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AIBU that when I want to do something other than bed he gets into a sour mood?

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MagicalBagPuss · 25/08/2025 19:21

Today, for instance, we had a bit of fun before I had to get up for a hospital appointment. When I came home he wanted to continue. I had been putting off doing things like watering the dry garden and hanging up the washing which is still in the machine after being washed yesterday so I chose to water the garden. I asked him to see to the washing because it's almost entirely his things. Because I've recently had finger surgery and have severe arthritis in my hip and spine I asked if he would wind up the hose for me. NO, HAVE I GOT ANY. MORE TRIVIAL THINGS TO TALK ABOUT? That went for talking about major work to be done on the house as well. I just feel that it's too much one way and that we do spend a lot of time having fun and games, sometimes all day. He says that I am free to do what I want. How can I feel free and behave as though I am when his behaviour seems to be so dependant on our erotic life?

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Weekmindedfool · 25/08/2025 19:27

er come again?

jannier · 25/08/2025 19:29

F that leave his washing to stink for starters and don't wash anymore in the future. Remind him your not a sex toy but a woman with feelings and if someone isn't there practically or emotionally it's a big turn off.

escape · 25/08/2025 19:30

Not normal at all and you must know that.
'Sometimes all day'
I mean - good for you if you are happy & enjoy it , but if all of this against your will at any point, or stops you doing basic life tasks or work, then run like the wind and don't even tell him why.

lightningatmidnight · 25/08/2025 19:31

All day sex??? He sounds like a pest who sees you as a vessel for him rather than as a living human being with thoughts and ideas. I’d feel so dehumanised

MiloMinderbinder925 · 25/08/2025 19:34

Sounds like a bully.

Agernonthingy · 25/08/2025 19:34

Good grief, this is all sorts of wrong. 🚩🚩🚩

It’s an absolute joy to live by yourself @MagicalBagPuss , I fully recommend it.

WallaceinAnderland · 25/08/2025 19:36

The bar is low on this one.

Absentmindedsmile · 25/08/2025 19:37

So he wants to have sex all the time and you don’t? Basically you’re his sex doll and if you’re not available he’s pissed off? Dump him.

AardvarkaKedavra · 25/08/2025 19:40

Yeah, sorry, but the all-day stuff is far too much. It's one thing when you're in the first flush of romance, but by the time you're suffering with arthritis and have a busy life to get on with, he's crazy to expect that level of physicality, especially on a regular basis. If nothing else, it's boring! Who has the patience? He needs to learn that you can enjoy other aspects of life together, too, but it sounds like he's just a bully and a pest. I'd make it clear that unless he backs off and stops demanding so much, you'll be unlikely to find yourself in the mood.

Onthebusses · 25/08/2025 19:42

Agernonthingy · 25/08/2025 19:34

Good grief, this is all sorts of wrong. 🚩🚩🚩

It’s an absolute joy to live by yourself @MagicalBagPuss , I fully recommend it.

Is it wrong that every single day I wake up I say out loud with my coffee 'ah, another happy man-free day'?

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