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Is it wrong to imagine my ex?

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Thoughtlife · 27/05/2026 13:50

I've been with my partner 2 years. We're both early 50s.

In bed, and in life, he's very gentle, and kind, and caring. We make love and it's great fun. He's a very giving man. I love him very much.

I've mentioned a couple of times that sometimes I would love to have sex outside the bedroom. I've also told him that sometimes I just want to be thrust into the bed like there's no tomorrow. Or have no foreplay and just get straight on with penetration.

I've tried initiating this where I can.

He can't maintain an erection outside the bedroom, and will always end up leading me to the bedroom if I start things in the front room. If I insist we stay put, then he'll happily give me a good time, but there's only so much a girl can do with a flaccid penis. He can't get erect quick enough to have sex without foreplay. He's on daily pills to help with his erection.

In bed, I've told him to go harder, faster, he smiles and does speed up a little bit for a few thrusts, but then it's back to gentle lovemaking.

X and I used to fuck as well as make love. I miss the rawness and dirtyness of fucking. I miss the immediacy of Xs erection that was always good to go (and was 9 years older than partners). I miss being occasionally pounded into the bed.

I now find myself in the awful position of imagining X wanking in the corner of the room, getting off watching me with my partner. It's only when I imagine him watching that I orgasm. I feel terrible for this, but it's adding the extra element to what I feel is missing for me.

Am I wrong to do so? I'm not a name user during sex, so there's no risk of saying the Xs name. But I feel so bad thinking of X whilst in bed with my partner.

Any ideas to fix this, or should I just chill?

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ThatsNicer · 31/05/2026 08:05

@ItsWayTooLate
He sounds a bit like an ex of mine - couldn't maintain an erection unless he wore my knickers. 🙄

If that was effective, it seems (to me) an easy and acceptable solution.

ItsWayTooLate · 31/05/2026 13:09

No, no, no - it may have worked for him but it turned me right OFF, I'm afraid. 🤨

shimasu · 01/06/2026 13:36

All ex's are in the wank bank aren't they? Apart from the crap in bed one's

mnmnddddd · 01/06/2026 16:38

shimasu · 01/06/2026 13:36

All ex's are in the wank bank aren't they? Apart from the crap in bed one's

No necessarily eve those that were great in bed!

Joe7t8 · 01/06/2026 17:15

mnmnddddd · 01/06/2026 16:38

No necessarily eve those that were great in bed!

Oh they are for me, even the relationships where the sex was only sporadically great. Surely it’s normal that your personal wank bank is like an edited highlight reel of your past sex life?

It’s also your perogative to take those highlights and let your mind add a bit of extra fantasy spice to them. I swear there is no greater sexual stimulation than the imaginative human mind!

AtYourPleasure · 01/06/2026 17:27

But the OP isn't saying she sometimes needs her mind to wander. She's saying she needs to think about her ex in order to orgasm. Every. Time. Are you really all saying you'd be happy that the only way your husband/wife/partner could orgasm with you was to think about their ex every time you have sex?

AtYourPleasure · 01/06/2026 17:36

There are so many threads on here about how sex is what (and sometimes the only thing) bonds you as a couple. How are you bonding if you're thinking about someone else everytime you have sex? How are you bonding if you can only orgasm thinking about someone else?

You aren't. You're literally using them as a hole. A masturbatory tool for your own pleasure.

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