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My libido's gone, OH frustrated - relationship suffering

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NannyPahLum · 24/06/2015 09:05

Sorry this is long but think background is relevant...

Ok, so we've been together 6 yrs. First 2 yrs long distance and just saw each other every other weekend. Always plenty of good sex.

Then we moved in together. Sex increased to every other day on average (sometimes more, but on average)

But about a year after moving in together our lives went a bit awry... OH's business folded, I was made redundant. After several months of constant job applications and getting nowhere we sank under debt. Lost our privately rented home and had to sell just about everything we owned. In the midst of all this I had an abnormal smear and and to have precancerous cells removed. I ended up with a nasty infection after the procedure that took lots of medication and several weeks to recover from. Although not being able to have sex during the infection, sex life apart from that didn't suffer.

Just as we moved to his parents I finally got a new job, and a week later so did OH. But then just another week in we discovered I'd fallen pregnant. Not planned and battled with whether to terminate or not, due to our less than desirable circumstances for raising children. But decided to keep the baby as in the end we both realised we couldn't go through with a termination. Despite all this, sex life didn't suffer too much.

So we spent those pregnancy months working our arses off and paying our debts so we could get our own place for when the baby arrived... We found a little place. I went into labour early - the evening before we were due to move into new house! Caused quite a few disruptions with landlord & estate agent but we got there in the end.

So baby has arrived, but birth was traumatic and prolonged. I suffered PND, PTS and generally found it difficult to adapt to my new life with a baby who wasn't an easy baby. I had to give up work as we couldnt afford the childcare for me to return. Cue sex life takes a nose dive

I ended up on AD's and still on them now.

Over the next few years Ive struggled to raise DS with zero help - OH works a LOT of hours, he's out from 5am until after DS's bedtime at 7pm. I'm 200 miles from my family, his family all work full time. DS is not easy - always been difficult & naughty and I have consistent with discipline which be draining when I'm doing it all alone.

Sex life has never recovered despite our DS now being 2.7 yo. Since his birth we've been through another 2 house moves due to bad landlords, discovered I was pregnant again when DS was 6 mths but miscarried the day after finding out. Was both upset and relieved all at the same time. We've had 2 significant deaths in the family just days apart. I'm devastated but trying to cope. I'm also single handedly planning our wedding that's in July and it's been a BIG stress.... I'm stressed miserable and have zero sex drive.

But none of these events havr affected OH's sex drive and it's causing big problems in our relationship just weeks away from marrying each other.

I find his constant groping of me, sexual innuendos or direct comments of what he wants to do to me in bed irritating. Or him seeing my reluctance to have sex as 'playing hard to get' and still pursuing and pushing until I give in to shut him up, is starting to cause me some resentment towards him.

A couple times he's even penetrated me (not in an aggressive forceful manner) even when I've said I'm not in the mood. He did it again last night and this time I got quite upset and stormed out of the bedroom and slept on the sofa

I don't know what to do. We both love each other, and i respect he works so hard for us. But the stresses of life over the last couple of years have really affected my libido and I can't give him what he needs. But him trying to take it anyway is not making this any better.

When we do have sex, when I do actually want to, it's still good. It's just so few and far between and im frustrating him. He accuses me of not loving him when I don't give it up. I do I'm just bloody tired!

Am I at fault for losing sex drive and not satisfying him? How do I regain it?

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Molotov · 24/06/2015 15:04

When you say you're "not in the mood" and he "penetrates" you anyway, do you mean that you begrudgingly relented (which still isn't ideal), or did you say 'no' and he did it anyway? I'm sorry OP, but if it was the latter, it is rape.

You've been through a lot by the sounds of it; you're on ADs which can affect your libido. How old is your baby? Also, it's a massive turn-off when you feel like you're being pestered for sex. There is little else more off-putting. I wonder if your DH realises that?

Regardless of how horny he is, he can not, under any circumstances, just take sex. That's horrible and needs to be addressed.

Have you ever talked through your problems with eachother, both past financial problems and present sexual/emotional ones? Don't underestimate how scary being in debt is. Have you maybe thought of going to couples counselling?

