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Losing sexual attraction in long term relationships

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GilbertMarkham · 18/04/2020 22:52

Current relationship (13 years total roughly) and previous one - I lost sexual attraction after 6 months to a year.

Another woman I know says six months is her breaking point fur string sexual attraction/sex drive towards a partner too.

I've also read an article about a study (seemed like a reputable source) that the longer women are in relationships, the lower their sex drive towards their partner becomes.

Anyone else like this?

(I should add I suffer from low level depression that affects my drive to some extent).

In my current relationship we've ended up in a rut of increasingly rarely having sex.
We were sleeping in separate rooms due to snoring, different start times, him being a giant who likes to have space in bed and vice versa etc. We temporarily motivated ourselves (!) in order to conceive, and then went back to the same as before (esp with sleep deprivation) and now it's pretty much never. It's gone in so long that I feel like I have a mental "block" to having sex with my partner. It's hard to imagine this is guy and I were at it like bunnies on viagra in the early months of our relationship.

Has anyone managed to pull themselves back from something like this - and how?

I feel like the only chance is to start from scratch with dating, becoming affectionate etc.

OP posts:
elephantsumbrellas · 22/04/2020 21:44

Apparently you can't pm on the app. OP part of what I wanted to say (privately!) Id that I think our bodies are made the same! Losing sensation from clitoris during Piv, nipple stimulation required from partner for orgasm, not wanting to use toys, the 6 month thing..,

Reluctant to go into more detail about how I overcame the issues but know you're not alone :)

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