Why would a man choose masturbation over sex?

[Howilliknow]

Don't get it?
My DH and I have never had the best sex life (I've had a fantastic sex with previous partners) and he's always put it down to his low sex drive.

We went a long time without sex, before we both wanted it again a couple of months ago, we did it quite a few times, but I noticed he kept going limp which had never happened before.

He then told me he'd masturbated quite a lot and thought he had become desensitised. He told me he would stop masturbating.

It had now been about 3 weeks since we last had sex and I've just found a crunchy pair of boxers in the laundry basket covered in cum stains.

Clearly he prefers maturbation.
Why?

Someone said above: ‘they masturbate cos they can’t get AIDS’
Ffs ‘had a wank instead of having sex with my wife - I’d have loved to but I had to sacrifice cos at least I can’t get AIDS’.

No man will choose a hand over a woman if he’s crazy about her and wants his hands all over her.
YES occasionally he might feel lazy and just want to scratch and itch and masturbate, but most of the time he will want to have sex with the woman he’s sexually attracted to.

@Veronika13

But the reasons he doesn't want to rip her clothes off could be because he's feeling low, depressed, self-conscious, low energy, low mood, anxiety, pain. Etc etc . How do you know he's not suffering from something that means he doesn't want to rip ANY woman's clothes off! You are making a massive assumption that he is well and happy in himself. Lots of woman I know have been in the same position as the the OP ( including myself) and the sex has often resumed when the problem has resolved itself. My husband certainly fancies me , but for a while he chose not to have sex with me and I'm sure he probably did do things himself. This was due to anxiety mainly. Saying it's just because he doesn't fancy her is simple, superficial and says more about the poster sharing that viewpoint than it does about the OP.

OP, you do know women masturbate too, even when they are married or in a relationship?

Preference.
Laziness.
A form of coercive control.
Poor relationship.

I have a “ lil me time “ every day & it’s not because I don’t fancy my other half at all it’s because it’s just bloody nice x

Ask him

A man or woman that's a virgin in every respect that prefers solo sex, hence those types of ppl. in reference 2 sex don't hv. anything 2 worry abt., & this also is applicable 2 them & that is: "When 1 eats, their whole family eats!"

Leaving stained underwear in the laundry is disgusting!