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My boyfriend never wants to have sex with me. It's killing me.

By December 13, 2013 - 11:27am
 
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I have been with my boyfriend for a year and a half. We are very much in love. I am 26 he is 32. There is no doubt in my mind that he loves me, wants to be with me, and finds me attractive. However, only 5-6 months into our relationship the sex began to dwindle. At first we were having sex all the time, multiple times in a row every time we saw each other. It was amazing. Our schedules DID become a bit different and difficult. I work a regular Mon-Fri 9-5 job and he works the weekends (nights) Thurs, Fri, and Sat nights.

But I feel that there is always an excuse: he’s too tired, has a headache, it’s late, we are too drunk, he just wants to chill, our schedules are too different, or if we aren’t doing well as a “couple”, he’s in “relax” mode.

I believe that he has some deep routed intimacy issues and I tried to address this. He still uses all these excuses. He “assures me” it’s not me and that he finds me sexually attractive. I DO believe him but he never ever tries to have sex with me.

I can’t be patient anymore. I tried to wait, be patient. But it absolutely BREAKS MY HEART when I “make a move” and he denies me. He’ll move my hand off of him, or just give me one of the millions of excuses. When we DO have sex (but it’s 2 months now) it isn’t the SAME. He usually stops before coming. It makes me feel HORRIBLE. Not good enough. Not sexy.

It’s taken a toll on me in so many ways. He adores me- I know this but when I am denied and when he doesn’t SHOW that he wants me in a physical or sexual way it makes me feel ugly, unattractive, not sexual, and defeated. Not to mention unsatisfied and unfulfilled!

Any insight or HELP with how to deal with this is greatly appreciated. It’s been eating me up inside…

XO

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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

I am exactly exactly the same. I'm 19 and my boyfriend is 20 and completely uninterested in me. I adore him and I know he loves me but he's completely uninvolved when it comes to sex and actively tries to avoid it. I'm a sexual person, I want to try new and exciting things but he couldn't care less. Did you find a solution?

May 7, 2016 - 2:22pm
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Anonymous

A lot of ladies are saying they feel unattractive etc, but when you tell a man that you feel unattractive and he really no longer is attracted to you then he will feel guilty because you have made a point of feeling unattractive and the problem is not resolved but dragged on. The point I'm making is a lot of the time it is the women making a man stay in a relationship he is not happy with and then complaining because they are not getting sex. I would suggest that all ladies actually say to there men that they want a temporary split if he want you back after then maybe the problem is something different and if he does not then you know he never wanted to be with you. alternatively you may find someone else in the split up who loves you and makes love regularly

February 22, 2016 - 7:25pm
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Anonymous

Ill be honest he may not want to be with you. If he is a nice man he may just be with you because he know you love him deeply and doesn't want to let you down especially if other parts of your life are fine and you get along on a friend level. I am a man and have been through this but struggled to tell the lady as i knew she loved me deeply. I did try to split up once but when i saw the upset on her face I couldn't split with her. I split eventually but it was hard and took a lot of effort because the lady had done nothing wrong but i was no longer physically attracted to her. I know you should not base a relationship on looks but if you've lost the spark i'm afraid you cant get it back.

February 22, 2016 - 7:17pm
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Anonymous

I am so sorry you ladies are going through this pain too. I cry myself to sleep many nights and he knows it, but never comforts me. My man barely kisses me. He holds my hand and occasionally holds me at night, but he rarely initiates sex and on the rare occasion he does...it feels like pity sex because I have complained about lack of intimacy. He loves me, but does not make me feel desired in any way whatsoever. He uses the excuse that I never initiate sex so I am to blame....but when your man wont kiss you or even touch you intimately, you lose your confidence in initiating sex...I have never been with a man who didn't make me feel desired or want sex before this relationship. We have been though a lot... he cheated when out of town both physically and sexting and I read all the messages. He was so turned on by these other women....but he is not turned on by me at all and that hurts. Granted he was high when he cheated and sober now...but it still hurts and has me sinking into a deep depression. I love him...but I am 37 and still have a sex drive. I don't want to spend the last few years of my youth feeling so undesired. It hurts.

