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My husband doesn’t want sex ever

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Whattodonowthenfucker · 06/05/2025 21:48

Not sure where we go from here. Husband has no libido. He’s 52 and I’m 55 (with a healthy sex drive). He’s been like this for a few years. He’s trying with testosterone pills. It’s making no difference. What annoys me is that I’ve told him I would be ok with 10 mins of vibrator action once a week but he never does it. We’ve had 2 fumbles this year that lasted 10 mins, and no piv involved. If you saw him in a pub you’d never believe it: he is tall dark and handsome, you’d never guess he’s shit in the sheets. Wtf do I do?

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FranticFrankie · 02/03/2026 19:44

Mingspingpongball · 02/03/2026 19:42

This is a post from May last year - why was it resurrected?

There's been a bit of a pattern of reviving old threads- over the last couple of days

Mingspingpongball · 02/03/2026 19:42

This is a post from May last year - why was it resurrected?

toodleoothen · 02/03/2026 19:19

Whattodonowthenfucker · 06/05/2025 21:58

I just want to be thrown onto the bed and shagged. I’m so sad

He's clearly not the man for the job! Leave him, 55 is too young to be giving up on this part of your life. If you don't want to leave him perhaps discuss having an open relationship?

ChangeAgainAgainAgain · 02/03/2026 19:16

If my DH knew I was struggling with my libido, but expected me to (unwillingly) pleasure him weekly with a sex toy, that would be the end of our ralationship. So disrespectful.

ValidPistachio · 02/03/2026 17:21

Netcurtainnelly · 02/03/2026 16:03

There's more to life than sex.

There’s more to life than being in a sexless marriage.

Boomer55 · 02/03/2026 16:19

Whattodonowthenfucker · 06/05/2025 21:58

I just want to be thrown onto the bed and shagged. I’m so sad

You need a long, frank conversation about why etc

If you can’t live with it, after talking, then make plans for your future.

Netcurtainnelly · 02/03/2026 16:03

Funkytuna · 11/05/2025 15:41

Girrrl. If he’s not willing to try then I’d be having a conversation about either breaking up or you getting it elsewhere. Life is too short!

There's more to life than sex.

ValidPistachio · 02/03/2026 15:56

Naunet · 02/03/2026 15:29

That's nonsense. Women who come on here and declare they're no longer interested in sex, are given all kinds of advice, including go to the doctors, sprinkled with lots of 'poor husband' remarks. Men and women are not the same, why would you expect people to treat them as if they are?

Mainly, women get told it’s perfectly natural, and their partners should shut up and tolerate it. Men who post with the same issue tend to get eviscerated.

catipuss · 02/03/2026 15:53

Has he tried viagra (or similar)? Does he not want to, or things aren't working so he no longer wants to try and fail?

MargoLivebetter · 02/03/2026 15:47

Don't think looks have anything to do with sex drive @Whattodonowthenfucker !

You say that the drop off in his sex drive started a few years ago. Did something happen then? Was it a slow, gradual decline or did he suddenly go off sex with you?

On here, you sound really frustrated and angry (which is understandable) and I'm wondering if that comes across when you are together? If someone was fed up and frustrated with me, I'm not sure I'd find that encouraging or a turn on.

Do you think it is a physical thing or a mental thing? You say he's trying testosterone treatment and it hasn't worked. How long has he been on it for?

WallaceinAnderland · 02/03/2026 15:37

You should not be trying to get him to do something he doesn't want to do but it is ok to call time on the relationship.

Naunet · 02/03/2026 15:29

blubbyblub · 11/05/2025 15:47

It’s amazing when a man says his wife no longer wants sex no one asks if she’s gay or addicted to porn. They say the man must be shit in bed, that the fastedst way to clamp shut a vagina is a man desperately wanting it and to stop being a sex pest.

the double standard are remarkable

That's nonsense. Women who come on here and declare they're no longer interested in sex, are given all kinds of advice, including go to the doctors, sprinkled with lots of 'poor husband' remarks. Men and women are not the same, why would you expect people to treat them as if they are?

