out there.
  5. your depressed brain will tell you that you are stuck here forever. that you have no options and no one will help you. not true
  6. if he threatens suicide and tries to get you to come back... the answer is still no. he is not going to kill himself, he's just a narcissist who will do anything to keep you under thumb
leave. please
DGay · 03/08/2023 03:27

Poppy23xx · 03/08/2023 02:01

He really doesn’t I’m the one sleeping on a sofa tonight whilst he is upstairs in bed sleeping sound asleep. Every time I do try to leave him he’ll come round to my house and harass me or cry suicide. I really do feel stuck at the moment.

If he does harass you, call the police. If he crys suicide, tell him to go for it. You're mental health with probably improve with this a$$hole out of your life.

Dombasle · 03/08/2023 03:21

He's absolutely horrible.

You deserve so much better than this awful loser.

Twinsmummy1812 · 03/08/2023 03:09

Leave and send him a message by text or email saying it is finished and he is not to contact you by any means (that includes through a third party, FB, turning up at your house etc). If he persists in contacting you keep any evidence (photograph him outside, keep texts etc) then call the police. It only takes 2 incidents of turning up or emailing, to be prosecuted for harassment but you are not to worry about that, the police will go and speak to him first and if he does it again he is in trouble and it’s all his own doing. Good luck x

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