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Or is this absolutely batshit (sex life related)

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Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:03

NC long term person.

DP (42) and I (36) been together 4 years. Live together. No kids between us (one each). I have high stress job (main breadwinner) DP runs own business pretty chilled most of the time.

Anyway…always enjoyed a good varied sex life, frequent as in 3/4 times a week, more if we have time (free house etc)

Lately he has started to guilt trip me about our ‘lack of sex’ ‘sexless relationship’. At first told him outright this was rubbish. But he insists we used to have sex more (not to my knowledge in fact was less when we only see each other once or twice a week before cohabiting), now it’s literally 2 days after we have sex he starts on about ‘when we get our sex life back’ like it’s been months.

More than that, the extra fun stuff we enjoy dressing up etc is now starting to become something he expects ‘to come home from work to’, apparently I don’t put enough effort or creativity into sex ‘like you used to’. Again rubbish but also has to have some understanding I have a life outside of standing in my knickers at the door waiting for him.

come to the crux of it today and he says ‘I feel like I should be able to ask for whatever I want and get it, I should be able to touch you within reason (and reason was if I was ill) and you should want it’

all of this coupled with, ‘you rejecting me damages my self esteem, I do anything you want sexually to keep you, I get pain in my balls if I don’t cum’.

baffled as to where all this is coming from. I have told him his is a huge turn off and he told me that if it’s such a turn off ‘expressing my (his) needs’ then it isn’t a ‘safe relationship’

He denies any porn use, never had reason to suspect (especially given healthy sex life).

are we suddenly massively not sexually compatible or is he being unreasonable!?!

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Terrribletwos · 16/04/2026 13:46

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:18

This is very interesting.

He is supportive of my job, (one I have had many years before him) but he does occasionally moan about how often I work.

He definitely has low self esteem, again improved a bit in the years we have been together but still there. I am just a bit sick of constantly reassuring him and more than that having to go above and beyond to reassure him when literally 2 days later it’s all forgotten

I would definitely just end this relationship. He sounds very needy . It's come about all of a sudden. If you're sick of constantly reassuring him, why? Why do you constantly have to reassure him? You shouldn't have to do this.

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:46

Mangelwurzelfortea · 16/04/2026 13:44

Reading your post gave ME the ick, OP, so it must be worse for you. Urghhhh. I'd be kicking his aching nutsack right out of my house.

😂😂🤣🤣

I’m not even convinced it can hurt after 12 hours personally

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Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:45

Kokonimater · 16/04/2026 13:43

They do say that women need to feel loved to want sex and men need sex to feel loved. Do you think he is feeling unloved? He does sound very insecure and as you say, continually reassuring him is not very sexy. Would you consider a couples therapy?

Yeah I would, he doesn’t think we need it but would probably go along.

He is adamant that that how he feels is entirely normal

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Mangelwurzelfortea · 16/04/2026 13:44

Reading your post gave ME the ick, OP, so it must be worse for you. Urghhhh. I'd be kicking his aching nutsack right out of my house.

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:44

AliceAbsolum · 16/04/2026 13:39

This is very controlling. Red flags allllll over this OP.

Not disagreeing but what makes you think this is controlling?

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FullMetalCapacity · 16/04/2026 13:44

Duckswaddle · 16/04/2026 13:11

Sounds like he’s been hoovered into the manosphere.

I'd bet money on this. He's made some buddies on odd bits of the internet.

Kokonimater · 16/04/2026 13:43

They do say that women need to feel loved to want sex and men need sex to feel loved. Do you think he is feeling unloved? He does sound very insecure and as you say, continually reassuring him is not very sexy. Would you consider a couples therapy?

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:42

FeliciaFancybottom · 16/04/2026 13:38

Please say you're going to dump him, this won't get better. I can't believe he's actually got the nerve to ring you at work and complain that he needs to cum and you won't let him 😬

Honestly. It’s not quite this. But it’s the expectation

‘hi babe, how’s work? Want me to pick up some wraps for tea?’

‘yeah that be good, all ok here lots to do as always, meetings etc ’

‘are you wet thinking about me?’

’ermm not really just had a very dull meeting’

‘oh? So you don’t get wet thinking about me then anymore? You always used to’

SIGHHHHHHHHHH

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Poplipso · 16/04/2026 13:42

What a disgusting man, not many women would want a relationship with that
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

CocksBolingey · 16/04/2026 13:41

This would turn me off to the point of no return🤢
Dump him.

Thegoldenoriole · 16/04/2026 13:41

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:31

It’s the constant dribble of ‘well work will be harder today’

‘why is that darling?’

‘well, my balls are getting painful’

‘oh are they? we had sex 2 days ago so that’s unusual maybe get that checked out’

‘it’s nothing health related, it’s because I need to cum, I get frustrated when I don’t cum, why are you making it weird but talking about doctors when I just need the woman I love to let me cum when I need to’

christ

Ewwwww. I would lose allll respect, never mind desire, for my husband if he ever talked like this.

