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Erectile Dysfunction

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YourRubyShaker · 22/04/2025 22:31

Hi, I’ve been seeing my partner since January. He told me before we were intimate that he sometimes uses viagra. I haven’t experienced this before, but asked lots of questions and it didn’t worry or concern me. Moving forward a few weeks. We’ve stayed together and tried intimacy on a couple of occasions. With the help of Viagra he can eventually get hard, but isn’t able to maintain it for more than a couple of minutes. It’s quite frustrating for both of us. But I’m not sure he’s completely honest because the last time he said he just lost stamina, rather than the erection. I’m fairly sure it was the erection. Of course I’ve been reassuring and supportive as much as possible. But he also only likes one position and is very reluctant to try others, even though he’s told me a lot he wants me to orgasm and I’ve gently told him what I like. He doesn’t seem to want to try it. It seems to be my partner waking me in the night to have sex, just for a minute or two, and then him losing it and then trying again an hour later.

its great he’s not tried to hide the Viagra, and the problem he has, but I’m not sure if it’s all just that. Part of me is thinking maybe he just doesn’t think he can satisfy me, so this is as good as it will get.

Any advice would be appreciated!

OP posts:
EarthSight · 24/04/2025 18:42

Jesus that sounds crap. A good man would be turned on or entertained with giving you pleasure. Also, having to take Viagra like this at his age is not a good sign of his overall health or porn use.

Yennefer17 · 20/08/2026 21:16

YourRubyShaker · 24/04/2025 04:03

45

Whaaat?!! I thought you’d say 55 or 60…

He’s too young (other posters are right) and he needs to get checked as he might be on the way to a heart attack.

Stormyrose · 20/08/2026 21:55

45 and never lived with a partner, not enthusiastic about sex , not many relationships, it’s a bit unusual op

Specialneedsnightmare · 20/08/2026 22:02

I had a partner with this problem, exactly as you describe. He would get it up for a minute or two with the help of Viagra but couldn't sustain it long. We rarely even managed piv. It was so frustrating and in thr end I couldn't deal with it. He wanted me to sleep with other men instead with him watching, no thank you!

In his case he used to watch a lot of porn and just couldn't get turned on by normal sex. He was also on blood pressure meds.

Your dp should be doing all he can to give you pleasure. If he can't manage that regardless of the ED, then sadly I doubt this will last.

itsnotalwaysthateasy · 22/08/2026 00:38

Lacklustre is a realtionship is a dump from me.
You'll get better sex being by yourself.

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