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AIBU to consider leaving my marriage over our sex life?

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Pocahontasandme · 11/04/2026 20:30

I’m in my early 50s and my husband is in his late 60s. I know the age gap is too big but we fell in love decades ago when it didn’t seem to matter. We have 2 children in their late teens. He has suffered from erectile dysfunction for years. I’ve finally realised that he won’t recover. I’m so sad and disappointed. I feel liked I can’t blow up a marriage just because of sex when, from what I hear, sex won’t matter so much to me after the menopause. But it does now. I sometimes think I should leave once the kids move out- aibu?

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BIossomtoes · 13/04/2026 08:27

PiggieWig · 12/04/2026 22:16

The over 50s dating pool is not full of kind, loveable, and sexually compatible men. There are success stories but there are a lot of compromises being made.
I wouldn’t leave a loving marriage for a punt on it, personally.

Women significantly outnumber men in that dating pool. The competition for a decent man at that age is huge. My single friends thought the age of miracles had returned when I met my bloke in my mid 40s.

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