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How can he LOVE me if he isnt sexually attracted to me anymore?

By June 1, 2010 - 7:38pm
 
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To start off I am a very sexual 26 years young woman and he is 30 and not so sexual. We have been together for year and half now and in the beginning our sex life was pretty great. Over the last 9 months or so the sex is very few and far between. I would prefer sex everyday but do not expect that from him nor demand it of him. I would say something to him after couple weeks would go by and I couldnt stand feeling upset anymore but it woould always end the same. He would apologize after we fought and a day or so after then we would have sex. He just never seems to be in the mood and he always makes me feel as though he could really care less about sex. In the beginning he almost did want anything to do with me because he thought I was a prude because I would reciprocate his sexual advances while in the process of getting to know him. I have often found stuff on his computer browse history, so I know he looks at porn online and obviously gets 'friendly' with himself. We have had our problems in our relationship nothing big but he is just starting to really take our relationship seriously and doing some really hard work to fix some problems. Hes showing me more appriciation now, more then he ever has. Then out of nowhere and on the ending of a sexless 3 day weekend I get upset becuase again we dont have sex when I had been anticatapting it all weekend, he tells me that the truth is my weight is a problem for him. I know he has 'been with' woman way larger then myself before. I have never been told my weight was a problem for anyone but after almost 2 years its a problem for him? He acts extremely jealous when other guys look at me as though they want me, but why if he doesnt 'want' me? After he said that to me I cried myself to sleep that night and he acts like everything is perfect after that, like he didnt just crush me. He almost seem relieved like now that he said that hes off the hook for good because now I wont want sex from him.* IF* I did allow myself somehow to have sex with him, I dont think that I could. I think I would feel like he was only doing it to shut me up or keep me from sleeping with someone else and while he was having sex with me I would feel like it was pure torture for him. Where does that leave us now because I think he is doing the 'Love Dare' on me to try to work on us. Does he really love me if he doesnt want to have sex with me? I thought when you really love soemone you dont see the flaws. I thought the sexual attraction was on a deeper level then just the outside. Afterall I dont see his massive amounts of back hair and his bald head when we have sex.... I want him just as much as I did the first time. Please, any advice at all would be great! Thank you :)

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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Don't stay in this position. Tell him. The following. I feel .... dont ask for sex. See if both of you can agree to doing it for now on sundays. Make work of it. If someone loves another you will do anything to keep them happy. Im married 26 years. No excuse for your hubby. Be sexy men are visually attracted to women even their own. And let him know you appreciate him

October 8, 2017 - 11:34am
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Anonymous

Here is another girl feeling the same thing! Gosh it sucks. This guy, my boyfriend for almost 3 yrs taught me everything. I've invested a lot for him. But the way he treats me now is like I'm his friend. This past days, I was feeling really horny. Tried to tell him and make a move but he doesn't do anything back. And last time I asked him if we can do it he said yes so I tried again but nothing. He just Sssshhhh me and told me to listen to the video he was watching. I also saw him sneak off in the bathroom to do it by himself. Then he'd rather watch porn than touch me. He tells me he loves me, that I'm beautiful and of course he is sexually attracted but that doesn't seem to be what he really feels. I feel no one for him and that he doesn't need me too. All girls wanted to feel beautiful and appreciated specially by their significant other. Not just by telling it but making us girls feel it. One comment here is so right. It's not just sex. It's making love. I personally miss the kisses and the touches before you do it. Now a days, if he feels like doing it he'll just touch down there and go for it. Idk what happened now, but it doesn't feel as nice as before. We always have great sex but now it's s**t excuse me for my word. It's so heart breaking. I know I'm beautiful woman BC a lot of guys and gals tell me. But this guys acts doesn't say the same. He makes me feel like I'm the ugliest girl in the world without saying it.

July 18, 2017 - 12:58am
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Anonymous

Update us we want to know the rest of what you did. Also try to lose weight then cheating on him. Just saying a dick like that isn't worth time if you are actually pretty to other people.