AyeAmarok · 24/06/2015 16:40

I just wanted to say one thing, because sometimes when you're in the middle of it yourself its very hard to look objectively at a situation that you consider to be your normal.

But someone (person A) wanting to have sex with person B, when they know person B isn't into it, but yet person A is still able to get themselves off on it and climax, doesn't really sound like there is much of a meeting of minds there. Can you imagine climaxing while having sex with a person whom you knew didn't want to be doing it?

You are not just there for him to have sex on, with no regard for yourself.

It might be worth asking HQ to move this thread to Relationships

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TendonQueen · 24/06/2015 16:47

That is a hell of a lot to deal with in your life. Never mind him 'working hard'. Your day to day burdens sound incredibly tough. Do you think he doesn't understand how tired and stressed you are? Have you talked to him about this? Or does he brush that aside because it's his frustration that is the main and only issue.

I do think you should tell him clearly that any more incidents where he forces sex on you (and yes, there is a word for that, but I'm avoiding it because it risks making this j whole other debate about definitions) will mean the end of the relationship. He can't just think it's ok to carry on. It really isn't.

smellsofelderberries · 24/06/2015 18:24

I would say even if he is pestering you and you 'give in' to him to keep the peace, that is still rape. It's called coercion. Do you really want to be with a man who doesn't respect you enough to not only rape you, but who also has no interest in your pleasure either? I would suggest you think seriously about whether you want to spend the rest of your life being treated like this.

NannyPahLum · 25/06/2015 08:42

I did also post this in the relationship thread - and yes I've been told in no uncertain terms he is a rapist...

When he came home last night I couldn't bear to look at him because as usual he just wanted to act as if nothing had happened. He just said "uh, so we're still not speaking are we?!" and flounced off. I had a bath and went to bed early.

Not sure how to approach this because I know he's going to suggest it's all down to my depression

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Molotov · 25/06/2015 09:33

Blaming your depression is an easy cop-out though, isn't it? It isn't addressing the reasons that have lead to your depression, or the treatments you are experiencing which are no doubt lending to depression. You getting the blame for everything is grossly unfair.

In your shoes, I think I would need some time out - I'd need to spend some time alone to escape the pressure from him. I'd honestly try and talk to him and if he was an arse about it, I'd try for some time alone. Is there anyone IRL who could help with this?

I'm glad you also posted on the relationships board. There's so many very knowledgable and supportive people on there. I'll read the thread over there.

flanjabelle · 25/06/2015 16:46

I don't think you should be marrying this man :( he doesn't give a Damn about your needs and only cares about his own from the sound of it. You poor thing.

SolidGoldBrass · 25/06/2015 16:53

Stop planning the wedding and start planning how to get this vile, selfish man out of your home.
Sorry, but your depression will never go while you are living with him, because he's horrible and abusive. The fact that he 'works hard' and earns an income doesn't make up for him treating you like a combination of domestic appliance and fuck-hole.
I really, really recommend a chat with WOmen's Aid about your options. As he is the father of your children you will still be able to obtain financial support from him without having to put up with him ramming his dick in you whenever he feels like it.

pocketsaviour · 28/06/2015 10:46

I agree with pretty much everything SGB said.

You are effectively a single mum at the moment and I get the impression you are quite isolated where you are.

Would it be feasible for you to move back near your family, if you had some help from them? For example if you moved near your mum would that give you more childcare options and maybe allow you to return to work?

I think it's urgent that you call off your wedding immediately. Don't marry a rapist. He doesn't give a shit about you, love. You deserve (and your DS too) so much more than this walking shitstain. Flowers

Swingbi · 05/07/2015 04:04

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FastWindow · 05/07/2015 04:16

Even with everything else you've been through, it's quite normal to have a massively reduced sex drive after having children. It's a female thing to make sure you don't have children too close together, I think. So so you have one, then you have another after maybe two, three years, then you spend all your days looking after those two (three, if the usual pattern of two kids one DH is anything to go by)

It's not easy. But no WAY should he be forcing you.

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