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My boyfriend wont have sex with me anymore

By December 17, 2009 - 8:02pm
 
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my boyfriend for over a year just recently stopped having sex with me, its like it went from 3 or 4 times a week and slowly went to not having it for almost 2 months, every time i ask him why he wont play with me anymore he always says i don't know, i didn't want to make it feel like i was bugging him but i guess it just hurt when he said he didn't know? So i kept asking him and then i finally got a response which i just think he gave me so i would stop asking and he just said i feel like your getting bored of me. I've tried many times to tell him that its not really about the sex its about being with him and he still wont have sex with me.. i feel like i'm not wanted or i'm not good enough. I just want to know what the problem is, sex used to be a big part of our relationship and now its nothing.

I know it shouldnt but this is really making me depressed i've been crying more because of this i get mad easly because he just seems like he doesnt care anymore. Also i know he doesn't have a STD or anything else we get checked.

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It's the same with us. He just wont touch me at all. He said my body is not sexy to him anmymore because he knows it. It not new. etc....
He doesnt like to touch me at all.
But he watches porn everyday. And masturbates everyday even when im there in the other room he finish himself. If I catch him, he stops and when I leave he keeps doing it.
We had arguments about it but he wont change.
He loves cuddling and hugging and sleep together I even feel he has a boner but he hates if I touch it.

Idont really know what to do. We have been together for 2 years I never cheated on him but I am afraid out relationsip will end becauseof this. Any advice?

April 18, 2015 - 2:05am

I'm literally crying reading this... It feels so much better knowing I'm not the only one... My bf and I have been together for 2 years now... Sex was HUGE our first year and most of this... But up until I was forced to move in cause I was kicked out... It's like he wants nothing to do with me. I've talked to him about it again and again, but nothing changes. I'm a very intimate person... I thought he was too, but lately it's been nothing... I've heard all the excuses "I don't feel good" "I'm tired" "I have stuff to do" he even went as far as to say he was scared, but never elaborated why... He said before he doesn't feel attractive even though I tell him he is 100 times a day, and I truly think he is... But it's been 4 months since I've moved in and we've had sex like 3 times, and only actually finished once... and he's been basically pushing me away every turn, and talking to other girls on sites and keeping secrets... I feel horrifically fat and ugly and gross and unworthy and I don't know how to explain this to him... My depression has come back full force because I'm scared he's going to leave me for someone more sexually appealing... I don't know what to do or fix it... talking to him isn't helping...

He sleeps naked... and last night he actually was pushing his hips up against me while we were spooning... if I had not been wearing pants, that basically would've been sex right there... But while he's conscious, he wants virtually nothing to do with me intimately. He'd rather watch youtube videos of people shooting guns and building houses and forging swords than cuddle with me... and he'd rather go out with friends and talk to girls than spend time with me...

April 17, 2015 - 12:59pm
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Wow it's crazy that someone else is going through what I am going through in my relationship. I've basically stopped asking for sex and started pretending not to want it. My boyfriend is a firefighter and sees alot of crazy stuff everyday and always say he's tired but it's so frustrating because I'm a very sexual person. So when he says I can't wait to see you and cuddle that's just it we cuddle and no sex at all. And then of course he gets irritated because I toss and turn all night because I have so much trouble trying to sleep because I'm sooo used to having sex and falling asleep. It makes me feel so unwanted and unattractive. He actually scheduled a day to have sex with me and the he didn't even make sure I had an orgasm and it was over in minutes we hadn't had sex in a month. I was so mad but of course I couldn't say anything. When we talk about relationships I noticed that all of his previous girlfriends cheated on him, probably because of the same reason. And he doesn't masturbate so maybe he just isn't a sexual person. But I am and I need sex for my sanity. Usually I have to beat my boyfriend off with a stick I've never had this problem before. And I'm getting very tempted to have sex with someone else. I just need to have that intimacy. And I haven't had a real orgasm for months now other than a sex toy and I don't know if I can take it anymore. He admits that he knows he sucks at sex but he should be trying to get better. I'm very clean, keep the hedges trimmed and can get with it if you know what I mean so I don't think it's necessarily just a "me" issue. What to do???

April 16, 2015 - 9:09am
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My bf and I had a great sexual relationship until I got pregnant with our 3rd child. Then he stopped because he felt uncomfortable doing it. Our son is almost 9 months old now and we've maybe done it 10 times. Its excuse after excuse. I feel so unattractive. I get scared hes cheating. I just don't know what to do. I'm actually in tears as I write this. He just turned me down again.

