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Sex

59 replies

AsLongAsIHaveMyTea · 02/05/2023 21:27

Is it easier just to have sex with your husband so that they don’t sulk the next day? My husband and I haven’t been getting along great and the last couple of nights he’s come to bed and wanted to have sex. I haven’t been in the mood because we haven’t getting along and also I’ve been getting over an illness. Now I’ve had to go through a day of awful sulking, bad temper and snappiness. I think it would have just been easier to have sex!

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Jackienory · 04/05/2023 16:24

monsteramunch · 04/05/2023 12:31

My partner is a man and to be happy in a relationship he 'needs' his partner to be happy too, otherwise he wouldn't be.

He would hate for his partner to feel they should serve his needs even if they conflict with hers. He compromises and talks like an adult.

That's the same for all decent men I know.

Depends on the nature and extent of the " compromise ". Ultimately the marriage/relationship has to work for him too.

MassageHands · 12/07/2023 14:46

feelingfree17 · 03/05/2023 19:33

I think you need to tell him in no uncertain terms that nothing will be improving in the bedroom until it improves dramatically and consistently outside of the bedroom.

This! Well said!

You should never agree to have sex when you don't want to. Even with your husband.
However,you should be considered of him too. Constant rejections are the path for infidelity and divorce.
You should feel free to discuss openly with him everything at all times and without sulking and arguments.

MassageHands · 12/07/2023 14:52

UWhatNow · 03/05/2023 22:59

Women don’t exist just to make men happy.

People who think in terms of men versus women in combat are very narrow minded.

SaccharineDream · 12/07/2023 17:17

I think there are many people in our society living like this with their spouse/partner. It is almost normalised.

Often, these are the very people who 'feel sorry' for those who are happily single, thinking they must be lonely. Yet I can't imagine anything more lonely than a life serving someone else's sexual mood swings.

My first long term partner was like this. He was a decent man but very tied up with his sexual self image. If he didn't do it every night he felt like a failure. Whilst he didn't take it out on me, the resulting gloom was unbearable. I could not have settled down or had children with this guy.

It begs the quation what went wrong? Why did they marry? What was the reason for signing up to a life like this? Is it a lack of confidence or an eagerness to conform to a prescription lifestyle, where the acquisition of a mortgage and wedding ring are all that separate one from a sense of 'failure'?

It is almost taken for granted that this is what marriage comes to: the woman retreats after children and the man pesters. Neither person wins here. It seems that it has little to do with romantic love and a more a sort of contract. An obligation which is necessary in order to reproduce. There are so many ways in which we can live, yet society presents this one single path as the ultimate, and creates policies to reward it.

I also notice that many women who feel this way about their marriage are often miraculously re-awoken by a new man, relationship, a refresh. Many prefer to stay single, later on. There is no right way to go about this, but the normalisation of this dynamic is dated and toxic, and I would despair to see my daughter sign up for it.

Superdupes · 12/07/2023 17:25

Luckydip1 · 03/05/2023 22:41

Men only need three things to be happy in a relationship: food, sex and respect.

And of course respect needs to go both ways so I'm sure we can agree that her husband is an arse and not treating the OP with any respect.

He sounds seriously emotionally immature OP, I really hope you don't have children with this pathetic man child.

Frogger8395 · 12/07/2023 18:14

Stop grovelling to him Ffs! You are actually agreeing with him that you’ve done something wrong.

Next time he sulks go out and stay out.

jvandussen · 24/11/2023 18:47

How did you sort this out permanently?

iamenough2023 · 24/11/2023 19:12

Yetanothernamechangeagain · 02/05/2023 23:03

It might stop the sulking but very quickly you will find that it destroys any desire you may have had for him.

You will feel on edge any time he touches you as you think you might have to have sex you don’t want. Normal affection from him will become threatening.

Hearing his key in the door will make you feel sick with dread.

Honestly it will make things 100 times worse

Exactly this! OP I did this for years. It was just easier then sulking and silent treatments. But of course it was awful and at times felt like I was being raped. I ended up divorcing this man after twenty five years as he was controlling, moody, selfish person. Do not do it! In fact I strongly suggest rethinking your relationship all together. I am not say LTB but, idk, try talking to him, couples therapy or something. This kind of thing is usually just a symptom of much large problem between the two of you.

iamenough2023 · 24/11/2023 19:48

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