June 26, 2017 - 11:00am
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Anonymous

Well I just wanted to say I didn't realize how many other women are dealing with the same problem. I am engaged to a good man. We have been together 5 years. Both divorced. I am 50. He is 52. He tries to give me what I want materially. When we were dating he couldn't keep his hands off me but we moved in together a year ago and it is like a switch has been flipped. He shows no interest in intimacy and sex is maybe twice a month "so I don't get mad ". No foreplay. It's like sympathy sex and I am so sexually frustrated. I know he loves me and wants to take care of me but I am not dead yet and want intimacy. It's like he is afraid to touch me because I guess he thinks I might expect something. I gave up on asking. Not worth the rejection. It is hard. I know he loves me so I guess I will learn to live without if possible.

May 28, 2017 - 5:17pm
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

I was really starting to think there was something wrong with me .I am so patient with all the excuses but at this point I need to realize after reading everyone's comments that it won't matter what I do for this man he is lost to in his own self consumed with excuses unable to be a man and even be honest just picks fights at night so he can fall asleep in his chair and IGNOR me all the time I know he is not cheating he is home everynight but no effort to ever touch me talk to me or sex thank u everyone for sharing I know what I need to do as hard as it is and a waist of three years of my life but I see know future when he already acts like this and he is only 45 kids are grown so that's not an issue it's a lost cause wish you all the best and don't make the mistake of doing like me and letting someone make you feel so low .its a new year and I'm going to make the best of it .

January 4, 2018 - 2:45am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Okay I am so sorry u are going though this, sometimes I don't think men really understand how sexually frustrated a woman can honestly get. It's awful it really is, but I am proud to say that my boyfriend and I talked about this since the last time I made my post and he finally told me he is sorry, sometimes he is just tired from work- which I think was an excuse lol but I went along with it and he told me it wouldn't ever happen again and it hasn't! I hope this gets better for u & also u shouldn't have to live without something u are passionate about... my boyfriend is such an awesome man and I'm sure ur fiancé is as well but u need to tell him how u feel! Good luck

July 22, 2017 - 3:44pm
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Me and my boyfriend have been together for four years, he dont touch me at all anymore, at times I feel like cheating on him but I cant coz I love him too much, the first year was great sex twice or even trice a week and now its been months without sex, I feel heart broken because he said he dont see me the way he did when we first met...im still with him hoping things woud change, I dont bother asking for sex because im scared of rejection or even him pushing me away... please I need help

June 19, 2017 - 6:08am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

I would be scared as well if I were you. What changed from when you met him? He certainly fell in love with you when he met you.

October 8, 2017 - 11:39am
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Anonymous

I'm So Glad I'm Not The Only One, I'm 20 And My Boyfriend Is 19, Yes I Know We're Very Young But We've Been Dating For 2 Years Now. When We First Met The Sex Was Great But Over The Years He's Cheated With Gis Way Smaller Than Me As Well As Told Me That He's Not Attracted To My Body. I Have A High Confidence So I Feel Like I Look Great But For Him To Tell Me That's He's Not Attracted To Me, I'm Overweight And Should Lose More Sucks. He Calls Me Sexy But Says He's Only Referring To My Face When He Says That. I Get Tons Of Compliments From Both Genders, I've Never Been Told I Don't Look Good Or My Body Isn't Good Enough So I'm So Confused, Why Am I Not Enough For Him?

January 15, 2017 - 10:19am
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Anonymous

Hi I'm 22 years old and I am having problems with my fiancé. We've been together for 6 years now and we moved in together everything was going great but then he started having bad anxiety attacks. We decided for him to get on medication to help him with his anxiety and the meds have lowered his sex drive. It is harder for him to ejaculate and he just doesn't want to have sex anymore. The other day we argued and I told him that I was feeling sad and he said that the meds make him feel like he is not attracted to me sexually. He just doesn't find me attractive. I cried and he apologized and blamed it on the meds but I'm heartbroken because I want to feel connected again. He said he feels like he is not emotionally connected to me and. That he feels distant and that upsets me because I do not feel like I have grown distant from him. I want to support him and help him get better but I have needs too and I am upset because he doesn't even love me the way he used too. For me sex is not just sex. For me sex is love and when I have sex I wanna make love not just have sex and lately that's all it's been is just sex.. now I feel like I am becoming distant from him. I do not know what to do. He kisses and tells me he loves me but since he told me he is not attracted to me I am torn and I have cried myself to sleep for the last three days. I just don't know what to do and I don't know if I can handle this rejection.

November 29, 2016 - 12:28am
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