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Why is sex making me feel this way towards my partner....feel low!

57 replies

creativeme · 07/09/2015 19:46

Hi, I felt this may be the only place for me to look for help and get some questions answered as I am genuinely worried. or I am just paranoid. I am sorry for the long post, I genuinely feel lost as I have nobody else to talk to about it and a little embarrassed too.

I started seeing my partner in July this year. He is 48, I am 40. We didnt start sleeping together until a month in. (knew him before as friends) We teased and were so attracted to one another it was amazing. However when we had sex the first time, he didnt climax at all and we were in his room for what was 2 hours, by the end of it, I was bored, shattered and feeling quite confused. Never experienced this at all.

The next time was the same, literally an hour later he wanted it again but whilst still hard he still didnt climax and again I was bored and felt I just wanted to sleep and lost interest, even though he was hard, I felt I wasn't able to please him.

The following 2 days later, we had sex again and the same thing happened, knowing he takes a long time has made me feel like sex is a chore with him.

He says as he gets older it takes longer to climax, so I said ok lets have quality not quantity so its more special.

I am starting to feel we aren't compatible together in this area. Everyone else I have been with in the past, we have had those wonderful times of having sex, 15mins later or 10mins we have both climaxed and off we go again a few minutes later or an hour later and the same again, perhaps later or we both sleep and its all ok. However with my current partner he doesnt want to let it go, if he climaxes its because he has masturbated to make this happen. Then after he has climaxed wants it again with me. i don't,as I am bored. Whats worrying is I have a high sex drive but don't with him, its a month in and I have rejected him in bed already, after not seeing him for a few days a few times now, which is because i am thinking "we will be at it for hours and its boring!" He does make me climax but I tend to do this alot quicker and he says he deliberately prolongs it to make me satisfied even though I have told him it takes too long. I feel its for his own benefit here. He also says I hardly say anything, so its like he is monitoring my words, actions and I am not just able to be myself in bed.

He use to watch porn every night and masturbated twice a night before bed. He also wants me to act out a porn scene he loves which is alot to do with anal as he loves it. I don't mind it but he is always going on about it to me and wants me to do it more, to give him oral more and wear latex and these porn outfits that just isn't me, to please him. I normally don't have an issue with dressing up but I am getting angry and frustrated and feel cheap around him like I am being used in some way.

He loves me alot and admits to wanting to marry me. He has been married twice, once was 12 years long, the other 9. He said his last partner never wanted anything with him sexually and just lay there.Interestingly his father said, take it easy this time and don't rush...part of me is agreeing here.

As much as I have never had any complaints sexually or had any issues in the past, i am feeling less confident around him and losing my sexual attraction because I feel he wants me to be this dirty porn person to substitute for his pleasure. I just feel something isn't sitting comfortably with me sexually.

We just cant have sex, climax and chill, he will try again and pester me, even watching films, we cant just watch a film, I feel quite deflated and I know I shouldn't be feeing this way already. He gives me alot of attention but admits to wanting a lot himself so this is where my problem lies like i am pressured to give him attention 24/7, so when I don't text all the time he says, its nice not to have gaps and to hear from you more. At times I want to work alone, be alone and relax after seeing him 24/7, its just my me time and alone time.

I have tried to tell him, I feel it would be nice to have quality rather than just banging all night, it feels awful and makes me feel quite low too. I am suppose to be going around his house tomorrow night but I am actually dreading it because we are meant to be having this night of sex (no surprise there) and as much as I would normally enjoy this, feel I am dreading it and feel quite low too. I just want normal and great sex, not feel like I am being this object of his needs. he tells me to do this, do that, bite him here, which is making me feel like a robot. I would rather want to do this naturally. I use to be really confident sexually but lately I don't feel it. He also wants me to dominate him more and abuse him but its more to do with how much anal he wants.

The other issue is he has had a threesome in the past which put me off him completely. So the sex is an issue and I like his personality as we get on great but this is really upsetting me. Its still the same after talking to him. He just wants it all the time, normally I do but not with him at the moment.

Also noticed on Facebook he just likes porn pages and girls in underwear/latex.

He went away with his friends last weekend and said "what am I going to do without my release?" Was I his release? only for him to retract back and say he didnt mean it in that way.

Any ideas as I do love him and feel inadequate and slightly low like i have lost my sex drive completely.

We are very affectionate together but this is bothering me, so annoying as everything else is really good.....is it a deal breaker?

thank you

OP posts:
NoArmaniNoPunani · 07/09/2015 19:50

It's not you, it's him. It sounds as though his porn use has desensitized him to actual sex.

ImperialBlether · 07/09/2015 19:51

Sorry, I don't mean to be horrible but I'm laughing here at how horrible it must be! God, you've GOT to dump him! The thought of being married to him makes me shudder. The thought of two hours with a porn loving, anal loving, latex loving SLOWCOACH makes me want to scream.

You can love many people in your life. Tell him to go and love someone else.

coveredinsnot · 07/09/2015 19:52

From what you've described I'd say yes, this is a deal breaker. You don't sound well matched sexually unfortunately. You've tried talking to him and it doesn't seem he's able to reflect and change. He sounds like a selfish lover who is only tuned into his needs. What a shame as you sound like you are otherwise very attracted to him. But already this is eroding your self esteem and has knocked your confidence in bed. I personally would walk away but that's easy for me to say!

