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Or is this absolutely batshit (sex life related)

338 replies

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!?!

OP posts:
Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 17/04/2026 14:02

"I should be able to..." "I want..."

It's all about him isn't it? Him and his dick. I don't think he believes you're a real human being at all. He spends all his time thinking about sex, so YOU should too, and the fact you don't he's taking as rejection. Not you being a person with other stuff to do with life.

How the hell does he ever get through life?

yebba2026 · 17/04/2026 14:01

Well OP, my vagina has clamped shut in solidarity! The ick doesn't even begin to describe it. Bloody hell!

Beachtastic · 17/04/2026 13:53

BauhausOfEliott · 17/04/2026 12:21

@Beachtastic Yeah, I write and edit for a living, and I don't think that was AI either.

I find it really annoying when people dismiss interesting, clever posts as "AI" as though humans are incapable of formulating any such thing.

Especially as @JacquesHarlow was one of the first on this thread to identify the problem here.

Beachtastic · 17/04/2026 13:51

Elanol · 17/04/2026 12:38

Yeah, I've just said the same thing to myself. It's escalating.

OP will now be responsible for him being angry. It's a step or two away from ''you made me do it,,,,'' vibes...

It's very frightening, agreed.

OP be very careful about next steps. Go quietly. Find a way to remove him from your life without alerting him to your intentions until you are safely separate from him.

Have you done a Claire's Law on him? I think in this case it would be warrranted.

Pricelessadvice · 17/04/2026 13:46

Yuk. He’s just a sex pest who sees you as his real life blow up doll.

OneOfEachPlease · 17/04/2026 13:26

OP, I’m sure he is just pathetic. But if you are dumping him and if he is now making references to being angry, do make screenshots of all of these messages from him and save them. Just in case he gets nasty and you need some proof for any future purpose.

Leavesandthings · 17/04/2026 13:24

He is "starting to feel angry" now because his flesh light is daring to say no?

Just to echo other posters
THIS IS REVOLTING
THIS IS SEXUAL COERCION

please leave for your own sake, you sound like a switched on woman and noone deserves to this.

I just can't get over how disgusting he is.

MrsJPBP · 17/04/2026 13:19

This would be a deal breaker for me, and I certainly wouldn’t want my daughter living in a house with a man like this. He is disgusting.

Sortingmyself · 17/04/2026 13:17

Tulipsanddandelions · 17/04/2026 11:47

It didn’t do the photo but the actual message, word for word says;

‘Please just give me a cumshot and let taste your cum. I’m starting to feel a bit testy/angry xxxxxx’

I have just left the house for work.

😱😱😱😱 that is vomit inducing.

Daleksatemyshed · 17/04/2026 13:06

Some men don't ever think that they're pushing their luck too far in relationships, they simply don't think they're so unreasonable that their partner will up and leave them, he's one of them Op. You do meet his needs, it's his wants that no one can cope with because he wants more and more.
He's vexed now, soon the real emotional blackmail will start and he'll never stop. Take your DD and leave him, if I had a DD he's not a man I'd want living with her

SissySpacekAteMyHamster · 17/04/2026 13:02

I couldn't even look at him never mind have sex with him. The ick is astounding.

LittlestBoho · 17/04/2026 12:54

He is revolting.

I could never be attracted to him again after this pathetic behaviour. He's like a dog with two dicks.

Also his "yes but that was last wednesday, what about now?" Message is bizarre. So are you just supposed to continually 'one up' the previous week with crazier and more daring sexploits? It's not possible. Katy Perry said her ex husband Russell Brand was like that. Always demanding more wacky sex stuff and making her feel she wasnt exciting enough. And we all know how he ended up...

Nanny0gg · 17/04/2026 12:51

Tulipsanddandelions · 16/04/2026 15:35

Yup and him coming home to me dressed up is the most vanilla of the things he suggests coming home.

but what is worse is he will see I have had a busy day, come in from work, shopping bags etc and still make some vague comment about ‘all the way home I was hoping you would be home first so I could find you playing with yourself’ honestly I wish I was lying.

