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Pass the Kleenex
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 2:43PM - in reply to And um Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I've been in a very happy, albeit sexless for the most part, marriage for 3 years now. In the past 12 months we've had sex twice. granted she was pregnant for 9 of those 12 months and it took several months afterwards for her to even think about it, but its been a long drought.

When we decided to try and have a kid I was very excited! regular sex at last; before that it was usually once a week or less. I get morning wood and she isn't interested and in the evening I'm whupped after a workout or a hard day at work and she might be feeling frisky. It rarely seemed to gel.

Anyway we decide to try for kids and hey presto, first time without the rubber I knock her up. One and done. She was so paranoid about hurting the baby that we had sex maybe once or twice in the first couple of months and then I was cut off. For 4 months after the baby was born I was cut off too...which was hard because for the first time ever she had big boobs.

Before we got married we had sex every night. If I was over at her place we did it, if she came to mine we did it...as soon as we were on neutral ground, in our shared abode, it stopped. The bedroom was no longer a place for sex it was a place to sleep. Not only did the sex dry up but the spice too. The last BJ was on honeymoon and these days its plain old missionary and nothing else.

To be fair its half my fault, my drive has waned too. 10 years ago I was up for it 3 times a day. I'd see a commercial on TV with a hot chick and I'd have to go beat it. Now at 40, I'm just not that interested.

Still very happily married and very happy I'm no longer in the dating game, taking psycho chics out to dinner and trying to bed them afterwards. I do not miss that nonsense one bit.
sexlessrunningchica
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 2:51PM - in reply to And um Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Ok I am convinced it is just low sex drive, and that it is possible for men to suffer from a low sex drive, despite nobody's willingness to believe it.

We do not have a home computer. I use my work laptop at home and he rarely uses it. He has a BBerry but I doubt he's watching porn on that.

It's not depression. There have been no personality changes that would otherwise suggest that. He appears to be his normal, fun loving and friendly self.

He is not gay or having an affair. If he was I don't know why he would stay with me (no kids, no money worries etc.)and I just think I would know if he was having an affair, gay or otherwise.
Peter King
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 3:12PM - in reply to sexlessrunningchica Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

sexlessrunningchica wrote:

Ok I am convinced it is just low sex drive, and that it is possible for men to suffer from a low sex drive, despite nobody's willingness to believe it.




Sure it's possible but it would be unusual enough to look into...at the very least medically.

As I said previously this is an indication that something is not quite right. If it were no big deal you wouldn't have mentioned it. So, since it is, I'd look into it.
sexlessrunningchica
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 3:17PM - in reply to Peter King Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Yep - it's definitely unusual. I'm going to ask him to try the testosterone test. I think it's pretty much my last hope.
anEconomist
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 3:21PM - in reply to sexlessrunningchica Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
this is a shot in the way dark but does he take propecia?

that has been known to lower sex drive as well


sexlessrunningchica wrote:

Yep - it's definitely unusual. I'm going to ask him to try the testosterone test. I think it's pretty much my last hope.
desert rodent
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 3:22PM - in reply to sexlessrunningchica Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

sexlessrunningchica wrote:

Ok I am convinced it is just low sex drive, and that it is possible for men to suffer from a low sex drive, despite nobody's willingness to believe it.

We do not have a home computer. I use my work laptop at home and he rarely uses it. He has a BBerry but I doubt he's watching porn on that.

It's not depression. There have been no personality changes that would otherwise suggest that. He appears to be his normal, fun loving and friendly self.

He is not gay or having an affair. If he was I don't know why he would stay with me (no kids, no money worries etc.)and I just think I would know if he was having an affair, gay or otherwise.

Was the sex ever that frequent, even in the beginning? I doubt it. If it is physical has he been to a urologist? It is not an affair, but he may be gay (are you a mind reader?). Many married men have divorced, "came out" and the wife had no idea. Also, he would very likely stay with you even if he was gay (maybe he is trying to supress it/fight the inner demons). He may not be having gay affairs, but he also is not physically attracted to you. Not all gay men are flaming (or obvious), are they? Most posters on here would say he is gay - that is the logical explanation. Sorry to have to break it to you. Ask him straight out; tell him you need to know, and that you will keep it secret. He owes you an honest answer.
sexlessrunningchica
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 3:26PM - in reply to anEconomist Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
LOL - no. He has a lovely full head of hair, and he's not on any meds. He exercises regularly, doesn't smoke, do drugs or drink a lot of alcohol (couple of beers on w/end, glass of wine mid-week). Thanks for all the suggestions though.
anEconomist
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 3:28PM - in reply to Dr. Phil Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
this is an excellent response and one that deserves repeating, nothing pissed me off more than sherunner's response that a wife helping out her husband may have set the feminist movement back

wtf... I am a guy and I consider myself a huge feminist, my wife knows how much I think of her as a person, and from time to time i'm sure she hasn't been in the mood as much as me but has helped me out. i'd like to think i would to the same

this guy said it very well

it's called being in an adult, sharing, trusting relationship

go back and learn what it means to be a feminist


Dr. Phil wrote:

