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My boyfriend NEVER wants to have sex. He denies me ALL the time. Even if I'm naked and willing! HELP!!!!

By October 28, 2009 - 1:23am
 
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I'm 26 years old, and my bf's 24. We're on our 4th year together. For the past, almost 2 years, he hasn't wanted to have sex. We yoused to have a GREAT sex life, it's how we got together, and now, it's diminished. I've asked him about it, I've yelled, I've cried, and nothing. He just tells me he doesn't know. He denies me constantly. I've layed naked beside him, offered him blowjobs, I've even touched myself infront of him, and he still denies me. I know he's not cheating. He's never worked a day in his life so it's not that. He's in school, but only so he can play on their Hockey Team, so it's not school. He's not gay. He won't even kiss me! More than a peck that is. He gambles, A LOT. Poker, and sports betting. I thought it might even be that, since he's consumed with it, but even an addict would want a naked girl lying there ready and wanting, wouldn't they??? I'm not an unattractive girl either. Not trying to be conceited, but just to explain. This is such a problem now. I moved with him for the 3rd "school year" (Sept-April), in a row, 2 Provinces away from where I'm from, with no family, and barely any friends. I just don't know if it's worth it anymore. I don't even know if I should or can be mad at him. I try to get serious about it, and he just tells me, he is attracted to me, that I'm beautiful, and he loves me a lot, but he doesn't know why he doesn't want to. He even told me tonight, after yet another denial, that he loves me too much to do it?. And he can get it up, so it's also not that. I actually think he doesn't know. It's been way too long, and I've gotten so upset over it, so many times. I don't think he wouldn't tell me if he actually knew.

I love him a lot, I really do, but I'm so young, we both are, I can't keep getting denied. It really screws with my head, and my heart. I've never been so insecure. And sad.
I just really don't know what to do... Is a relationship even anything without sex? And, can I keep being in this relationship without ever being desired???
Can this relationship be saved? Is there anything left to do, or are we pretty much done?
I seriously need help:(

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What did u guys do to solve your problem?
Me n my bf have been dating for 2 years now im 20 (almost 21) and his 21. Weve been loving together for about 1 1/2 of our relationship. Little about us. We grow up around eachother n weve known eachother sense 6th grade but we didnt have very good friends nor family so for a while there it was just us against the world but we moved into our first apartment together and its almost been a year. So about 8-9 months ago he stoped wanting to have sex, makeout, harldy holds hands/hugs, n when im naked he hardly looks at me... He said if i was up to him we'd have sex once a month (sex is a huge stress reliever for me) so i cant do once a month. I would offer FINISH blow jobs n his excuse of not wanting to just lay there n enjoy was that hes to tired. But hes ALWAYS to tired thats his excuse everytime not joke EVERYTIME. It could be 10 am 1pm 5 pm or 9pm n he still to tired. Last night was my last strew i need help. The entire day he was like we're gonna bone oh i cant wait n he basically dirty talked with me tell bed time n when it came down to it he wouldnt make the first move (i always make the first moved) im thinking maybe he lost his touch but how?? Knowing his past hes use to be a player. Anyhow he was like you wanna have morning sex i know its your favorite so i was liek sure i guess not like im super in the mood now buuuuutttt ssuurreeee. So he sets an alarm for 7am n 7am come around n he turns his alarm off n rolls over n goes right back to sleep but for me i have a really hard time going back to sleep n now its 8 n hes past out n im hide awake this is not the first time..... I gave up on even asking to have sex i javemt tried for sex in over 2 months n he hasnt even notice n of he has hes probably garteful n doesnt want to say anything to ruin it.... Im really insurer about my body n i have been for many years n this is just putting gas on it and watching it burn..... What do i do ive try beening naked toys sexy outfits blow jobs ingoring sex n still nothing.... I caught his watching porn (ALOT) even on my birthday........ (Ouch) ....... But he doesnt really watch he looks at naked pictures of girls tell hes about to cum n then thats when he watchs a video..... Why does he need virtual girls n not the naked one right here..... This is really starting to hurt... At first is was annoying n now its really hurting me..... N i will not break up with him over sex.... Sex is a huge plus but its just knowing he use to or still does not sure with the new incognito thing..... But he used other girls bodys to get off n i havent caught him doing it recently but like i said im sure hes using the incognito so he doesnt get caught... Im out of ideas m i forever gonna be unsatisfied

January 23, 2018 - 9:08am
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That is so weird, that guys do this. It's not like I'm a nympho or anything. I'm 22 and my bf is 21. we dated for about 5 months we had sex a lot at that time (or at least once every two days). And then I moved in with him at his parents house for about 3 months, we still had constant sex. Finally, we moved into our own apartment. I always thought us having sex all over the place. But since we moved in together. He started to get less and less intimate with me. He just wants to go to sleep. It makes me feel like a nympho.... an unwanted, undesirable nympho. I get that he's tired, I get tired too. But I still get in the mood, I still crave being touched and sharing with him that moment together. He doesn't cheat on me. At least I think. I don't know what to do. I love him, but he can't give me my sexual needs and he won't fulfill my dreams of marriage even though I have a few months and then I'll be deported. I want him to love me as I love him. I have had chances to be with other men that can fulfill my desires and needs. But because I'd never cheat and I love him, I am stuck with him until the day I get deported. Doomed for love. We even signed a new 1 year lease for an apartment together. It hurts that he says he loves me all the time, and then he won't even touch me. Anyways, I'm on here because I have no friends to talk to. I have always been a boyfriend girl and never had many close friends. My bf shares me with no one. And I've always been the girl to connect with guys more than girls and I can't even have guy friends because my bf is the jealous type.