I mean I have actually laughed out loud in his face at stuff like this when he spouts it, but it doesn’t deter him, it just seems to compound the fact I ‘hate him and clearly don’t fancy him’

He is definitely watching porn

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 17/04/2026 12:51

I’ve read everything you’ve posted and I started off thinking he was actually lucky (every two days!) and he was unrealistic to think he was being hard done by. As I kept reading, I thought he seemed more and more immature and irritating. But now I’m at the end I’m honestly wondering how you’d get past the absolute icky entitlement of all of this. It’s proper sex pest behaviour but the word ‘angry’ to me is so worrying that I don’t think I could summon up enthusiasm to sleep with a man after he said that. Angry?! At not getting daily sex on demand? What’s he planning to do about that anger? Absolutely awful behaviour from him. The screenshot is revolting. You aren’t a sex doll, you’re a person.

Nanny0gg · 17/04/2026 12:44

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

How does it feel being his sex toy?

You know exactly where you belong in his life

How old are your children?

Godrabbit · 17/04/2026 12:39

If my husband started saying things like this, I'd think he was having some sort of break with reality and we would be on our way to the GP... assuming he isn't having some sort of episode mental illness, he'd be out on his arse. Instantly. Get some self respect, OP, you deserve pretty much LITERALLY ANYONE compared to this.

Elanol · 17/04/2026 12:38

BauhausOfEliott · 17/04/2026 12:18

Yes, and the fact that he's mentioned feeling 'angry' feels like an escalation to me. To me, that screams "If you don't have sex with me, I can't be responsible for my actions" which is the reddest of red flags.

Yeah, I've just said the same thing to myself. It's escalating.

OP will now be responsible for him being angry. It's a step or two away from ''you made me do it,,,,'' vibes...

TheHouse · 17/04/2026 12:34

hes a weirdo

Dozer · 17/04/2026 12:32

Cheated on past partners.
4 years is his longest relationship.
Pressuring you about sex.
Making numerous statements that suggest he has sexist, entitled attitudes. His behaviour is sexist and potentially co-ercive

It’d be irresponsible to continue this relationship when you have DC.

Having a DD and step DD and claiming to believe in equality etc don’t mean he’s not sexist and entitled: his actions show he is.

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 17/04/2026 12:29

Daffodillz · 17/04/2026 12:26

Because OP says it's something that has started happening lately and hasn't been a theme throughout the entirety of their relationship. Could help to find out what's going on with him.

It doesn't matter when it started. Its still how he see's her now. He's an absolutely appalling person, the fact that he's managed to hide that until recently doesn't make his any less disgusting.

Daffodillz · 17/04/2026 12:26

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 17/04/2026 12:24

Why on earth would anyone want to even try couples counselling with that?

Couples counselling is for people who have issues that can be worked through, not for people who see their partner as an object to spunk on.

He's barely human, let alone someone who should be in a relationship.

Because OP says it's something that has started happening lately and hasn't been a theme throughout the entirety of their relationship. Could help to find out what's going on with him.

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 17/04/2026 12:24

Daffodillz · 17/04/2026 12:22

Is couples counselling an option? He's living in some kind of cock-centric fantasy land. Please tell him how disgusted it makes you feel.

Why on earth would anyone want to even try couples counselling with that?

Couples counselling is for people who have issues that can be worked through, not for people who see their partner as an object to spunk on.

He's barely human, let alone someone who should be in a relationship.

Mintchocs · 17/04/2026 12:24

Oh God the stuff he is saying is scummy and revolting. Dump him OP honestly this is classic manosphere shite where you are an inferior person (women) just there to service his sexual needs.

And btw I used to be a nurse and no it is not a scientific concept that a mans balls hurt if he doesnt ejaculate for a while... i mean, christs sake!!

Also he sounds like hes hedging round the consent issue in a way that gets my red flags waving.

Ovasaurus · 17/04/2026 12:22

Read up on sexual coercion.
Utterly grim man

Daffodillz · 17/04/2026 12:22

Is couples counselling an option? He's living in some kind of cock-centric fantasy land. Please tell him how disgusted it makes you feel.

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