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

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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:
AyeAmarok · 07/09/2015 21:38

Death grip. He's ruined himself.

Dump and move on.

LuluJakey1 · 07/09/2015 22:29

It sounds dreadful. I could not put up with any of it. Boring in the extreme.
Way too many issues here. I think there is no future in it at all. And if this is what it is like after 6 weeks or so and he wants to marry you my advice would be run for the hills and keave him with his death grip, porn, anal obsession and threesome. Find someone who wants you sexually and has normal loving honest sexual responses.

MrsSadness · 07/09/2015 22:38

Oh he sounds too horrendous for words.

Please dump this loser porn-hound. He sounds sexually sub-functional.

Flowers for you Op. You deserve them for putting up with him so far.

ChilliAndMint · 07/09/2015 23:41

Does he have a brother Grin?

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Cabrinha · 08/09/2015 07:05

What does "spoiled you rotten" mean?

He sounds bloody awful.

It's not a case of different approaches to sex. It's his utter disregard for what you have told him.

He doesn't love you. People that love you LISTEN to you, and react. He just used you as an object of porn.

That's why you feel shit about yourself.

Run, run, RUN!

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WanderingTrolley1 · 08/09/2015 07:10

I think you should end the relationship.

Things will not get better.

Scoobydoo8 · 08/09/2015 07:15

I think a lot of sex enjoyment is in the mind.

The fact that it is also about loving and giving pleasure to someone you are close to seems to have been lost by him due to too much porn and masturbating.

Have no idea if it's fixable - he needs to want to change, accept that there is something wrong with him and see a counselor. Even then it might take months or years!

TheFullMinty · 08/09/2015 07:19

Oh gosh, run and run fast.

ChilliAndMint · 08/09/2015 07:22

A gimp with a flaccid limp dick doesn't get my sap rising OP.

Are you desperate or what?

bittapitta · 08/09/2015 07:26

Everyone else has rightly responded to the sex stuff - but that paragraph in the middle of your post is enough to set off warning sirens for me. Needing to hear from you 24/7, trying to guilt trip you into texting him constantly? The tip of the iceberg of controlling behaviour. And you've admitted your self esteem is being ground down already (in the honeymoon period, only 2 months into relationship). Put off the "sex evening" and think about how best to end it this weekend. Sorry OP you're only 40 and you deserve better!

Whereyourtreasureis · 08/09/2015 09:32

*Death grip. He's ruined himself.

Dump and move on.*

This.

You deserve so much better. A bit of adventure in your sex life is great, but he just sounds more work than he's worth "What about my release" my stomach is churning

GilbertBlytheWouldGetIt · 08/09/2015 09:36

Sounds like he's taking Viagra too. Agree with everyone, dump him.

BlahBlahUsername · 08/09/2015 10:10

You sound like nothing more to him than a human cum-sock. Gross.

hellsbellsmelons · 08/09/2015 10:23

cowbag1 sums it up nicely.

RUN FOR THE HILLS
THEY ARE THAT WAY >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Death grip. Not good. It won't get better.
Please find yourself a nice man who doesn't wank off to porn at every opportunity.

BestZebbie · 08/09/2015 10:39

Do not even consider marrying this man!
Ideally, dump him right now, as he needs to put in a lot of work on his own sexual outlook before he is ready for a real-life partner. If he actually does that (hint: he won't) you could always see if he has improved anything to make you more compatible (=him more realistic) in six months time - if he loves you so much, he'd be up for that, right? You do not need a needy, time-consuming, sexually selfish person in your life.
He has a very strange view of what his sexual role is and what yours should be, so he is not compatible with you - or his previous wives, from the sound of it.

WhoAteMyToast · 08/09/2015 11:20

Eew, it sounds horrible. Run

TheStoic · 08/09/2015 11:33

Does he have a brother?

Grin

Don't feel bad about dumping him, OP. You're just a 'release' to him, he said it himself. He will get over it and move on to the next unlucky and unsuspecting one.

LadyBlaBlah · 08/09/2015 12:08

I always hope that men like this don't exist.

CocktailQueen · 08/09/2015 12:12

Why have you posted this on Sex and Relationships?

ImperialBlether · 08/09/2015 12:17

Because it's about sex and relationships?

SPance · 08/09/2015 12:49

Had to read your message twice!

So, he likes to watch A LOT of porn. Wanking twice a day at 48 is an impressive feat tbh.
I think he needs to understand that porn is not real and whilst its nice to have fantasies and lovely to see your partner make an effort and dress up for you, now and again, fetishes like rubber etc should not be an every day occurence and something that both parties feel comfortable with.

Sounds like he has totally desentised both his brain and bell end from masturbation and should take a total break from it to see if that helps him to achieve orgasm from sex.

If you dread sex with him, there doesnt seem much of a future for you both. Did both his previous marriages fail due to him being an extermely selfish individual?

TheOriginalWinkly · 08/09/2015 13:00

This man is a disaster slowly happening. He is eroding your self esteem, he is a selfish fuck (not lover, he is fucking not making love), his own father is warning you to back away, and the fast intense attachment stuff is straight from the Loser playbook:

  1. Quick Attachment and Expression "The Loser" has very shallow emotions and connections with others. One of the things that might attract you to "The Loser" is how quickly he or she says "I Love You" or wants to marry or commit to you. Typically, in less than a few weeks of dating you'll hear that you're the love of their life, they want to be with you forever, and they want to marry you. You'll receive gifts, a variety of promises, and be showered with their attention and nice gestures. This is the "honeymoon phase" - where they catch you and convince you that they are the best thing that ever happened to you. Remember the business saying "If it's too good to be true it probably is (too good to be true)!" You may be so overwhelmed by this display of instant attraction, instant commitment, and instant planning for the future that you'll miss the major point - it doesn't make sense!! Normal, healthy individuals require a long process to develop a relationship because there is so much at stake. Healthy individuals will wait for a lot of information before offering a commitment - not three weeks. It's true that we can become infatuated with others quickly - but not make such unrealistic promises and have the future planned after three dates. The rapid warm-up is always a sign of shallow emotions which later cause "The Loser" to detach from you as quickly as they committed. "The Loser" typically wants to move in with you or marry you in less than four weeks or very early in the relationship.

The full article about The Loser is here, if you read it I bet it will ring more than one bell.