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DH just came into living room asking for sex...

232 replies

thea11 · 15/05/2024 20:31

He does this sometimes, typing it out is going to make me feel sick. He'll go and have a shower then come in the living room with a hard on and ask for sex. If I'm in a good mood I will (reluctantly) do it, but today, I've had a shit day, I'm knackered from work, I'm hot and sweaty folding up washing and still wearing my work clothes.

He swanned in late from work, I made his dinner in between putting both kids to bed (aged 4 and 9 months), and he comes home, eats his dinner knowing I'm pissed off from a hard day, then has the audacity to ask me to have sex with him!! WTAF!? - does anyone else's husband do this?

OP posts:
IncompleteSenten · 15/05/2024 20:33

Wow.
And they say romance is dead.

That's foreplay to him is it?
Ey up love, jump on this for me.

Cakencookieobsessed · 15/05/2024 20:33

It's not meant to be another chore. If it is, you have a problem.

Wigglytuff345 · 15/05/2024 20:33

He’s just using your body as a sex toy then.

vile.

Pigeonqueen · 15/05/2024 20:33

Well that’s not going to get anyone in the mood is it 😳🤢 instant ick.

IncognitoUsername · 15/05/2024 20:36

Did he actually phrase it like that? Can we have sex? That’s horrible.

Thegrassroots26 · 15/05/2024 20:37

Yeah I have to agree with others that this doesn’t sound very good! What about your needs? Your desire. His ability to make you feel loved and desired and in the mood for physical intimacy. Walking in and asking just seems quite perfunctory doesn’t it? Is this always how he goes about initiating, as it sounds like it could end up having the opposite effect?

supercalafragilisticexpealidocious · 15/05/2024 20:37

I would highly doubt anyone else's DH does that

Anotherparkingthread · 15/05/2024 20:38

You're saying this is horrible but you sometimes (reluctantly) go along with it? Does he know you're reluctant? Does he think you're into this? Most men would find the idea of a horny woman walking in the room after a shower dropping their towel and going 'fuck my brains out' to be absolutely fantasy come true. He may think you're unto it. You have afterall gone along with it. It's like training a dog, he will stop doing it if it doesn't work.

igomeow · 15/05/2024 20:43

Not going to lie but my husband is a bit like this.. He'll walk out of the shower and say something I long the line of BABE.. Do you fancy a game of hide the sausage. Is it awful that I find it funny?!? Is your husband aware that you hate it and want a bit of romance?

IncompleteSenten · 15/05/2024 20:45

igomeow · 15/05/2024 20:43

Not going to lie but my husband is a bit like this.. He'll walk out of the shower and say something I long the line of BABE.. Do you fancy a game of hide the sausage. Is it awful that I find it funny?!? Is your husband aware that you hate it and want a bit of romance?

No. If you find it funny then thats great. It's lovely. A laugh is great foreplay 😀the difference is that its something daft you both like.

SmileyClare · 15/05/2024 20:46

I’d be more annoyed that he comes in from work-
sees you still in your work clothes,
that you’ve put the children to bed, cooked him dinner
and done all the laundry
and he decides now’s the moment to jump straight in a nice long shower?

His selfishness and self serving attitude would make any fanny hermetically seal.

In fact I think my hymen might grow back in protest.

Original poster
thea11 · 15/05/2024 20:48

I go along with it sometimes because he showers me in compliments. He constantly says how amazing I am since I've lost weight. But today of all days I thought he'd know I was definitely not going to be up for it, and he still did it...which says to me he's not being considerate and just thinking of his cock, so it really pissed me off and I made it very clear.
His response "I only asked", implying I've been OTT.
The annoying thing is, other than his high sex drive (higher than mine) he's usually a very considerate lovely guy, so it came as a surprise tonight (no fucking pun intended)

OP posts:
Pettyman · 15/05/2024 20:50

😱

Blubbled · 15/05/2024 20:52

supercalafragilisticexpealidocious · 15/05/2024 20:37

I would highly doubt anyone else's DH does that

Oh my STBXH "asked" in a much worse way ONCE- note, he's soon to be EX and that was far from his only offence!

WolfFoxHare · 15/05/2024 20:53

Cakencookieobsessed · 15/05/2024 20:33

It's not meant to be another chore. If it is, you have a problem.

Yes, her problem is that her husband is vile and selfish.

SmileyClare · 15/05/2024 20:53

You’re not being unreasonable op. Neither should this be put down to you “being in a bad mood”.

Youve spent most of the day/ evening putting your needs LAST
He’s putting his needs first- not pitching in, not asking about your day, feeding himself, showering and asking you to sort his cock out.

No way Jose 👎

WeeOrcadian · 15/05/2024 20:55

The word "reluctantly' sealed it for me

He's a selfish arsehole

CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 15/05/2024 20:57

Does he know that's not how it works, you need to have a tiny bit of finesse even in a long term relationship! Is he just as shit in bed?

RickyGervaislovesdogs · 15/05/2024 20:57

I think I’d burst out laughing to be honest. There would be no sex.

MrsTerryPratchett · 15/05/2024 21:00

So you worked, made dinner (separate dinners?) for 4 people, still wearing work clothes, fed him, started folding clothes and he... worked then showered.

It might be worth pointing out to him that men who do chores and share tasks are massively more attractive than those who don't. If he'd come in, said, "love you have a shower, I'll do the folding" then let you sit down for five minutes, I bet he'd be much more attractive.

tickle62636262 · 15/05/2024 21:01

My husband sometimes comes in and says "do you want to have sex" sometimes I say yes, sometimes I say no. I'm not sure the asking is such a big deal? It's more the fact he's not helping, or reading your mood if you are standing there doing laundry pissed off. Would it be different if he didn't asked and instead went to kiss you or offered a massage?

SmileyClare · 15/05/2024 21:03

If he’d come in, seen you’re knackered, hot, still in your work clothes and knee deep in laundry; he should have asked how you are, run you a bath and offered to put the laundry away and wash up- then he might have been in with a chance.

Read the room mate 😂

BigPussyEnergy · 15/05/2024 21:05

MrsTerryPratchett · 15/05/2024 21:00

So you worked, made dinner (separate dinners?) for 4 people, still wearing work clothes, fed him, started folding clothes and he... worked then showered.

It might be worth pointing out to him that men who do chores and share tasks are massively more attractive than those who don't. If he'd come in, said, "love you have a shower, I'll do the folding" then let you sit down for five minutes, I bet he'd be much more attractive.

100%. Does he usually just look after his own needs without considering the rest of the house/family? Either he’s always a selfish twat, in which case this highly unattractive plea for sex is just the tip of a huge iceberg. Or this is a blip and he needs it pointing out that in order for you to want sex with him you also need to be free of obligations, changed from work, showered and preferably romanced just a little bit.

SmileyClare · 15/05/2024 21:07

men who do chores and share tasks are massively more attractive

This in spades. Feeling appreciated, respected and treated as an equal is essential before foreplay 😂

Tell him op.

HebburnPokemon · 15/05/2024 21:10

Always someone complaining about something…