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Are you still interested in sex

175 replies

allgoodinthehood · 02/08/2019 18:38

Just having a jokey conversation withy partner . I say " he should appreciate the fact that I'm still interested in loveaking at the age of 54 as far as I'm aware there are alot of women and men who go off it at our age . Just for transparency I have had a beer or two. 😂

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MadCattery · 02/08/2019 22:43

I'll be 59 in two weeks, DH is 59 and we're both still at it every weekend. Have only slowed down on weekdays, due to work and being tired!

Sundancer77 · 02/08/2019 22:44

Not interested at all 🤷‍♀️I’m 41 and have a one year old and am still bfing, that could have something to do with it. Haven’t done it since was pregnant, think that was only once and not for ages before that 🙄I suppose that’s not normal 🤷‍♀️

64sNewName · 02/08/2019 22:46

I’m 45. DP and I don’t live together but we usually manage 2/3 times a week, and I still love it and look forward to it and think dreamily about it the next day.

Bit like @BraveGoldie, I was in a pretty much sexless relationship for many years and am so happy to be more in tune with current DP. Hope we both stay interested a good while longer.

Andysbestadventure · 02/08/2019 22:51

33 and anything with a pulse.

Andysbestadventure · 02/08/2019 22:52

(*and it's legal Blush)

Andysbestadventure · 02/08/2019 22:53

@BettyBooJustDoinTheDoo I feel a lot of them are quickies rather than 50 minute sessions.

RosieEffect · 02/08/2019 22:53

33 have a 4 month old and couldn't care less about ever having sex again (except I want another baby). It hurts and I'm exhausted and touched out all the time. Plus feeling resentful towards dh for his lack of involvement with baby isn't exactly a mood enhancer.

Justonedayatatime11 · 02/08/2019 22:56

Me 33, DH 48. We've had sex maybe twice in the past year? Not my choice. I feel unloved, unwanted and hideous. I'd love to be having it multiple times a week but I don't think that's ever going to happen Sad

BonAccordSpur · 02/08/2019 22:57

Interestingly for me i masturbate &love it, but havent dated/be interested in having a partner since i got rid of the last arsehole i lived with ling term years ago.No i dont ever want sex with anyoneIRL again - i love a quickie with myself😂.

Advisemeplease1 · 02/08/2019 22:58

I always had the higher sex drive, but the last 2 years (I'm almost 50), I have no interest at all.

I wish that I did, but once I start getting any pleasure out of it I get stabbing pains in the rhs of my lower abdomen, so it's really put me off.

OldAndWornOut · 02/08/2019 23:03

Lately I long for the feel of a man next to me.
That feeling of someone strong and masculine..(As long as he doesn't start any funny business!)

64sNewName · 02/08/2019 23:10

@Justonedayatatime11 I really do know exactly how you feel and it’s awful. I sympathise hugely. Hope things change for you the way they have for me - easier said than done, I know, but there is life after that feeling Flowers

merlotqueen · 02/08/2019 23:15

52, haven't had sex in 8 years with DP, he is like my brother. Or child. No idea if he has sex with anybody else.

I masturbate and have torrid fantasies.

I can't bring myself to break up my family in order to get my rocks off though.

Titsywoo · 02/08/2019 23:17

Dh and I still have a really good sex life (both 40). I'm a bit terrified by the vaginal atrophy/shrinking clitoris mentioned earlier Shock

Pannalash · 02/08/2019 23:19

Would rather have a cuppa and a good book.

KittyBaxter · 02/08/2019 23:23

Are you offering

FlightofAV · 02/08/2019 23:26

For about ten days of the month I have a very precise window where I'm up for it. Not every day, but maybe 3-4 times in that period.

The rest of the month is just a write off. I'm not interested, don't need or seek any affection whatsoever and have bad mood swings.

My husband finds it very hard as would happily shag every day. I do feel bad for him but short of forcing myself to (which I won't do) then there is no solution.

Jocasta2018 · 02/08/2019 23:28

I'm 47 & would love to be interested in sex. Over 4yrs ago, the GP kept telling me I was too young to be perimenopausal despite me complaining on night sweats, no libido & hot flushes. When I finally see a GP last year who entertained the idea that I might be perimenopausal, I'm almost finished. My vagina has atrophied.
I'm on HRT for 4.5mths so far. No libido however I'm coming out in acne. Despite Vagifem, my genitals are still painful. I saw my GP yesterday & we're postponing my smear (due August) for the foreseeable future.
I've not been able to physically have sex for over 3yrs. I no longer feel like a woman. I told the GP that I'm used to it now. This is my normal. She says that the drugs will work, I will get my libido back. I can't see it happening. And if I get a libido, what's the point? Trying to have sex makes me bleed & cry. I flinch when I try to touch myself so no-one else stands a chance.
Ironically my mother in her 50s had a lover who was 29 yrs younger than her (& a year older than me).
My future life won't be able to include getting a good rogering even if I do start to want it again. I know it's a 1st world problem & I shouldn't complain but it makes me very sad and very bitter.

adayatthebeach · 02/08/2019 23:34

I’m 66 and have atrophy.Its quite painful and I have to deal with the discomfort daily. but I can’t afford the vagifem or estrace. I’m in the USA. Pharmacy wanted 400 + dollars. So no sex for me. Sad

BedraggledBlitz · 02/08/2019 23:40

Nope. Never really have been into sex. I just did it as little as possible to fulfill obligations of relationship (romantic eh?)

Best thing about being single is not having to bother with all that. Don't miss it one bit.

But yay for you enjoying it, I think your DH should be pleased/relieved!

Auntpetunia2015 · 02/08/2019 23:40

If you’d have asked me 5 years ago when I’d just come out of a 26 year marriage and little or no sex the last 13 or so I’d have said couldn’t care if I never did it again. Then 3 years ago I met my DP and now we are at it like rabbits, many times a day. We’re both 51.

userxx · 02/08/2019 23:41

@Jocasta2018 That's really really shit. I'm not surprised you feel like you do, so hope the drugs do work for you.

Gobbledyspook · 02/08/2019 23:44

I'm jealous of all the people who do it 2-3 times a day! I can just about imagine (maybe) having a morning quickie and night session. But where does the third session come in???

33 here with 3 young kids and another on the way and still love sex. Our sex life has somehow gotten better since having children, despite sleep deprivation and all the rest. It helps that DH is a considerate lover. We average 3 times a week, though maybe not full intercourse everytime iyswim.

nokidshere · 02/08/2019 23:53

I'm 58 DH is 66 and we still have sex 3 or 4 times a week, sometimes more if the teens are away. Both boys away at uni from Sept so no more creeping about and being quiet - in term times anyway. That should be fun.

Cautionsharpblade · 02/08/2019 23:57

How do the single ladies on here manage?

Well, there’s a lot of husbands on here not getting any at home...

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