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saiyan · 14/08/2022 21:05

Been with my fiancé 2 years.

Prior to being in a rship we were friendly. We met online and would talk in online video streams on pof.

I knew his type was brunette or alternative hair, tattoos, piercings etc. Brunette is his favourite and emo is his preference. He prefers dressed down women (hoody's jeans etc) or Asian women.

I am blonde, girly girl, love pink, exclusively in skirts and dresses.

Despite this, We ended up forming a solid relationship.

We get along great. He is willing to relocate to be near me (I won't move as I have kids). He is good with the kids, he is supportive and we have a good relationship.

However.

Our sex life isn't great. For the first year he would only ever do the same position (spooning) and left my clothes on. He never saw me naked. He was quite selfish. I kept telling him and it got to the point where we split up over it temporarily. I gave him another chance. Credit where it's due, he now gets me naked and does other positions and ensures he takes care of me. He blamed insecurity in himself, laziness etc. I also think he's quite inexperienced. So when we have sex now, it is much better.

But

He never seems to want sex with me. 99% of the times I've initiated it he has rejected me, so I don't initiate it often now. He only wants it every now and then. Which would be fine, except I feel like he wants sex just not with me.

He's only had 2 girlfriends - with his first relationship they had sex all the time. He adored her, she was his type. (Granted he was also 20 years old and she was his first). The second girlfriend he wasn't attracted to and they hardly ever had sex. He says it was even less than he has sex with me.

In between girlfriends he had a lot of casual sex (in a self harm kind of way as he was depressed). He wanted sex and had it where he could. He's grown up since then.

When we have sex he can't get fully hard - unless he's doing something he really likes (TMI like stroking my feet). He doesn't get excited or aroused by me. I could be naked in front of him and he wouldn't care. I wonder if he has sex because he thinks he should rather than him wanting to, he says he wants to.

He tells me he is excited by me, finds me attractive and wants sex with me. He's tried supplements to increase blood flow and libido. But it's disheartening when I try everything and he's still not interested. He uses porn when he's not with me and it's usually women his preference that he looks at. He isn't addicted to porn and doesn't tend to use it when I'm around (we don't live together)

But ultimately I'm just not his type. He says I'm attractive but I feel like he thinks I'm pretty but he doesnt find me attractive like that.

I don't feel like he should need supplements with me when he's never needed them with anyone else (he's always slept with girls his type, I'm the first who isn't)

I'm someone who loves and needs sex.

AIBU to leave an otherwise good relationship?

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Twawmyarse · 14/08/2022 21:17

i knew his type was brunette or alternative hair, tattoos, piercings etc. Brunette is his favourite and emo is his preference. He prefers dressed down women (hoody's jeans etc) or Asian women.

So he basically told you his type is the complete opposite of you? Nice.

99% of the times I've initiated it he has rejected me, so I don't initiate it often now

So he rejects you pretty much all of the time? No wonder this is having a massive effect on your self esteem!

with his first relationship they had sex all the time. He adored her, she was his type.

Why the actual fuck is he telling you this? Just to hammer home the fact you're NOT his type? (He's really obsessed with having a "type" isn't he)

He doesn't get excited or aroused by me. I could be naked in front of him and he wouldn't care.

You don't have to put up with this you know? It's not a normal relationship.

He isn't addicted to porn and doesn't tend to use

Id bet you anything he's watching a great deal more than you think - it sounds like he could be porn-sick.

Im someone who loves and needs sex.

But you're not going to get it with him, so why stay?

AIBU to leave an otherwise good relationship?

It doesn't sound like a good relationship at all. You come across quite young (I don't mean that in a patronising way) - get out now and don't waste any more precious time in this crappy relationship.

Stopthebusplease · 14/08/2022 21:22

I agree with previous poster, in that I think he probably watches a lot more porn than you realise. I also don't think you'd be wrong to end the relationship, as constantly feeling like he doesn't find you attractive, and you don't turn him on, will ruin your confidence. Get rid OP, you deserve better!

