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AIBU?

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Sex or not to sex…

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Tiillytubby · 11/04/2026 20:32

AIBU? I love my partner, and I’m happy and looking forward to our future lives together…but, I have close to zero desire to have sex. Not with him, not with anyone, and I’m totally content with that. I don’t want to ‘supplement with testosterone’ or read smutty prose to get myself in the mood. I’m completely content with my low sex drive. It feels to me as if this is simply a natural phase of my cyclical life span…mother into crone. Why do we fear this stage?? Genuinely asking as to me i don’t feel ‘wrong’; quite the opposite. (F46)

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catipuss · 11/04/2026 20:42

Can you not just have sex for his sake? You obviously like him and is it such a big deal? Not every five minutes but enough to keep him happy?

Wannabegreenfingers · 11/04/2026 20:41

Totally up to you. How does your partner feel??

Personally at 47 my sex life if full and incredibly satisfying. The thought of never having sex again is awful.

Nothankyoupleasenottoday · 11/04/2026 20:41

Wouldn’t work for me, but of course, you do you. But, is he also happy with it? If he is, all good. If he’s not? That is a problem.

Pinkflamingo10 · 11/04/2026 20:39

You’re being perfectly reasonable. you are entitled to not want sex at all. We can’t all keep having sex forever until the day we die, and a time will come when we cannot or we don’t want to any more.
presumably your partner knows this already ? Maybe they feel the same ? Or do they ? Have you discussed it ?

Tink3rbell30 · 11/04/2026 20:39

I'm the same and I'm younger than you. I find the whole thing quite gross really and have no desire for my PH to be messed with by any man.

Tiillytubby · 11/04/2026 20:36

Well, it wouldn’t be utterly utterly sexless; but I guess he’s free to go if it’s an absolute dealbreaker…

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Notmyreality · 11/04/2026 20:34

Well, you do you. Question is, how does he feel an about a sexless future?