Amira83 · 02/03/2026 13:46

Are you still in this relationship ? If so I would advise you to leave it sorry. I was sad reading it.

Comedycook · 02/03/2026 13:41

Lastofthesummerwine · 30/08/2025 20:41

Ong this would be my dream lol. To be married but never have sex again 🤣

How depressing.

Op... I'd either leave or have an affair

Jane143 · 02/03/2026 13:36

Whattodonowthenfucker · 06/05/2025 21:58

I just want to be thrown onto the bed and shagged. I’m so sad

So do I!

Lastofthesummerwine · 30/08/2025 20:41

Whattodonowthenfucker · 06/05/2025 21:48

Not sure where we go from here. Husband has no libido. He’s 52 and I’m 55 (with a healthy sex drive). He’s been like this for a few years. He’s trying with testosterone pills. It’s making no difference. What annoys me is that I’ve told him I would be ok with 10 mins of vibrator action once a week but he never does it. We’ve had 2 fumbles this year that lasted 10 mins, and no piv involved. If you saw him in a pub you’d never believe it: he is tall dark and handsome, you’d never guess he’s shit in the sheets. Wtf do I do?

Ong this would be my dream lol. To be married but never have sex again 🤣

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Jaynexxx · 11/08/2025 10:19

Whattodonowthenfucker · 06/05/2025 21:58

I just want to be thrown onto the bed and shagged. I’m so sad

Nothing wrong with this. I’m in the same boat with my other half. Tall dark and attractive but never wants it. But rather than having a low libido he watches porn and pleasures himself instead. But apparently adores me and cherishes me - making it hard for me to leave.

SkiAndTravelTheWorldWithMyDog · 11/07/2025 15:11

Is he on Mounjaro?

MissConductUS · 11/07/2025 14:56

He needs to go back to the doctor to have his T levels checked. He may not be absorbing it properly or be compliant in taking the pills. The transdermal T gel is more reliable.

Throwaway27 · 11/07/2025 14:53

"If you saw him in a pub you’d never believe it: he is tall dark and handsome, you’d never guess he’s shit in the sheets. Wtf do I do?"

Oh yes, height and looks have a correlation to sex drive.

what the f.

OLD post sorry but i had to.

p/s you are better off going to therapy because I feel for you, you have half a life time left and would you want to spend those with a dead sex life?

VeterinaryCareAssistant · 11/05/2025 15:49

Can you use the vibrator yourself whilst he watches?

That might turn him on.

blubbyblub · 11/05/2025 15:47

Plmnki · 06/05/2025 22:01

that sounds awful and it doesn’t seem like the comms between you are great.

it’s not just sex, it’s the lack of intimacy and contact. Not good.

is there a chance he is either gay or hiding a hefty porn addiction?

there’s a few choices here: you can drive a whole reset of the relationship comms (which may reveal unpleasant info, leading to divorce, or it may resolve things in an ideal world).

or you could choose to divorce without pushing for a resolution first

or you could choose to stay married, leave things as they are, and have other relationships for fulfillmemt

or do nothing and leave things as is (and you take the hit on how this makes you feel)

so, ok, not grest, but you do have choices.

best of luck and sympathy. It would be lousy for self esteem to be in this situation.

It’s amazing when a man says his wife no longer wants sex no one asks if she’s gay or addicted to porn. They say the man must be shit in bed, that the fastedst way to clamp shut a vagina is a man desperately wanting it and to stop being a sex pest.

the double standard are remarkable

Funkytuna · 11/05/2025 15:41

Girrrl. If he’s not willing to try then I’d be having a conversation about either breaking up or you getting it elsewhere. Life is too short!

jeaux90 · 11/05/2025 15:25

You either have to come to terms with it or you break up. Has he always been like this?

Rosemaryisaherb · 11/05/2025 14:10

Has he had a blood test? Is he on any meds? Anything that might medically cause this ? This is his port of call

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