I have been with my partner for over 10 years. We have a toddler together and 2 older children that are mine from a previous relationship.
Our relationship is far from perfect
. We are never intimate with one another - since having the baby i have absolutely no drive to do anything along those lines. I guess I probably need to go to the Drs and speak to them. I have the merina coil which has only made this issue worse too, but I need the coil as I have a health condition and it is managing the symptoms really well.
Equally I find my partners moods are becoming more and more impossible to live with. He is just absolutely miserable. I feel this especially around me. Like he is lovely to our son one second but in the next breath so meh and uninterested with me. I try to talk to him and get 1 word answers. I ask him if something is wrong and get glared at. His whole persona towards me is just off but he won't talk about what is wrong.
He has also become so negative about everything. Moans about everything. He has become like victor meldrew. He is a decade older than me so I don't know if that makes a difference? Maybe we are just in different stages of our lives?Maybe he is having some kind of midlife crisis? Maybe he finds me immature? Who knows, he won't tell me anything.
I have tried on so many occasions to broach this with him but he gets cross and says I am nagging him or that he's told me nothing is wrong so I need to drop it but his behaviour and body language is so contradictory to this.
We have both agreed we need some time for ourselves as a couple but it will only happen if I plan it which irks me. I feel like its all on me to fix this......which I want to do but I want him to want it, I want him to make an effort. i want him to behave like he actually likes me. Right now his facial expressions towards me are like he's just sniffed a cat poo.
It doesn't exactly make me want to be intimate with him when he is being like this towards me either.
I just wondered what peoples feelings would be on this. I don't really know what to do. I just keep thinking if he is so insistent that nothing is wrong then maybe I am the problem.
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TakeTheBiscuits · 18/04/2024 10:38
Seaoftroubles · 18/04/2024 11:02
There's an old saying, men need sex to feel loved whilst women need love to want sex. I think there's a grain of truth in this as if you are not interested in intimacy he is going to feel increasingly cold towards you and this could well be reflected in his behaviour.
Perhaps start by arranging a simple meal or drink out together and go from there. If you want to have more time together as a couple someone has to make the first move or you will just stay stuck.
danitheastrologer · 18/04/2024 13:29
Sounds like you both need to make more of an effort to be honest.
Watchkeys · 18/04/2024 13:32
What effort does OP need to make? I hope it's not 'Give the unpleasant man more sex, and hopefully he'll be nice to you'?
danitheastrologer · 18/04/2024 13:29
Sounds like you both need to make more of an effort to be honest.
Seaoftroubles · 18/04/2024 14:10
@Watchkeys the OP says they have no intimacy and has no sex drive since her last child was born. Of course that may not be the reason he's difficult and he may just be a grumpy old man, but obviously lack of intimacy can often be a cause of unhappiness and friction. The OP had already mentioned they were planning more couple time but didn't want to be the one to arrange it. l was just encouraging her so they could hopefully have a frank discussion. It would also help her decide if she wants to separate or not.
Seaoftroubles · 18/04/2024 14:10
@Watchkeys the OP says they have no intimacy and has no sex drive since her last child was born. Of course that may not be the reason he's difficult and he may just be a grumpy old man, but obviously lack of intimacy can often be a cause of unhappiness and friction. The OP had already mentioned they were planning more couple time but didn't want to be the one to arrange it. l was just encouraging her so they could hopefully have a frank discussion. It would also help her decide if she wants to separate or not.
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