October 16, 2017 - 11:33am
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My bf has ED and won't touch me or engage in anything, we have been together for 6 months and at first we were more intimate and then it faded to once a month, I waited 2 months, I am the one that engages, kisses and cuddles, I don't get much reciprocation and when I say I want to be touched because it makes me feel unwanted he says he's insecure or just doesn't even think about it or wait... he is getting a surgery, a pump that will make everything all of a sudden fine but if there is no intimacy it's very hard to deal with. I am sensitive to him and how he's feeling and I've told him I don't care I just want to be close to him but he won't do anything, I'm in my 30's and feel like an old couple that don't have sex anymore but just love each other. It's very hard on my head and heart, messes with my self esteem or makes me wonder if he wants me at all.

September 23, 2017 - 2:09am
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You not the only one. My partner been together for 2yrs have our daughter together. Sense baby was born we only did it twice. No cuddles no. Sex no kissing nothing. I feel what your going through. We both in our early 30's I feel sad to. I don't care so much about. Sex I miss the cuddles. I might as well be a flatmate. I love him alot but he annoys me if I say anything about can I have a hug please you need to wait. It's been almost over a year with no hugs no kissing no touching.

August 6, 2017 - 4:20am
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I'm so confused to, I searched his to try and get answers on my own life problem! I have been with my boyfriend a little under a year! When we first started dating he loved to be cuddled with me, kissing on me and anything sexually! Yes I might have gained a little weight since them but not where it's so much he wouldn't want to have sex with me anymore! I'm just confused because he never wants to kiss me unless I ask, and then he just gives me a little peck on the lips and occasionally the cheek! He says it's because he's always just tired or stressed! But every time I say something he's like yeah we will, then when I ask again he turns me down! Why say you want to or will when you know you weren't going to do it in the first place! I feel like something is wrong with me! I'm just not sure on what to do next! I don't have any friends down here since I moved with him! So maybe getting some other ladies opinions would be really helpful!!

Thanks in advance, your comments are greatly appreciated!

July 9, 2017 - 8:52pm
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Hi,
I'm 20, my bf is 21.
It's been 5 months..in the beginning he seemed like he wanted to be physically close to me a lot. Like, sex and cuddling every day kinda thing. Now, we may have (same old predictable) sex maybe once a week, and close to no cuddling. He has problems with drugs...i don't even know what to do anymore. i feel like i just want to disappear. Otherwise I am feeling really depressed...and untouchable? He says we have to be on better talking terms in order for him to feel comfortable touching me. I just feel so alone. What do I do?

June 10, 2017 - 2:12am
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Its been 5 months together and he is unaffectionate and im about to break up with him, he is not interested at all, to lay in the bed next to a man, that wont fondle, touch, grab nothing, really sucks, im questioning his sexuality, this is not normal, to not feel wanted, please someone help me

April 14, 2017 - 2:00am
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Hello I been with my boyfriend going on five years we use to have sex every day when we met now it's I'm sleepy my side hurt or I'm looking for a car he say he loves me and I'm his everything but I don't know what to do

February 14, 2017 - 1:01pm

I'm beginning to feel like there might be a third party involved in the demise of my fiancés sexual attraction to me :( . We used to be like rabbits too......same old story......now I feel as though I couldn't get him to notice me walking around naked, let alone want what I was offering.
And just on that, I've NEVER turned him down for sex; but he's brushed me aside or just pretended to be asleep. I'm not blowing my own horn here, but I'm not the ugliest woman on earth; other men notice me all the time, which makes him mad! But, he doesn't want me!
When I mentioned a chick he works with to see if that could be the problem, he blushed! My man never blushes, unless his true feelings betray him. And he'll talk about every one else at work, except for her. And now all of a sudden he wants to transfer shifts; all after I confronted him about this co worker he's gone all funny about. Every other chick is described as fat, or ugly, but he has nothing bad to say about this girl, even going as far to say he feels sorry for her, for the way her partner treats her......i don't really give a flying fuck about how badly she gets treated, and why the fuck should he!?
Sorry, I'm just trying to understand what it is that's taking my fiancés sexual attention away from me :(
It's funny how he cares about this girls treatment at work; he verbally abuses me every day, yet he feels sorry for a co worker who cops it from her own partner?
I spoke to him about the similarities between me and this girl, and more blushing! I pointed out that she's probably looking for a soft place to fall after being abused by her partner, and that he's playing right into her hand by showing he cares and being extra helpful at work. Now I hear of her flirting with him, and calling him off his breaks (when she knows he's texting me),saying its a work emergency.
I asked him if he's told her he's engaged, and he got defensive! Said he doesn't have to tell her that, I should just trust him. Oh boy.
Tonight before he left for work (night shift, yeah neat), he said the strangest thing; he said I don't think about anything else at work except for you......and I thought that was an odd comment.......especially after I confronted him about this girl earlier today......
Sorry for raving on.....i have no one else to talk to, I'm pretty much isolated from my friends and family these days; I sleep when he sleeps; go out when he goes out and watch what he wants to watch on tv.
My world has shrunk dramatically from when we first got together; now he's my whole world, and he doesn't want me sexually anymore....... Just so hurt and confused

December 8, 2016 - 8:26am
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Anonymous

Hi I'm 27 and my bf is 25. We've been together alittle more than a year. The sex kinda slowed down after 6 months and it's been a constant battle to get him to want to touch me that way. A good week is when we have sex at least once. He says he's trying but always pushes me away when I try to start things. He's very affectionate and tells me he loves me all the time. I have mentioned to him that he no longer tells me I'm beautiful and I always catching him looking at other girls when we're at the gym. I've asked him if it's me and he's says no he's just not in the mood. Idk what to do anymore and I'm always blaming myself, thinking I'm not good enough or disgusting or something. I've never had this problem before and don't know where to go from here.

November 29, 2016 - 11:58pm
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