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To dislike my husband masturbating in bed?

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justabigdisco · 30/08/2025 18:30

I was woken last night by the bed shaking and my husband heavy breathing. I asked him WTF he was doing and he said ‘just trying to get comfy in bed’ however it was clear he was wanking next to me while I slept. There have been other episodes where I’ve been woken up and thought ‘is he…?’ but never been sure until last night.

I haven’t said anything to him yet but have been thinking about it all day. He has a higher sex drive than me and I know this frustrates him, but AIBU to find it a bit gross and disrespectful?

OP posts:
Timeforabitofpeace · 31/08/2025 08:47

That’s pretty unpleasant.

SummerDaysAreTheBest · 31/08/2025 08:19

Presumably you’ve all had sex with your husbands? Really don’t understand the “grim” or “disgusting “ comments. Just bizarre.

I would however be pissed off at anyone waking me up!

MyDogHumpsThings · 31/08/2025 07:54

literalbinbag · 31/08/2025 03:44

When you have sex, do you immediately jump up and change the sheets?

We use condoms, but also get up to use toilet, wash hands etc.

MyDogHumpsThings · 31/08/2025 07:53

ThatRareLimeFinch · 30/08/2025 21:59

me personally, this is such a non-issue here.
ive done it to, sometimes ive told him, other times i havent.
ive also woken to him wanking. i just smiled and rolled over and went back to sleep.
its the same bed we have sex in, and its not like ive not seen it before. if thats what he wants to do before he sleeps, so what?

What did he do with the ejaculate? Not judging, just curious.

literalbinbag · 31/08/2025 03:45

literalbinbag · 31/08/2025 03:44

When you have sex, do you immediately jump up and change the sheets?

This was in response to @freerangethighs- sorry, still working out how this works!

literalbinbag · 31/08/2025 03:44

When you have sex, do you immediately jump up and change the sheets?

AmazonianWarrior · 31/08/2025 02:50

freerangethighs · 31/08/2025 02:40

I don't see how this would work. One, it seems to risk waking you up, and so I'd think that unless there's previous agreement he'd go into an another room to do this as he would to, say, make a phone call or play video games or watch TV. And two, unless he's VERY handy (no pun intended), he runs the risk of getting spooze on the sheets, which he cannot change whilst you're asleep and so will have to marinate in until morning.

Yuk! You make good points in your response! OP doesn’t say if he goes out to clean himself up and what he does with the (ahem) jiz…

AmazonianWarrior · 31/08/2025 02:48

justabigdisco · 30/08/2025 18:30

I was woken last night by the bed shaking and my husband heavy breathing. I asked him WTF he was doing and he said ‘just trying to get comfy in bed’ however it was clear he was wanking next to me while I slept. There have been other episodes where I’ve been woken up and thought ‘is he…?’ but never been sure until last night.

I haven’t said anything to him yet but have been thinking about it all day. He has a higher sex drive than me and I know this frustrates him, but AIBU to find it a bit gross and disrespectful?

I wouldn’t like it. Like people already said, he’s doing something sexual next to you in bed, he should have your consent!
I’d tell him to sort himself out while he’s having a shower.

freerangethighs · 31/08/2025 02:40

I don't see how this would work. One, it seems to risk waking you up, and so I'd think that unless there's previous agreement he'd go into an another room to do this as he would to, say, make a phone call or play video games or watch TV. And two, unless he's VERY handy (no pun intended), he runs the risk of getting spooze on the sheets, which he cannot change whilst you're asleep and so will have to marinate in until morning.

citygirl77 · 31/08/2025 02:31

citygirl77 · 30/08/2025 18:36

Can’t be do it in the shower, with the door locked? Then he can clean himself and the sheets stay clean….

Well considering he is doing it whilst he thinks she is asleep, he obviously doesn’t want her involved. So if that’s the case he can take a few steps to the bathroom. It’s called respect.

Mistyglade · 31/08/2025 02:10

I’d find it rather arousing.

