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A womans advice on this plz: I'm over sex at 41.

30 replies

Borninwrongdecade · 31/12/2016 10:36

Hi.
I don't want to be trolled or insulted this is a real and legitimate question. I'm 41 and for about two years now I have been getting more and more bored with sex and the idea of sex. I last had it about nine months ago when DP was pregnant with new and final DS. (See how I'm getting the hang on abbreviations).
I'm a Decorator and quite simply cannot afford a 5th child. I work hard to provide and would rather put my energy into that.
DP couldn't understand why I wanted it done as she had the coil fitted but my body, my decision we decided.

Now DP isn't really into sex all that much. She never really has been, some women arn't We had it maybe twice a week when we were first together but it just petered out over time she can take it or leave it mostly leave it which suits me.
We've been together eight years and have 2 DC together. We're content enough, used to each other and function perfectly well together raising the children.
I also have two DC with ex-wife who I believe was a nymphomaniac. We were at it like rabbits for four years in every way imaginable our chemistry was electric. I think I got rid of a lifetimes sexual desire with her in four years. Trouble is her pattern, I discovered, is she only keeps her men for four years then moves onto the next one. After which she is just pure evil to the previous husband or partner.
I swore she was the last broken heart I would ever have though losing my kids or my Dad would be another one.

Everything is functional down there, blood flows.
It still gets up before me in the morning but I just can't be bothered anymore.

Sex is just a chore these days not a pleasure. I don't masturbate anymore because it just isn't worth the effort. The last time I got any pleasure out of sex was 2 years ago but I forget the circumstances, pretty sure we were just filling a biological need though.

I've tried to speak to my male friends about this and their ridiculous advice ranges from visiting a prostitute, watching loads of porn, taking Viagra though there's no need and trading DP in for a younger thinner model. Even our friends the gay couple said something along the same lines when I asked them which was surprising.

My desire to go sticking bits of myself into another person has gone. I've done it. I've got over it and I don't see the point in it any more.
I'd rather have a pint or read a book. DP doesn't want it or need it. I don't need it so why should there be a problem.
Am I looking for one where there isn't one?

It surely cannot be wrong to be fed up with sex at my time of life I've been having it since I was 20 and it just totally bores the pants onto me now.
. I'd rather we read a book together. What do you think. I think there are more important things to be worrying about like work and paying rentanbills.

OP posts:
PaterPower · 11/01/2017 22:11

I'm male, in my 40s and my libido dropped off a cliff about a year ago. Nothing physically wrong, but I don't feel driven to want sex like I used to. I'm very happy when we dtd (and my partner likewise, or at least so she says!) but I can go a few weeks at least without feeling like I've missed out, which I never thought would be the case.

I'm very touchy-feely (hugs, kissing etc) with my partner and my initiating less often is not a problem - at least not yet. I don't think it's that unusual for men to find it's less important into their 40s. Better than some people I know who seem to let their hormones rule them for their entire lives, whilst shattering the lives of their unfortunate partners.

BTW, I sympathise and can empathise with you on the ex. I was physically assaulted more than once by one of my exes, leading to her being arrested (and then being released without charge the next day) on the final occasion. Police couldn't have been less interested in helping me - DV is a one way street as far as the law, or at least in the eyes of those that enforce it, goes.

TatianaLarina · 11/01/2017 22:46

Anyone can lose desire at any age. I've read multiple threads on here from women your age who feel the same. It's fine.

Talk to your wife about it, she doesn't sound that bothered about frequency by the sound of it, but she might be reassured to know your libido's dropped rather than you've stopped fancying her.

CatBallou2 · 12/01/2017 00:43

If you don't want to have sex, you don't want to have sex. It's up to you and if you think it's fine and your DP doesn't mind, then you've got what you want. You said that you've already had an active sex life and if that's enough to see you through, fair play to you. Maybe you'll decide to come back to it in the future, but it doesn't matter if not. For many people, it's not the most important thing in their lives.

Formerpigwrestler9 · 12/01/2017 01:04

personally I find it a relief not to be in the grip of an insatiable libido, mine dropped off sharply at around 50

Huskylover1 · 12/01/2017 10:14

41 is so young.....

I think you need testosterone injections from the GP.

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