How normal is it to find a partner who can be amazing in bed occasionally but is mostly ok?
I've dated consistently good and consistently ok. But this new guy has moments of brilliance and then lots of ok.
So it got me thinking what's "normal"?!
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Molly2008 · 27/03/2024 20:55
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:42
That's abuse.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:48
How is that abuse?
it’s not manipulation or forced sex, I just want to make My OH happy
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:42
That's abuse.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:52
If he’s offended when you don’t, he’s pressurising you. Youre having sex when you don’t want to to avoid whatever it is he does when he’s offended. Sulking, whatever. He wants you to ‘give in’ and behaves in a way that manipulates you into doing so.
You just can’t see it the abuse because it’s the air that you breathe.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:48
How is that abuse?
it’s not manipulation or forced sex, I just want to make My OH happy
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:42
That's abuse.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:57
I’m a man….
is it still abuse?
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:52
If he’s offended when you don’t, he’s pressurising you. Youre having sex when you don’t want to to avoid whatever it is he does when he’s offended. Sulking, whatever. He wants you to ‘give in’ and behaves in a way that manipulates you into doing so.
You just can’t see it the abuse because it’s the air that you breathe.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:48
How is that abuse?
it’s not manipulation or forced sex, I just want to make My OH happy
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:42
That's abuse.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:57
I’m a man….
is it still abuse?
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:52
If he’s offended when you don’t, he’s pressurising you. Youre having sex when you don’t want to to avoid whatever it is he does when he’s offended. Sulking, whatever. He wants you to ‘give in’ and behaves in a way that manipulates you into doing so.
You just can’t see it the abuse because it’s the air that you breathe.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:48
How is that abuse?
it’s not manipulation or forced sex, I just want to make My OH happy
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:42
That's abuse.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:57
I’m a man….
is it still abuse?
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:52
If he’s offended when you don’t, he’s pressurising you. Youre having sex when you don’t want to to avoid whatever it is he does when he’s offended. Sulking, whatever. He wants you to ‘give in’ and behaves in a way that manipulates you into doing so.
You just can’t see it the abuse because it’s the air that you breathe.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:48
How is that abuse?
it’s not manipulation or forced sex, I just want to make My OH happy
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:42
That's abuse.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
theeyeofdoe · 27/03/2024 20:59
You just say ‘tonight I’d really like it if you’d…,”
job done. They generally tend to ask back, if they don’t you ask them what they’d like.
That’s only backfired once and I’m very open minded and it involved mayonnaise - which I absolutely detest.
theeyeofdoe · 27/03/2024 20:59
You just say ‘tonight I’d really like it if you’d…,”
job done. They generally tend to ask back, if they don’t you ask them what they’d like.
That’s only backfired once and I’m very open minded and it involved mayonnaise - which I absolutely detest.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
VitoCorleoneOfMNMafia · 28/03/2024 00:33
LTB. There's a word for men who don't take another person's "no" for an answer. It starts with R and rhymes with papist.
EditedJIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
SwordToFlamethrower · 28/03/2024 00:37
OP said he is a bloke, so it is a male homosexual relationship.
Coerced sex is gross.
VitoCorleoneOfMNMafia · 28/03/2024 00:33
LTB. There's a word for men who don't take another person's "no" for an answer. It starts with R and rhymes with papist.
EditedJIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:52
If he’s offended when you don’t, he’s pressurising you. Youre having sex when you don’t want to to avoid whatever it is he does when he’s offended. Sulking, whatever. He wants you to ‘give in’ and behaves in a way that manipulates you into doing so.
You just can’t see it the abuse because it’s the air that you breathe.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:48
How is that abuse?
it’s not manipulation or forced sex, I just want to make My OH happy
WinterDeWinter · 27/03/2024 21:42
That's abuse.
JIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
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SwordToFlamethrower · 28/03/2024 00:37
OP said he is a bloke, so it is a male homosexual relationship.
Coerced sex is gross.
VitoCorleoneOfMNMafia · 28/03/2024 00:33
LTB. There's a word for men who don't take another person's "no" for an answer. It starts with R and rhymes with papist.
EditedJIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
JIMMI85 · 28/03/2024 07:44
I’m a male and OH is female.
definitely NOT coerced sex!!!
SwordToFlamethrower · 28/03/2024 00:37
OP said he is a bloke, so it is a male homosexual relationship.
Coerced sex is gross.
VitoCorleoneOfMNMafia · 28/03/2024 00:33
LTB. There's a word for men who don't take another person's "no" for an answer. It starts with R and rhymes with papist.
EditedJIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
C1N1C · 28/03/2024 07:58
I love all the leapt-to conclusions around all your posts in this one thread.
A woman can't possibly coerce you, so you MUST be gay! :)
JIMMI85 · 28/03/2024 07:44
I’m a male and OH is female.
definitely NOT coerced sex!!!
SwordToFlamethrower · 28/03/2024 00:37
OP said he is a bloke, so it is a male homosexual relationship.
Coerced sex is gross.
VitoCorleoneOfMNMafia · 28/03/2024 00:33
LTB. There's a word for men who don't take another person's "no" for an answer. It starts with R and rhymes with papist.
EditedJIMMI85 · 27/03/2024 21:30
Almost certainly tiredness or he’s not in the mood but doesn’t want to cause offence by saying no would be my guess.
if i’m not in the mood(which is rarely tbh) my OH gets offended so we often have sex anyway and i’m pretty sure it’s/i’m never as good as when we are both up for it.
kkloo · 27/03/2024 21:17
What's different about the times that he's amazing in bed versus when he's ok?
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