Women like you are responsible for confounding female self awareness regarding sexuality. Having sex with a spouse, male or female, when not in the mood is not by default consigning oneself to the status of "sex toy." In a loving, equal relationship, both spouses respect each others needs and desires. Sometimes that means not asking for sex when you are the one with the higher libido, other times it is a willingness to make love in the absence of desire for sex to sate a partners natural needs.

My wife can say "no" to me. I respect it. If up to it, at times when sex is not high on her priority list, she will say say because she loves me and seeks to fulfill my needs. She is not my toy. She is my wife and lover. We give and take.

This dignifies both me as a man and her as a woman. She is secure enough in her womanhood that she does not need to pull any sexual powerplays in the name of bullshit feminism. She also know sexual ecstasy and what her female body and mind are capable of.
sexlessrunningchica
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 5:03PM - in reply to anEconomist Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Right, you're all such feminists. Funny how when it's a woman her husband is gay or having an affair. But when it's your wives they're just selfish.
question guy.djle
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 5:10PM - in reply to sexlessrunningchica Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
why do so many people have premarital sex?
Pass the Kleenex
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 5:18PM - in reply to question guy.djle Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
would you buy a car without a test drive?
Carnivore 69
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 5:51PM - in reply to sexlessrunningchica Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I've met exactly one guy in my life who had little or no sex drive, freshman year of college. For awhile I thought he was gay because he didn't show any interest in women.

So one day I just flat out asked him if he was gay. He said no. I said that he didn't seem to be trying to get laid, and he said he never really thought about it. I figured he was putting me on, so I asked him how many times a day he got wood. He said he'd only had a boner a few times in his life. He didn't think sex was gross, but it just wasn't for him, just like alcohol isn't for some people. He'd never whacked off because he never had any reason to.

He was, however, very curious why every other 18-year-old seemed to be so into it. I had to explain that it is just natural, you just have to blow a load after awhile. The best analogy I could think of at the time was taking a dump. You can hold off taking a dump for several hours, maybe a day if you have strong willpower, and maybe two if you are superhuman. But you won't go any longer than that before it comes out involuntarily. I told him the same was true for 18-year-old sex drives. I didn't know anyone who could go longer than 2-3 days before having to relieve the pressure one way or another. It was news to him that guys (and girls to a lesser extent) could only go so long before they had to have an orgasm.

The dude's name was David, on the off chance that you married this guy.
weisenhiemer
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 5:58PM - in reply to sexlessrunningchica Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

sexlessrunningchica wrote:

LOL - no. He has a lovely full head of hair, and he's not on any meds. He exercises regularly, doesn't smoke, do drugs or drink a lot of alcohol (couple of beers on w/end, glass of wine mid-week). Thanks for all the suggestions though.
Have you checked to see if he has a pulse??
walter
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 6:12PM - in reply to need data Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Or someone who heard it on the Cartoon Network, had never heard it before, and thought they would appear well read if they used it in conversation/message board posting. It's superfluous (I don't watch the Cartoon Network)


need data wrote:

Someone who reads, rather than watches the Cartoon Network.
need data
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 7:30PM - in reply to walter Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Wrong. Try again.
question guy.djle
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 7:42PM - in reply to Pass the Kleenex Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

Pass the Kleenex wrote:

would you buy a car without a test drive?


yes.

how often do you find lemons nowadays?
sexlessrunningchica
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 7:48PM - in reply to Carnivore 69 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
OMG - that was so funny thanks. Maybe I'm really a guy and he is really a girl.


His name isn't David... nice try though. I'm sure if I ever remarry it will be to your friend, David
F. ING david
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 9:06PM - in reply to Carnivore 69 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
most guys at Duke are gay, and you are exhibit A.
hey dipshit
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 10:41PM - in reply to F. ING david Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
were you waitlisted?
or rejected outright?
go cowgirl
RE: Post-nuptial shutoff? 2/2/2007 11:10PM - in reply to sexlessrunningchica Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I agree with some of the posters. He might have been molested when he was a kid or he has some kind of odd kink he is ashamed of. Maybe he likes handcuffs, hot wax, finger-up-the-butt, off-the-wall BDSM shit. He might think you are a nice girl who he would be embarrassed to reveal this to. Maybe he is deathly afraid of freaking you out with something.

You can always wrestle him down to the bed and have your way with him. He might like it rough.
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