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Sex when you’re poorly

104 replies

NotUmbongoUnchained · 09/04/2018 21:43

If your partner was ill (not contagiously ill) but just pretty much flipped out in bed for 4 days and asked for sex, would you do it?

Would it make you feel a bit “rapey”?
Or would it be fine because they asked.

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anneoneill · 09/04/2018 23:03

Wrong OP, it's about making your husband sound bad. And brigade will do that however they can.

randomuntrainedcuntowner · 09/04/2018 23:05

@starwishing - hungover sex is the best because you still have enough alcohol in your system that your inhibitions are lowered, but it's worn if a bit so you can feel things more and are more present.

NotUmbongoUnchained · 09/04/2018 23:05

Me making my husband sound bad?

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anneoneill · 09/04/2018 23:07

Sorry, that was unclear. Not you, the vipers nest.

If they can't be happy why should you?

NotUmbongoUnchained · 09/04/2018 23:08

Oh sorry I’m being dim Blush

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anneoneill · 09/04/2018 23:08

Nah, it's late and I didn't post clearly at all!

BertieBotts · 09/04/2018 23:10

Rapey?? No, how weird.

Does he mean he doesn't feel like doing it if he thinks he's going to have to do all the work and you'll just lie there being kind of unresponsive? That might be fair, even if it's unfounded, but a horrible way to put it!

If he means he thinks he would be taking advantage that would alarm me somewhat considering that it's you who has asked TBH!

NotUmbongoUnchained · 09/04/2018 23:10

CFS paired with insomnia makes for really poor reading comprehension Grin

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NotUmbongoUnchained · 09/04/2018 23:11

bertie he just said it would make him uncomfortable while I’m so “fragile”.

Which I respect, I wouldn’t want him to do anything he did want to do.

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NeedsAsockamnesty · 09/04/2018 23:13

I don’t think a bloke who refuses requested sex with a woman he perceives as being unwell and states it’s because he would feel rapey, is a bad bloke.

I think he sounds like a very decent one

snowagain · 09/04/2018 23:14

Rapey how weird

It certainly is @bertiebotts

NotUmbongoUnchained · 09/04/2018 23:22

If you’re offended by the word, you can always leave the thread.

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GrooovyLass · 09/04/2018 23:28

You look like you need a priest not a penis. DD has just shouted at me to shut up I laughed so hard at this!

What's CFS? Unless you're delirious and he has reason to think that you're not mentally able to consent I don't see the problem.

I also don't have a problem with "rapey" and I'm a rape survivor. It's a word that is in the current vernacular.

MagneticMan · 09/04/2018 23:28

Without wishing to be cruel OP if you look half dead (i.e. needing a priest rather than a penis) then he just didn't fancy having sex with you irrespective of consent. Necrophilia is quite a niche market.

snowagain · 09/04/2018 23:30

Nah I will stay right here thanks.

snowagain · 09/04/2018 23:31

Just coz people don't have a problem with the word RAPEY, that doesn't mean OTHERS are not allowed to be offended by it.

NotUmbongoUnchained · 09/04/2018 23:32

Ok, you do you Hun.

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NotUmbongoUnchained · 09/04/2018 23:34

magnetic I look like this, so I can’t say I blame him Grin

Sex when you’re poorly
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snowagain · 09/04/2018 23:36

'ok you do you hun'

What's that even mean?!

MagneticMan · 09/04/2018 23:39

NotUmbongoUnchained - That's how I look when I'm not* ill. Someone would have to be seriously desperate to want to boff me when I'm feeling unwell Grin

MagneticMan · 09/04/2018 23:40

Hmm. My first bold fail in 3+ years of posting.

Gutted Sad

NotUmbongoUnchained · 09/04/2018 23:42

magnetic Grin

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GrooovyLass · 09/04/2018 23:43

Oh I've just worked out what CFS is.

Raven88 · 09/04/2018 23:43

Once my DH thought this was a good idea when I was ill. I threw up with the movement. Never again. When I'm sick he stays away now haha.

NotUmbongoUnchained · 09/04/2018 23:45

grooovy I’m sorry I should have posted it in full, I didn’t think!

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