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How old were you when you stopped having sex.

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whatisforteamum · 30/08/2024 08:51

I'm 57 and realised that I barely ever have sex now
Relationship issues and dh has had ED since a heart attack does have Viagra though.
I don't have much drive really tbh.
How old where you when you stopped having sex?

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spikeandbuffy · 10/09/2024 19:11

Think I'm done at 40
Endo has killed my drive off because of the constant ovary and back pain and feeling like I need the toilet every 5 mins

I was fine until 6 months ago and now I've never felt as unsexual in my life

OldScribbler · 02/02/2025 18:10

Viviennemary · 30/08/2024 11:09

It's a young person's pastime. IMHO. I have no interest in it now. Absolute chore.

Maybe I should seek help. I'm 88 and still playing.

ffsfindmeausername · 02/02/2025 21:18

OldScribbler · 02/02/2025 18:10

Maybe I should seek help. I'm 88 and still playing.

Are you a man? @OldScribbler

OldScribbler · 02/02/2025 21:39

Helabelz · 04/09/2024 14:45

38 and not by choice. I gave up trying to initiate in January of this year after being rejected probably over 100 times.

I'm trying to work out whether I stick in a sexless relationship (we don't live together but see each other 3 or 4 nights a week) or end the relationship entirely. If I end the relationship there is no guarantee that I would meet anyone and my confidence is rock bottom as it is.

He says that he still finds me attractive but can't 'bring himself' to have sex; we had a particularly difficult year with lots of stress that started all this off. I do wonder if he is just saying that to keep me onside. We are are affectionate, lots of hugs and kisses but the less I have sex the less I need the affection, they go together for me.
Edited to add - I have the same experience as PPs that we have often planned it and had a lovely day or evening in the build up and the the absolute crushing disappointment when he rolls over and goes to sleep. I have had to get up and cry in the bathroom many nights.

Edited

I find that incredibly,touchingly sad,cruel - and wonder why/

Nain5 · 02/02/2025 21:50

OldScribbler · 02/02/2025 18:10

Maybe I should seek help. I'm 88 and still playing.

Good for you keep enjoying ignore any negatives they're just jealous.😃

OldScribbler · 02/02/2025 21:54

ffsfindmeausername · 02/02/2025 21:18

Are you a man? @OldScribbler

Yes: I've been married three times and lived with three others each for a fair length of time. I now live with my last ex-partner, her husband and little daughter. But I see other women. LIfe is full of surprises!

ffsfindmeausername · 02/02/2025 22:41

OldScribbler · 02/02/2025 21:54

Yes: I've been married three times and lived with three others each for a fair length of time. I now live with my last ex-partner, her husband and little daughter. But I see other women. LIfe is full of surprises!

Knew you'd be a man no surprise there! Men can be on their death bed and still wanting sex. Can't imagine there are many women of 88 still desiring sex and still sexually active.
And why is the sex board full of men on a website aimed specifically at women ffs can't we have anything to ourselves.

IsThisOneFree · 02/02/2025 22:57

52 and in a newish relationship (getting married in the autumn.) Hope to be at it like rabbits for some time to come!

Fordian · 02/02/2025 22:57

45, 17 years ago. Neither of us could be arsed.

No issue relationship-wise at all.

We used to have a good sex life, no chandeliers involved but mutually satisfying, but gradually it dwindled away, and both of us were fine with it.

Catullus5 · 02/02/2025 23:03

ffsfindmeausername · 02/02/2025 22:41

Knew you'd be a man no surprise there! Men can be on their death bed and still wanting sex. Can't imagine there are many women of 88 still desiring sex and still sexually active.
And why is the sex board full of men on a website aimed specifically at women ffs can't we have anything to ourselves.

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OldScribbler · 03/02/2025 08:18

ffsfindmeausername · 02/02/2025 22:41

Knew you'd be a man no surprise there! Men can be on their death bed and still wanting sex. Can't imagine there are many women of 88 still desiring sex and still sexually active.
And why is the sex board full of men on a website aimed specifically at women ffs can't we have anything to ourselves.

So what? Try not to be cantankerous. I'm not here to talk about sex in particular: this is the only time I have done so. All my other posts have been about other subjects. I have never heard in many years of a man wanting sex on his death bed.

StarlightLady · 03/02/2025 08:48

40s and still happily rocking on. Hope to continue to do so.

l have a widowed friend in her late 60s who has 2 lovers, one of them is a little more than 10 years younger than her.

SirChenjins · 03/02/2025 22:26

OldScribbler · 03/02/2025 08:18

So what? Try not to be cantankerous. I'm not here to talk about sex in particular: this is the only time I have done so. All my other posts have been about other subjects. I have never heard in many years of a man wanting sex on his death bed.

I remember you talking about pubic hair and erotic body hair on women very recently <grim>.

OldScribbler · 04/02/2025 08:31

SirChenjins · 03/02/2025 22:26

I remember you talking about pubic hair and erotic body hair on women very recently <grim>.

And?

OldScribbler · 04/02/2025 08:34

Did I say I never talk about sex? And you do sound grim.

SirChenjins · 04/02/2025 09:07

You literally said this is the only time I have done so - and yet there you were, on a thread about women’s pubic hair, talking about how erotic you find body hair…

blackheartsgirl · 04/02/2025 09:58

I had an active sexlife until late dh became ill.

im 47 now. I doubt I’ll ever have sex again, as I’ll never have another relationship. I’m past all that now

beguilingeyes · 04/02/2025 12:07

57 or so. The menopause pretty much killed my libido stone dead. I'm 63 now.

OldScribbler · 04/02/2025 12:42

SirChenjins · 04/02/2025 09:07

You literally said this is the only time I have done so - and yet there you were, on a thread about women’s pubic hair, talking about how erotic you find body hair…

Sorry, my memory is not infallible. Nor will yours be when you get to be very old. But if you had absolutely nothing better to do you would see that my comments are not normally about sex.

SirChenjins · 04/02/2025 15:27

Oh I think most people (regardless of what age they are) don't claim they've never done something whilst calling a woman 'cantankerous' for questioning why a man is posting about his sex life on a women's forum - esp when that man has posted in the way he has.

OldScribbler · 04/02/2025 19:35

SirChenjins · 04/02/2025 15:27

Oh I think most people (regardless of what age they are) don't claim they've never done something whilst calling a woman 'cantankerous' for questioning why a man is posting about his sex life on a women's forum - esp when that man has posted in the way he has.

Edited

Don't you have a life to live?

SirChenjins · 04/02/2025 19:44

You should spend yours working on improving your memory.

OldScribbler · 04/02/2025 22:56

SirChenjins · 04/02/2025 19:44

You should spend yours working on improving your memory.

If you ever get to my age or are even vaguely aware of how the memory is affected in old age you wouldn't make such a stupid suggestion.

ElectricLegs · 04/02/2025 23:17

Come on you two. A little mutual respect goes a long way.

Whatevershallidowithmylife · 05/02/2025 09:18

Turning this back to the question ….2017 after having pelvic radiotherapy- got rid of the cancer but screwed everything else up!

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