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Husband won't have children and sex with me until i lose weight

266 replies

atacrossrossroads · 29/12/2013 01:42

This is my first post...

ISSUE: he doesn't want to have children yet because he says he isn't ready. I have questioned him about starting a family over the last 1.5 years on and he has said it is because he is not ready for kids yet because he wants to be selfish and enjoy a hassle free life before introducing anyone else into our life. He said he wants me to lose weight so he can enjoy my body before we have children.

I give him sexual pleasure regularly but find I get nothing at all. Blush He said he doesn't feel sexual excited by me any more as i have put on a lot of weight. He sees that i am not losing weight (despite trying to) and this puts him off me. I have tried to have sex with him on several occassions and sometimes it works and he's interested, only if it has been a month+ and he is horny but usually it is not intercourse....

My confidence and self esteem are shattered. I couldn't sleep in the same room as him after him repeatedly telling me about my weight and directly tying this in with my desire to have a child. So we are sleeping in different rooms for now.... I don't know what to do.

*I'm in my early 30s, husband is 5 years younger.
*We've been together 6 years married for 2 yrs
*My weight was 55kg dress size 8 when we met and now 72kg dress size 14
*husband is 5 years younger than myself, very attractive and affectionate

I have had health complications over the last few years and I have always felt that he wasn't fully there to support me (not coming with me to the hospital and just not knowing what to say and being distracted when I talk about my feelings about my operations).
endometriosis and recently had cervical pre-cancerous cells removed

I understand that being 5 years younger means we're never going to agree on a perfect time for life changing events but I really feel ready for children and have felt this way over the last 1.5years. There needs to be a compromise but I always feel like he makes all the decisions (big and small) in our relationship and has the final word on things. I constantly feel hopeless and just waiting around for him to be ready before we can do anything.

My health complications have scared me a lot as I have conditions that will affect me being able to conceive. I don't want to wait and risk losing an opportunity by just chancing it until I am 35 onwards...

Now I am not sure about the future of our relationship as it is not just about children.. he doesn't feel attracted to me and I feel like my self-esteem is hurt. Is our relationship so on the surface? I feel miserable. Sad

OP posts:
LoveAndDeath · 02/01/2014 23:43

Can I just say, maybe I'm weird but I HATE 6 packs. They make a guy look like a plastic action man. And this is not a public denial, it's the truth!

yourehavingalaugh · 02/01/2014 23:46

I'm glad you find your wife attractive MrMistakes because you obviously don't like women very much - "some skinny little cow in the pub." Hmm

ithaka · 02/01/2014 23:48

Yeah - skinny women are to be condemned and despised, only women that don't dare stay fit and limber are worth having.

working9while5 · 03/01/2014 00:22

Oh ffs.

pumpkinsweetie · 03/01/2014 00:30

Oh ltb, seriously what do you get from this?
Once you have the cheezy nob of the scene you can find a real man. One that can fufill all your needs and maybe eventually have a family with you!

LittleBabyPigsus · 03/01/2014 02:19

Re attraction:

I am bisexual, attracted to women more than men. Where can evolutionary biology come in there? I'm not attracted to women for reproductive purposes, there would be no point!

I also, hand on heart, would not find someone unattractive just because they were 300lb. I understand that some people wouldn't be, but the idea that 300lb = unattractive to everyone isn't true. It's not even that I prefer bigger people, it's just that body shape/size doesn't matter a great deal to me in terms of physical attraction.

What stands out to me is the OP's shitbag husband being so uncaring regarding OP's ill health. It's all about him. OP he is using you and you deserve happiness and respect. LTB!

LittleBabyPigsus · 03/01/2014 02:19

('some people wouldn't be attracted to them' is what I meant ^ )

Stacys1968 · 03/01/2014 03:27

Google 'sex rank'...

So much toxic advice on this forum...

I'm done..

mathanxiety · 03/01/2014 03:32

Hooray

logical1one · 30/04/2017 21:11

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Vroomster · 30/04/2017 21:15

This thread is from 2013! Hmm

scottishdiem · 30/04/2017 21:56

This relationship has already soured.

He has a right to fancy women of a certain shape and size. Many threads on here confirm that a woman has a right to be attracted to their partner so I would say the same applies to a man. Lets not be hypocritical.

That said, he has made it clear that he will not find you attractive once you have children unless you make the long journey back from having a child fairly quickly. That is fairly horrendous to be honest and you should not have children with a man who thinks like that.

fusspot66 · 01/05/2017 08:29

Zombie thread

Sample1936 · 01/05/2017 08:42

Dump him.

Vegansnake · 01/05/2017 08:44

LBT..ASAP..

TheMonkeyandthePlywoodViolin · 01/05/2017 08:47

Zombie thread
Wonder if she did leave

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