SanityClause · 07/09/2015 19:54

Only you know if it's a deal breaker for you.

To be honest, it would be for me. Banging away all night sounds like a bit of a chore.

If you marry him, you are basically saying, this is my sex life from now on. Would you be happy with that?

VaviaVive · 07/09/2015 19:55

Yes it's a deal breaker! He sounds disgusting

ThisIsStillFolkGirl · 07/09/2015 19:57

Aside from everything else, after 2 months you are referring to hom as your partner and love and marriage has been discussed?

The cynical side of me wonders if he's done/encouraged that so that you feel more attached than you should because he knew this problem would arise.

And why on earth are women so quick to believe that a man loves them after a matter of days? Crazy.

Just dump him.

creativeme · 07/09/2015 20:01

ThisIsStillFolkGirl

I wouldn't say I threw myself madly in love with him, I knew him before and we were good friends, it was very intense between us, affectionate and he spoiled me rotten, then we had the sex....so I wasn't sure what to think to be honest and the sex part has become more difficult only recently....well the porn side has. I am just not sure what to think to be honest.

OP posts:
Secondtimeround75 · 07/09/2015 20:02

I think you should end things.

Ye are too different imo

ByTheNine · 07/09/2015 20:04

Oh God, get rid. I had one like this and thought I could help him - after fucking hours of joint counselling it turned out he was just not going to stop wanking. Yours won't either so don't waste your time!

ihatethecold · 07/09/2015 20:05

NoArmani has hit the nail on the head.
Move on op.
It sounds a bit hideous really.

creativeme · 07/09/2015 20:09

Ihatethecold (I know the feeling) lol

Yes NoArmani thats what I am thinking as well as the wanking issue BytheNine raised too. oh jesus this is shit!!

OP posts:
cowbag1 · 07/09/2015 20:10

There's just too much wrong here, I don't know where to start.

Run for the hills.

thehypocritesoaf · 07/09/2015 20:14

Awful. Op I'm not surprised you're miserable!

Nonnainglese · 07/09/2015 20:15

Sounds hideous, you're being used as an object for his pornographic fantasies.

Yuck, he's got zero respect for you, I'd run a mile.

niceupthedance · 07/09/2015 20:22

You sound totally incompatible in the bedroom. Delayed ejaculation is one thing but to not be sensitive to your partner's... uncomfortableness is selfish. I would definitely bin him.

thehypocritesoaf · 07/09/2015 20:24

Surely in this case, incompatability is a nice way of saying - he sounds like a twat and v few women would tolerate this??

BertieBotts · 07/09/2015 20:31

He has massive, massive issues which won't get better.

Really, run. You deserve better.

Bakeoffcake · 07/09/2015 20:32

God just get rid of him. He sounds horrible tbh.

blibblobblub · 07/09/2015 20:40

Sounds awful.

It's definitely the porn (though his attitude certainly isn't helping). I had a boyfriend at uni - we were both 19 - who took forever to climax and also watched a lot of porn.

Bin him off. You deserve better Flowers

Coolforthesummer · 07/09/2015 20:41

You're already dreading a 'night of sex.' Why would you put yourself through that? If you don't enjoy something, don't do it.

Life is too short.

goddessofsmallthings · 07/09/2015 20:55

Two months and he loves you a lot, wants to marry you, needs attention 24/7, requires you to dress up and act like you're in a porn movie that he's directing, but can't get his rocks off after hours of banging away.

There's a limit to how many times you can lie back and think of what needs doing around the house England without dozing off while he's still at it and if you do go sleep while he's on the job, chances are you'll wake up to find you've been captured on film - that's going to be his next request, followed by wanting to engage in another threesome with you as piggy in the middle.

Fgs bin him and say a prayer for the next woman who's misguided enough to climb into the sack with him.

LovelyFriend · 07/09/2015 21:11

His idea of sex sounds truly dreadful and indeed really boring. I agree he sounds desensitised by porn and probably a wanking death grip.

Mostly he sounds completely unconnected with you - you feel like a prop in a bad porn film because that is what he is treating you as. He isn't present and connected and making something happen together with you - he's reading you a cheesy cliched porn script and expecting you to be the performing porn seal in latex and lipgloss. Fuck that.

Not sexy, not connected, not good sex - I'd be bored into staying away from him too.

I'd dump him. If you really are friends you might care enough to give him some straight up honest feedback but certainly don't feel at all obliged to.

ImperialBlether · 07/09/2015 21:13

after fucking hours of joint counselling it turned out he was just not going to stop wanking

Sums up so many of these men.

Grin
ChilliAndMint · 07/09/2015 21:20

Don't see him tomorrow..because you are dreading seeing him. He's not your partner and not your problem. What is there to gain from wasting a another minute in the company of this lewd creature?

PeppasNanna · 07/09/2015 21:34

It sounds like such hard work.

I would probably call it a day now. Youve told him, hes ignored you...its 2 months into the relationship.

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