AnneLovesGilbert · 14/08/2022 21:25

You like sex, you want sex, you’re barely getting any and won’t ever have the sex life you want so you definitely can’t marry him and I’d walk away now.

Knowingly or not he’s trashing your self esteem woman, don’t let him destroy it completely.

Americano75 · 14/08/2022 21:28

Leave. The relationship sounds utterly joyless and life's too short.

category12 · 14/08/2022 21:30

Sex is important. Marry him and you're consigning your libido to the bin and your self-esteem with it.

Sunnyqueen · 14/08/2022 21:35

There is absolutely no way I could deal with any of that.

Mybumlooksbig · 14/08/2022 21:40

Run for the hills my love
Xx

Madamswearsalot · 14/08/2022 21:44

Let's focus on the facts at hand - he has a very low sex drive and issues with normal erectile function. He's also told you that he had a low sex drive with a previous girlfriend. I think the 'type' thing is a bit of a red herring. I think fundamentally he has a low libido and whatever your hair colour or clothes style it would be a problem for him in a long term relationship.

It could be related to a porn habit as others have suggested. Addiction to porn often results in erectile issues and an inability to be aroused with a real life partner.

If you want to try to resolve it, you could think about seeing a trained sex therapist together. I don't think what you've already tried is going to fix things in the long term. Some people, and many more men than will admit it, have a low or almost non-existent sex drive. If its not the porn, then its likely that.

Can you live without sex? For me it's an important part of a relationship but lots of people out there can take it or leave it. Only you know how important it is for you. If it is important, and its 100% ok and normal if it is, then maybe this isn't the right relationship for you.

Sapphire387 · 14/08/2022 21:49

I think the key here is the nasty, immature messages he is giving you e.g. he adored his first girlfriend and they had sex all the time because she was his type. And that implies a comparison with you, with you coming off unfavourably.

He sounds a bit like one of those sad guys who is constantly hung up on his first girlfriend tbh.

KangarooKenny · 14/08/2022 21:52

End it now, go find someone who does want you.

thenewduchessoflapland · 14/08/2022 21:52

It Could be related to a porn habit as others have suggested.

I'm going to hazard a guess that the porn habit features things such as Asian women who are often billed as "teenage Asian girls" and Hentai porn.

I would end it with this man.He sounds as though he'll make you miserable.

SliceOfCakeCupOfTea · 14/08/2022 22:02

Has he actually told you all this info about his exs? Like he's told you he had so much more sex with his ex? Or is this implied through chats?
If he used sex as a form of self abuse for a period, it probably won't have the same meaning to him now as it did then (I'm assuming you're both young?)

saiyan · 14/08/2022 22:24

Yeah he told me his type, it was a general conversation a lot of us were having. This was before we got into a relationship.

I asked him about his sex drive with exes -
I was trying to figure out if it was a him issue or a me issue. Turns out it must be me.

He claims he slept with 62 women between the first girlfriend (who broke his heart age 20) and his second girlfriend (who he didn't really like). He doesn't seem very experienced if I'm honest. He then had a one night stand a few months before we met.

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saiyan · 14/08/2022 22:26

He said the 60+ were self harm, I can understand this. He may not have wanted the women but he wanted sex, yet doesn't want it with me. He said he barely had sex at all with the last girlfriend as he didn't find her attractive. Yet after her he had a one night stand with a girl he didn't really fancy????

He's 31 and I'm 35.

If I'm honest I feel like he's very inexperienced and probably didn't have as many as he claims.

He's very immature when it comes to relationships. Understandable as his most serious relationship was when he was 20 and that lasted 11 months.

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Marluuu · 14/08/2022 22:31

He doesn’t sound nasty and it sounds like he doesn’t want to hurt you. I would try to find a solution before binning the relationship, if otherwise good. I’d try to have a serious conversation with him to find out whether he doesn’t find you attractive or if it’s a problem with his libido, and if he insists that he does find you attractive, try the sex therapist suggestion.

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