February 7, 2016 - 11:35pm
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Wow! I almost felt like I was writing your story. My boyfriend too will never initiate sex, and other than pecks in the lips (which do happen regularly) sometimes, all I want is a nice juicy kiss that lets me know the spark is still there... But none... And he constantly denies me in sex. I try to kiss him, touch him and arouse him in all ways possible and the answer is "I don't want you to get mad at me, but I can't tonight." And I too, found out he cheated on me multiple times. One was with a girl he actively talked to for months and when out of town, allegiably got drunk and "happened" he doesn't know I know about the other girls, but in lue of that first cheat, I found out that recently, he's been going on websites to look for women and started resourcing to previous girls he used to mess with before we got together. Sexting and telling them what he wanted to do to them and another girl he recently met who seem to have absolutely no problem with being just a sex object. I moved past it, but it does hurt that he saw those women attractive and had the energy to have sex with them and encouraging it, but not with me. I feel like my whole world is falling apart and I do question where our relationship stands. I don't doubt that he loves me, and I know his situation and why he would want to revel at the moment, but it is concerning that even when I actively offer to do all the work and actually do try every way possible to keep him and myself sexually happy. It worries me that he may not be. Idk!

March 9, 2016 - 10:14am
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Anonymous

Omg please I HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME SITUATION ! I just turned 23 my boyfriend is 25 and we have been together for about five years !! Five freaking years, almost six now. The first few months we had sex all the time then I started always having to initiate until all the sudden it just stopped cold turkey. We literally did have sex for an entire year, now it's been almost 6 months maybe more I don't even bother keeping count. We have sex maybe twice or three times a year. It makes me feel horrible, I've never dealt with this before and I'm so young I didn't ever in my wildest dreams think this would happen especially at my age. I can't imagine what our sex life we be like at 50 .. Probably completely non existent. I cry myself to sleep too often, I get denied too often I have talked to him about a thousand times, it actually the only thing we argue about. He says the same crap, why don't I try to start it (I thought I was) or he says I want to have sex too late at night. It's absurd. I even told him I was going to leave that I can't do this anymore and he said he would try .. Still nothing not even on my birthday. We went on a cruise for his bday to the Bahamas that I planned and nope no sex there either. We stayed at an amazing resort in boca for over a week, nothing. I even tried to get him in the shower with me .. Nothing. I totally initiated when we were at the pool alone at night ... Nothing he practically said NO to my face. I know he's not cheating which almost makes this worse. I feel totally unwanted , ugly , like there's something wrong with me. I have tried the sexy lingerie, making a romantic dinner with candles, getting all dressed up, fav perfume, great makeup everything. For his bday I gave him special made cards that basically said "free blowjobs whenever u want just use this card" - it has been 2 years and he has not used it once ! Can someone tell me what to do :( I'm desperate and depressed over this. Oh and remember I'm freaking 23! This body and sex drove will NOT last forever. We started dating when I was 17.

January 9, 2016 - 3:58am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

i can't believe it's not just me. You have word for word written exactly what I go through as well. I cry myself to sleep all the time, it makes me feel horrible, I can't imagine going through this the rest of my life but I also couldn't imagine life with out him. How will we ever get through this?!

January 23, 2016 - 8:43am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

I completely understand! He said he doesn't want to be pressured, and that he feels horrible about it, but he's just not attracted to anyone right now, sexually. He still says I'm beautiful and adorable and all that but still... He blames his horrible job, and holds me and tells me how sorry he is but still were going on 2 years and its been a battle to have sex for the past 1 1/2 years. I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do. HELP?!

April 28, 2016 - 5:33am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

*** didn't have sex for an entire year .. That's what I meant

January 9, 2016 - 4:06am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

I should add (which I forgot) that if I try to take care of my needs by myself he literally gets mad at me like furious, on two different occasions he BROKE UP WITH ME because I did it alone. I was tired of waiting for him. Let me tell you that made me feel like some dirty sexy addict or something I felt disgusted with myself. He actually called me a sex addict before ! Like are you kidding.

January 9, 2016 - 4:04am
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