He also seems to have confused the right to ask for what you want in a relationship with the right to get what you want.

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:40

I should add, he is great in bed and bery giving and this can be some of the issue as sometimes he just ‘wants to do things to you (me)’ and I can’t be bothered and would rather just give him a BJ but apparently that is not in the ‘spirit’ of what he wanted in that moment.

read a post on here recently and someone said they love the ‘2 week bliss’ after putting out knowing they did their bit for their man, not a fan of that myself I prefer more than every 2 weeks, but fuck me I wish he was satisfied with a blow Job occasionally

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AliceAbsolum · 16/04/2026 13:39

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:37

Genuine question as I have asked the same

‘why should he have to wank when he has a long term committed partner he is attracted to?’

This is very controlling. Red flags allllll over this OP.

FeliciaFancybottom · 16/04/2026 13:38

Please say you're going to dump him, this won't get better. I can't believe he's actually got the nerve to ring you at work and complain that he needs to cum and you won't let him 😬

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:37

FeliciaFancybottom · 16/04/2026 13:36

Jesus, I couldn't put up with that. Has he never heard of wanking?

Genuine question as I have asked the same

‘why should he have to wank when he has a long term committed partner he is attracted to?’

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IdaGlossop · 16/04/2026 13:37

He's not serving his own interests by going on like this. Why would you want to have sex with a man who is doing nothing to make you feel positive about him, who is making clear he thinks sex with you is a right and not a privilege, and who is denying you your own reactions to him by telling you you should welcome him touching you. I feel for you.

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:36

Murfmeister · 16/04/2026 13:31

I had one like this. At first I tried to please him, then he expected more and more even when he knew I was uncomfortable and unhappy.

One day, something inside me just clicked and I dumped him.

I didn't realise how badly it was affecting my mental health, attitude, and happiness until I was out of it.

If I was ever in this situation again, I would walk. It doesn't get better, it gets worse and leaves lasting damage (or it did for me). Luckily my husband is nothing like this at all, but for a while it was struggle and I was waiting for him to be like my ex and I cannot tell you the relief I felt when I realised he was in no way similar ....

Sorry to hear you had the same.

I totally get the increase, more and more, ok we had sex for an hour, but next time can we also do XYZ because you know I love that too and we ‘never seem to do that anymore’

never meaning in the last 2 weeks or something

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FeliciaFancybottom · 16/04/2026 13:36

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:31

It’s the constant dribble of ‘well work will be harder today’

‘why is that darling?’

‘well, my balls are getting painful’

‘oh are they? we had sex 2 days ago so that’s unusual maybe get that checked out’

‘it’s nothing health related, it’s because I need to cum, I get frustrated when I don’t cum, why are you making it weird but talking about doctors when I just need the woman I love to let me cum when I need to’

christ

Jesus, I couldn't put up with that. Has he never heard of wanking?

Doggodoggo · 16/04/2026 13:36

He's treating you like a sex doll

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:35

CraftyYankee · 16/04/2026 13:30

Definitely sounds like manosphere crap. Are you still having sex with him while he's going on about this?

I enjoy a good sex life so we had sex like 3 days ago, but last 2 days have been insistent about this nonsense, and something has clicked a bit whereas before I think I just ignored it or told him he was being ridiculous.

I know for a fact we have a good sex life and he persists and has continued texting, calling moaning etc for 2 days while we have been at work. So Iv come here for advice as now it’s just weird and I can’t ignore it.

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Lomonald · 16/04/2026 13:34

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:28

Fuck knows, sick of hearing about his ball juice tbh

😂 I think you should tell him this !

Murfmeister · 16/04/2026 13:31

I had one like this. At first I tried to please him, then he expected more and more even when he knew I was uncomfortable and unhappy.

One day, something inside me just clicked and I dumped him.

I didn't realise how badly it was affecting my mental health, attitude, and happiness until I was out of it.

If I was ever in this situation again, I would walk. It doesn't get better, it gets worse and leaves lasting damage (or it did for me). Luckily my husband is nothing like this at all, but for a while it was struggle and I was waiting for him to be like my ex and I cannot tell you the relief I felt when I realised he was in no way similar ....

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 13:31

It’s the constant dribble of ‘well work will be harder today’

‘why is that darling?’

‘well, my balls are getting painful’

‘oh are they? we had sex 2 days ago so that’s unusual maybe get that checked out’

‘it’s nothing health related, it’s because I need to cum, I get frustrated when I don’t cum, why are you making it weird but talking about doctors when I just need the woman I love to let me cum when I need to’

christ

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CraftyYankee · 16/04/2026 13:30

Definitely sounds like manosphere crap. Are you still having sex with him while he's going on about this?

Weatheronshuffle · 16/04/2026 13:29

If his balls hurt that much he should see a doctor.

Honestly I've got the ick reading this and I'd be reducing sex to zero and leaving him to his sore balls.

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