April 15, 2015 - 7:20pm
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My I'm having a simuler problem of my own with my boyfriend we have been dating almost 2 years and the sex was grate for like the 1st 6 months we would have sex 7 times a week it was the best then it went to 5 then to 3 now hardly ever now and when we do its just like he dose not want to I found out he is go to the bathroom with his phone and pull off to porn at least twice a night and when I asked him about it he just went crazy I ask him y we don't have sex any more and I get the same response I don't know I'm tired I'm not in the mood I'm glade I'm not a lone but I'm thinking there is something wrong with me and maybe I'm not good any more I just don't understand it

April 1, 2015 - 4:55am
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I'll admit, I haven't read the other responses. However, I had a similar problem with my husband and he gave me a similar answer... "I don't know." We ended up finding out he struggles with depression and to this day I think that was probably the root cause of him not wanting to have sex. He spent a number of years trying to find medication that helped with the depression but a lot of them actually made him angry and sometimes even violent. We ended up parting ways. I still wish him the best though and hope he finds something that works.

March 29, 2015 - 7:36pm
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I've been with my boyfriend for a few months now, for the first two or three we were having sex 4 times a day & now it's more like once a week & when we do do it, he seems so uninterested. He's very honest & he did tell me that he's starting too get bored with it or he doesn't want too do it but I don't know what too do. I want him too want me as badly as I want him but I don't know how too make him want me.. It's so frustrating! Anyone know what I can do? Or should do?

March 23, 2015 - 2:42am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Well I'm not a complete expert but he says he is getting bored, so maybe the thing to do is to try something radically different. I don't know what you usually did but maybe suprise hum one day with some lingerie or even some cos play.

If you really feel like being different just try and do something he might initially seem like he doesn't like too much like with most guys that would be BDSM. That's understandable so try it very lightly, maybe forcefully hand cuffing him to something like the bed when he is napping only to wake up with you there ready and waiting. He will resist most likely but all you do is force yourself on him

Guys get turned on with or without permission (I'm using that word very loosely in this case). He might start off saying no but you'd be surprised how quickly he can change his mind.

Seems like something out of a porno but think bout why he watches it instead of playing with you, it's most like not the girls but the theme. Something that he probably never gets to experience with you because of X reasons.

April 7, 2015 - 4:42pm
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Before me and my boyfriend got together we talked all the time and he said he classed me as his gf, but then I found out he had sex with some girl on a pier (yes...) and kissed someone. We weren't officially together so I forgave him and ended up being with him for 4 years.

The sex was amazing within the first 5 months, then he started saying he was 'too tired' a lot and would find me more 'cute' than 'sexy' - I could be wearing stockings, suspenders, heels, it doesn't matter - he still say wouldn't be up for it. I used to get really upset about it but he'd be there for me and said uni work/work just made him tired.

I asked if he'd go the doctors cause it was really getting to me but he kept making excuses.

He basically really does love me emotionally (always wants to cuddle and talk) but mainly cares about himself and his career and his financial worth. I feel like I'm a 'trophy wife' to him - he's just comfortable having a girlfriend to look like he 'has it all'...

I got sick of this and broke up with him 3 weeks ago... but it's so hard to detach myself away from him :( I feel scared because I think guys who are interested in sex only want sex or would cheat etc! I think if I have a boyfriend who's had a history of sleeping around yet won't even sleep with me, I must be doomed -.-

It feels like there's not much help with this! Like, we always hear 'the girlfriend doesn't like sex/put out' in the media but when do we ever hear that the boyfriend doesn't?! It's so frustrating ;(

March 22, 2015 - 7:34pm
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

I'm currently going through the same problem with my boyfriend. I've been with him two years and the sex was Amazing and now the last couple of months it's been hit and miss and his excuse is uni work, tired ect. I've explained to him how worthless it makes me feel so then we will go through a good stage again (to keep me happy obviously) and then we will go through a no sex stage again. It messes with my head and feelings. It makes me feel like im the one in the wrong for wanting it. I know he loves me, but now I feel like he's just too settled with me and just wants me for security. Our relationship revolves around his life.

I'm in two minds to leave him, because i love him and I can't stand the thought of being without him. But I also can't stand the way he makes me feel when he doesn't want me.

Totally agree with you about the media. It's never heard of men not wanting it but since reading this thread it obviously happens alot.
Hope you feel better soon.

March 23, 2015 - 3:39pm
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