Rewis · 31/08/2025 02:01

WhatABigYikes · 31/08/2025 01:46

I'd find it a turn on tbh and want to join in

I find this quite interesting. Me and my partner have a healthy sex life. If I choose to masturbate, it is because I want to orgasm through mastirbation, and my partner joining me would totally ruin it. That being said, i would not mastirbate next to my partner unless it was supposed to be a joint sexy thing, but then it wouldn't be masturbation.

IamtheDevilsAvocado · 31/08/2025 01:57

gillefc82 · 31/08/2025 01:10

I think you meant DP rather than OP unless there’s about to be a juicy secret revealed….?!! 🤣🤣

Yeah it was a mistype rather than a juicy secret 😂

WhatABigYikes · 31/08/2025 01:46

I'd find it a turn on tbh and want to join in

TheFunDog · 31/08/2025 01:41

Jeez! You share a bed!! Either join in with him or let him get on with it....
There should definitely be a conversation between you both....

SouthLondonMum22 · 31/08/2025 01:38

Thegoadingtoad · 31/08/2025 01:16

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/24332-masturbation

masturbation is a need for any adult male with a normal libido. If someone is sexually unsatisfied, then their partner starts objecting to them having a wank, what other options have they got?

I don't think it's objecting to the wank, it's objecting to wanking next to a person who is trying to sleep and doesn't want to be disturbed.

FortuneFaded · 31/08/2025 01:35

Anyone else thinking Dave Gorman should be reading some of these comments out in a “found poem”?

FortuneFaded · 31/08/2025 01:34

Depends. What is he planning to do with the jizz? Preferably keeping it to himself, I don’t want an unwanted pearl necklace to clutch if I wake up. It’s ok with me if the jizz is aimed away from me and stays away from my side of the bed.

Thegoadingtoad · 31/08/2025 01:16

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/24332-masturbation

masturbation is a need for any adult male with a normal libido. If someone is sexually unsatisfied, then their partner starts objecting to them having a wank, what other options have they got?

Masturbation: Facts & Benefits

Masturbation is the self-stimulation of your genitals or other sensitive areas of your body for sexual arousal or pleasure.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/24332-masturbation

Cherryicecreamx · 31/08/2025 01:11

Ew. I'd actually feel pretty violated. I didn't give permission for him to do that next to me. Sleeping should be our safe space.. not wondering what he is doing next to me.
I'd also wake up feeling extremely uncomfortable and thinking was he wanking over me whilst I was asleep??!
Unless you have a consenting partner, of course it should be done in a private ALONE space.

gillefc82 · 31/08/2025 01:10

IamtheDevilsAvocado · 31/08/2025 01:02

Me too... Esp when stressed... Sometimes OP will wake and join me! 😉

I think you meant DP rather than OP unless there’s about to be a juicy secret revealed….?!! 🤣🤣

IamtheDevilsAvocado · 31/08/2025 01:02

CallieOMally · 30/08/2025 19:51

…do none of you do this? Really? I do this quite a lot when I can’t sleep 😕 no idea whether it bothers my husband or not.

Me too... Esp when stressed... Sometimes OP will wake and join me! 😉

gillefc82 · 31/08/2025 00:44

SandrenaIsMyBloodType · 30/08/2025 18:51

I would have no issue with the masturbation but waking me up is problematic. If the house is not on fire then don’t wake me

This!

DH having a quick wank in bed next to me wouldn’t be an issue personally, provided he didn’t disturb me sleeping!

In fact, there’s been a few occasions where I’ve woken up feeling horny during the night and masturbated with DH asleep beside me. I had a wank because either I didn’t want to disturb/wake him or because I was more in the mood for a quick and dirty self administered orgasm than full blown sex.

Honestly, it’s never once occurred to me I might need DH’s consent so I can climax. Plus whenever I have mentioned my nocturnal activities to him the next day, the only thing he’s said is to wake him up next time so he can get involved!! 😂

SummerFrog25 · 31/08/2025 00:33

SarahLHs · 30/08/2025 18:34

Not unreasonable. I’d be disgusted.

Why?

SummerFrog25 · 31/08/2025 00:31

GeorgeClooneyshouldhavemarriedme · 30/08/2025 18:32

Woken by him wanking?
Grim.

No it's not.