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To not want to have sex at 5.55 am?!!

86 replies

bruffian · 26/05/2017 06:16

It's too fcking early and I'm tired.

Dh is now downstairs sulking.

OP posts:
magicat · 26/05/2017 09:48

OP, I kind of know how you feel. However, what I would say is that everyone has the right to act grumpy on the odd morning. Did your DH get the kids ready, take them to school and tidy downstairs by himself while you were still in bed? Hell would freeze over in this house before that ever happened!

ThouShallNotPass · 26/05/2017 10:10

I don't really like morning sex either. Morning breath, not all fresh and lovely after bedtime bath... nope. Oh yeah, and I'm not a morning person. I fucking hate mornings. But my husband seems to like it so I'm happy to make him happy on occasion. But if the alternative was him sulking like a child? No way! He can piss off. That's being pushy and pathetic.

Fliptophead · 26/05/2017 10:12

your DH get the kids ready, take them to school and tidy downstairs by himself while you were still in bed? Hell would freeze over in this house before that ever happened!

"By himself" Hmm

Stormtreader · 26/05/2017 10:14

"We have four dcs, and a LOT of animals."

And does he do at least 50% of the work around these in the evening? If he wants to help you have the energy for sex then he needs to take some of the work thats exhausting you off your shoulders.

bruffian · 26/05/2017 10:22

Yes he tidied up for an hour. I made kids breakfast and got their stuff ready. I wasn't just laying in bed.

He's hurt his knee so can't help me with the animals at the moment.

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Datun · 26/05/2017 10:26

bruffian

If you have told him what you have written in your opening post, and he has said nothing, it's very unlikely to be because he doesn't care.

Apart from anything else it would be counter-productive because he's not getting the sex he wants. And both you and he are miserable.

Sometimes, men just don't know what to do. They don't have a framework.

So I'm going take my feminist hat off, and put on my 'let's deal with the situation you've got' hat.

You do you need to point out to him that he is not entitled to you. You do need to point out to him that, despite the recent sex dearth, he does not generally have a sexually sterile marriage.

And then, spell it out. Be confident in your own mind what you want to happen. If this involves no sex at all, you've got a problem.

However, if this involves a compromise of some description, you need to tell him exactly what that is and how he should go about it. If he lacks the tools to think of this himself, just try giving them to him.

Tell him how it makes you feel. But phrase it so he doesn't get defensive. So instead of saying you make me feel like shit, say when you do this I feel like shit. It's a subtle difference, but sometimes it's enough to stop the barriers coming up.

You acknowledging that your rejection of him can be upsetting for him will go a long way. This isn't about winning the argument, this is about going forwards. So it is a useful thing to do.

And with my feminist hat back on, men are idiots and we shouldn't have to do this.

TheMaddHugger · 26/05/2017 11:12

quote "He's hurt his knee so can't help me with the animals at the moment."

well then his knee is too hurt for sex at 5.55am

My first thought was hows he gonna have sex with no knees ? I need coffee or more sleep.
wonders off to ponder if Bees have knees

((((((((((Hugs)))))))))) OP. I too am at that lovely stage of life.

Now Ponders why Menopause starts with 'Men

Roomba · 26/05/2017 11:16

*If you're exhausted to the point of wanting to collapse at 10pm and he's got so much energy he's waking you up for sex at silly o clock then it sounds like he's not pitching in equally at home.

If someone woke me up for sex I'd want to kill them to be honest.*

Same here, I couldn't bear that. I need what little sleep I get - anyone that wakes me will not get a good response! If they then sulked like a child about it I'd struggle to feel like having sex with them ever again, tbh. Also, some people are making it sound as though he deserves a knighthood for tidying his own house and dealing with his own children FFS!

maras2 · 26/05/2017 11:38

Nothing more clit shrivelling than a sulky sex pest.
DH helped me through the menopause with kindness and the use of his right hand when I didn't want sex.
Not too difficult really.

Fliptophead · 26/05/2017 13:24

I'd assume that meant sex and the op got to do all the work themadhugger

Allthewaves · 26/05/2017 13:57

My sleep is precious. I would not be happy to be woken up and I hate morning sex. I need a coffee, brush teeth and read news online then I would be up for sex. If course this only happens when we stay in a hotel as little people are bouncing on the bed.

We.have sex dates. Every Saturday night about half hour after eldest is in bed.

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