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AIBU?

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To think new man should have told me he has performance issues

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QueenAnnesLeftSock · 09/06/2023 09:41

i’d just like to start by saying that this isn’t about the performance issues, I will use the sex board for that. It’s about whether IaBU to be annoyed or disappointed that he didn’t tell me about it. I wanted to ask here first so I don’t dive in with both feet and make him feel worse than he prob already does.

background: I’m 38. A while ago I met a guy online, not through a dating site, more a friend of a friend type situ. He’s 38 and never been married nor as far as I can tell has he really had a very serious relationship. We started off chatting as part of a larger group and then it went to private emails and then phone calls. He is brilliant, a lovely man, and even though I was worried that the remote stuff wouldn’t be real it was all actually better when we met in person. So far so good right!

but the thing is we’d got very flirty before meeting, lots of chat about what we wanted to do, that sort of thing. Only when I stayed over for the first time, it just wasn’t happening. It’s been about 2 months now, we’ve spent the night together several times and he just can’t, there’s nothing happening down there at all. I haven’t said anything, I’ve just tried various things and then it’s just moved back to kissing and talking and we haven’t discussed it but it’s becoming a real elephant in the room.

So I don’t want to be but I can’t deny now I’m feeling a bit fed up, we’ve spent so many hours talking about everything under the sun and describing stuff in detail, and now I feel that he was maybe sitting there knowing all along that he wouldn’t be able to do it. I think I need to come to terms with how I feel about this before I tackle the topic with him so i don’t make it alllll about me, if that makes sense.

To summarize aIBU to be pissed off that for months i thought we were sharing our deepest secrets and sexy chat when he was keeping something hidden and must have known it was going to be difficult or impossible to do what was being described?

Any thoughts welcome 🙏

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Averagjo · 22/06/2023 16:47

I stepped away from this thread as it was an accidental discovery in the first place and I felt I was an intruder ( wrong sex) in this space.

I have to confess I've not kept up, but a couple of things...

We can't just lie back and think of England...
The fear of being "binned" for ED feeds the anxiety. Only 5 people know to this day the challenges I faced.
ED doesn't make us a paedophile. But I accept we're more likely to be in this category than you.
Most of the Alphas I know have been or a regularly unfaithful to their partners.

Surely have the conversation. Me personally I could be extremely passionate but the final act eluded me.

QueenAnnesLeftSock · 26/06/2023 12:54

@WhatTheFlipToDo thank you for asking!

so, I’ve spent the weekend there since last posting, and let’s just say that things do work and we’re clearly more in the psychological camp for actual penetration.

which was new (he has been single for a while, lots of build up and therefore pressure etc).

so I’m now very reassured that he didn’t lie or conceal something major like a permanent health issue with it, and I know things do work, so I’m no longer worried about him faking phone sex (or no more than anyone would be with anyone doing that, anyway!!). Decisions about what to do and how to work through it aren’t really aibu, I think!

@Averagjo thank you for your insight. I don’t think you should feel at all that it’s not your space, it’s not “onlymumsnet”; it’s for everyone!

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pendleflyer · 26/06/2023 17:01

glad it's good news, even if your first para sounds like an announcement from NASA.
enjoy each other.

acpk55 · 26/06/2023 17:35

While neither of you might like the idea, you could look into some of the ED meds, they work well as a kind of “safety net”, even having just them available for use might help give some reassurance

QueenAnnesLeftSock · 27/06/2023 12:17

@pendleflyer that made me laugh. I’m always very conscious of not giving wank fodder to the perverts, so try to keep it bland!!

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DeliciouslyDecadent · 27/06/2023 15:08

Great to have your update and that it's all working (out).

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