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He's leaving me

167 replies

Stardust286 · 27/10/2025 20:47

Basically I have little to no desire to have sex, it's been this way for months. I have a physically and mentally demanding full time job, I come home from work and I walk the dog (the high energy dog that DP wanted) have to tidy the house (DP doesn't clean up after himself often) so by the time I get to bed I am shattered and the last thing I want is sex. He also works full time in a managerial role, once he finishes work he sits down, I on the other hand cannot sit down until the house is tidy and jobs have been done.
It's all come to a head and he says he's leaving due to lack of intimacy. I don't know how to feel, gutted our 9 year relationship is fizzling out, we don't have date nights or go out much together anymore either. We have sex a couple of times a month but it's not enough for him. I wish I wanted it more but I just can't be arsed I can't seem to get in the mood and I think if he wants to leave me because of that and throw away 9 years then so be it 😭 also I'm only 35 and not peri

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Bibi12 · 01/11/2025 10:04

Stardust286 · 28/10/2025 20:00

Yes the house is mine luckily. Don't get me wrong he works hard, sometimes 14 hour days, but so do lots of other men I know and they don't treat their house like a doss house, working from home he doesn't clean up after himself if he's made himself dinner because "he's working." Doesn't tidy up on a weekend because "he's tired because he's been at work all week." Maybe my expectations are too high?
Either way he hasn't made any effort to speak to me since yesterday so I know in my heart to let him go

Nobody has to work 14 hours a day. Unless they work shifts then they get more days off to rest and have plenty of time for housework.
Men often stay at work longer to have an excuse not to help around the house and with the children. This will absolutely drain you and imagined what would happen if you ever have a child. You would be totally exhausted and resentful.

Bibi12 · 01/11/2025 10:08

Ljm90 · 29/10/2025 22:34

14 hour days??! My god! How does he have the time or energy to pester you for sex?! There's absolutely no way I'd work those hours! I'd laugh my head off and look for another job!

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It sounds more like he works shifts and not 5 days a week. If it is 5 days a week then he probably lies about his whereabouts. Nobody is required to work that long. He's not an investment banker.

SimplyAFolly · 01/11/2025 21:43

gamerchick · 30/10/2025 12:59

How would you know what women want dude?

Lets just say I know, been around the block a few times.

Mewling · 01/11/2025 22:17

SimplyAFolly · 01/11/2025 21:43

Lets just say I know, been around the block a few times.

No, you just know what you’d be happy to put up with. You don’t speak for all women. Personally, I’d rather be single.

ChersHandbag · 01/11/2025 23:40

Also OP I don’t know if you are still reading this but I’ve come to see this kind of situation (which I was in for a long time) as a kind of masking in itself. So exhausting. You’ll feel your self pouring back in when it’s over.

Pryceosh1987 · 02/11/2025 01:24

Time is money and money is time. You must and have to make time for each other.

SimplyAFolly · 02/11/2025 18:58

Mewling · 01/11/2025 22:17

No, you just know what you’d be happy to put up with. You don’t speak for all women. Personally, I’d rather be single.

I speak from experience and what a woman would be happy with, no good being single and flicking the bean.

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No wonder he’s interested in OP’s (ex) partner- they have a lot in common 😂

Keepingthingsinteresting · 02/11/2025 22:31

Can I ask @Stardust286 why do you want him? It doesn’t sound like he adds much to your life, he certainly doesn’t look after you or make your life easier. You deserve a loving partner not a whinging man child.

Terrytheweasel · 02/11/2025 22:39

I’m pretty certain your libido would reawaken the moment he pulled his finger out of his arse and did his fair share of housework and dog walking. What a pig to expect you to do all of that whilst he sits on his arse - and then you’re supposed to find him sexually desirable!

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I think you may have misunderstood my comment?

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ColdTimeOfYear · 03/11/2025 21:39

Dontbeme · 27/10/2025 21:34

Keep the dog, re-home him OP.

He doesn't carry his domestic load of sharing a home with you. So you became "mum" cleaning, cooking and picking up after him, even walking a dog he wanted and doesn't provide practical care for, just like a child. So if course you don't want to be intimate with him, he acts like a child and reasonable adults don't want to be intimate with children.

This is so true. Re-home him, keep the dog.

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