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Sex life deteriorating

35 replies

BrickPhone · 11/04/2013 09:30

I could do with some kind advice. Background: My fiancé is 30 and I'm 31, recently engaged, no kids.
Our life together is fab, except recently sex has deteriorated.
Where we stand at the moment, midweek is off the cards because he's too tired from work. (He's a teacher.) Then at the weekend we have a very busy social life and it almost always involves drinking so evenings are out of the question because it's late by the time we get in.Then recently in the wkend mornings he's started having trouble with his fella not really working iyswim. So at the moment I reckon we're averaging at best once a week, maybe once a fortnight. If it was up to me we'd dtd much more often!
Over several months I've tried all approaches I can think of - trying to gently initiate things, asking directly when we can dtd, little jokes, sit down talks to ask if anything's wrong or bothering him, asking if theres anything i should do, complaining, and getting huffy. I tried saying nothing and not initiating anything for a long time and the outcome was, he didn't try anything so we stopped having sex. I've tried suggesting that we stay in more and cut down on the alcohol, this Friday we were invited to 3 different things but I said I'm staying in- the result is he's going without me. I even bought some sexy underwear but haven't worn it because the result of all this is that I now feel totally unsexy too. Now when he (rarely) initiates it, to be honest I feel a bit resentful that I've been brushed off so often and yet I somehow can't say no because in the end, I really do want to sleep with him! Advice please, Internet strangers! Thanks...

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mammadiggingdeep · 22/08/2013 15:07

I'm a teacher...at 30 I was very much into my ex dp and we were at it most nights (and mornings....tmi).
The teacher thing is no excuse.....if you think you're tired now, wait til kidscome along!!
I think you have mis matched sex drives or he's starting to 'not be into u' sexually. If u can live with it, great. If not then it will only get worse. :( really hard decisions for you.....

mammadiggingdeep · 22/08/2013 15:09

That's 5 minutes of my life I won't get back

SirRaymondClench · 22/08/2013 17:20

Not sure why you posted Op because you seem really resistant to any advice.
I've been in a relationship with a man who had barely any libido and it was soul destroying.
You say you have tried all sorts to sort this out but what is your fiance doing to put this right?
Why is he going out this weekend if you're staying in to try and sort your sex life?
Is he using porn?
It isn't just the sex life thats missing here, there seems to be very little communication and little desire to rectify that.

oldgrandmama · 22/08/2013 17:52

Hmmm, while getting hammered doesn't render a woman incapable of sex (she just lies back and wonders where she put the Alka Seltzer) getting boozed up CAN badly affect a bloke's capabilities for arousal, along with making him feel so bloody awful that he wouldn't feel like it even if he could get it up. Perhaps some quiet nights in, hitting the cocoa rather than the tequila?

CharityFunDay · 22/08/2013 20:23

If he has ED then he's going to be pretty sensitive about it. "Performance anxiety" can lead guys to veer away from sex altogether, for fear of not being able to get it up, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Awkward situation to deal with sensitively. Seduction would probably fail as it would make him more and more anxious rather than turned on.

If ED is the problem IF then the two o you should make an appointment with the GP. Referral to a urologist should check that everything is in working order (ahem!), if there are no physiological problems then your GP should be able to write you a private script for Viagra, which should cost about ÂŁ25 for four tablets.

Disclosure: I was in a relationship with a man who developed ED and it was purely psychological (he was going through a rough period in his life, constant aggro from a Bosszilla at work, family breakup, money worries, you name it). I felt thoroughly rejected, even though rationally I knew it wasn't that. Nagged him into going to the GP, eventually got a script for Viagra, but because we honestly couldn't afford it regularly (we were living hand-to-mouth) our sex life remained unsatisfactory and we split up amicably. It was a relief for both of us. We're still in touch and he still has ED. Hasn't had a relationship for nearly seven years, poor guy.

Lazyjaney · 22/08/2013 22:52

Now if the sexes were reversed the advice would be give her lots of space, don't pressurize her, no one should have sex if they don't want it, she should leave the insensitive oaf yadda yadda.

And yet, oddly enough, here the advice is not that, more the opposite. I have half a mind to transpose the advice here with a few other threads running Grin

Licketysplit123 · 22/08/2013 23:12

I could have written your post three years ago when Apia was engaged. On our three week honeymoon we had sex twice and once in the two months after we got home, and that was the time I accidentally fell pregnant. My Pregnancy was the perfect excuse for him to continue to reject me and he showed no interest in coming nowhere near me until she was a year old. That was when he admitted his erectile dysfunction had become such a mental issue for him, he had turned to porn and wanked three times a week instead. That was a year ago, now my confidence is so shot, I don't want sex with him. The last time we did it he made a negative remark and I have gone from being someone who loved sex and felt confident to now deciding I'm not going to do it ever again. At least not with him. So, I would say talk to him and get it out of him what the problem is. I bet if he has been had issues with his equipment, it is bothering him more than he is letting on. Don't let it get out of hand. Good luck with it all xxx

SirRaymondClench · 23/08/2013 10:27

Lickety that is really sad. Please leave this man. How dare he project his issues onto you by making negative remarks during sex with you when his answer to his problems is wanking over porn rather than addressing his issues? You deserve better than this. I know only too well how miserable it feels to be rejected by a man who has a low libido/ED and won't deal with it. x

Mumblepot26 · 23/08/2013 22:19

Ah...the "kick him to the kerb" mumsnetters are out!! Jeez....hang on in there OP.....of course you shouldn't end it over a temporary lull in your sex life. Talk and get advice.....Good luck, you sound like a very grounded person. I think you will be fine .

yentil · 25/08/2013 11:21

I'm sorry. But at 30 I was knackered all the time due to highly professional job and we were at it like rabbits (no kids). It's downhill from here on so you need to start high up or you'll hit the bottom in no timeHmm

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