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no sex drive! ugh.

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  12/13/2008 6:20 pm

okay. So I'm not a big fan of sex........usually.

most of the time it just seems so troublesome and time consuming. The majority of the time i'll get into it once we start, but unless I'm having sex, I don't really want it.

This causes a LOT of problems with my boyfriend. He is a sex fanatic. He gets really sad that I don't want sex, and I'd like to please him, but it's just so troublesome. He says that it is really really bothering him and he's not feeling fulfilled in the relationship....personally I dont understand how sex is all that important....but apparently it could make or make this relationship....we've been together for long time and lived together for a long time. The rest of ou relationship is generally good....We still have sex about 3 or 4 times a week I'd say...sometimes less....and sometimes a lot more. I'm sick alot, so I don't want do anything then. He really likes touching me too. I hate it. He says he gets intense pleasure from touching my breasts...I absolutely hate it...it tickles and just feels generally uncomfortable.

it's getting to the point where all he talks about it is sex. I cannot talk to him, because he is too busy thinking about sex. I try to avoid kissing him or hugging him, becase it might turn him on and make him really want sex that I don't want. it's not that I don't want to at all...but he won't quit talking about it...and he goes on and on about how there must be something wrong with me and how I need to find a way to increase my sex drive........the thought of a lot of sex isn't very exciting though...

He says that if he was getting enough "good sex"(because alot of the time, I'm not into it even when we're having it)  then he wouldnt be so crazy, but i've tried everything....we've watched porn together...got some "sex game" things, books, and a lot of various things to make me want sex more...but it doesnt seem to be working

I really can't understand wanting sex that much, and it being some big important thing...If he never never wanted to have sex again, I don't think it would phase me in the least.

So the point is, i'd really like to increase my sex drive so that I can not only get him happy, but get him to calm down!!!!

help!

ps. I didnt really spell check this...so sorry for any typing issues.

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  12/15/2008 7:43 pm

hi i can relate to you and your b/f. i used to be very sexual and wanted sex constantly now im like you and really lost interest. my b/f is conservative. i have to ask for anything (oral etc) and its not that exciting but i love him..i dont know what to tell you but i can relate! i would say masturbation makes you want sex more (for me) but i dont even remember to do that anymore Lol
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  12/15/2008 7:55 pm

i have the same thing with my girl. I don't want sex all the time, she seems to though. I just enjoy being with her, and don't need to have sex more then twice a week. She gets self conscious and its ruining our relationship. With disputes like these and other love stuff I usually go to this place online called instant jury. You guys should check it out, great way to look, listen and weigh in on stuff.
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  12/16/2008 11:09 am

Try this board - http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-rlclashing - populated by people with your same problem. One wants it "too much" another, "not enough."

It's only a problem that you two want different amounts. You shouldn't be forced to have it more to make him happy, any more than he should be forced to have it less.

If you two are determined to stay together, a compromise must be reached. You're probably never going to want sex as much as he does, you're not him. 3-4 times a week is quite a bit & if you keep having to force yourself into it, you'll resent him even more than you do now.

He can't be making all the decisions about how the sex goes either. If you don't like the way he touches you, either correct him or think up something else. What do YOU like? Be assertive with some of your preferences. No worrries about making him upset, because he already is.

Just because you've been together a long time, is really no reason to keep on with it. If a compromise can't be reached, there is no way to make you want it more or him want it less. You probably get different feelings out of the experience. You do it FOR him, he does it because he likes to do it.

Part of the problem could be that he can't, or won't, find fulfillment in other aspects of the relationship. Hugging & kissing, hand holding, walks in the neighborhood just to be doing something together could be ways for you two to be close without always having to get naked. A shared project, like remolding a room or a biking trip, whatever it is you two can enjoy together. You both can feel wanted & needed by the other without it always being sex.

There is nothing wrong with you. You don't need to increase your libido to his level, or it would be his libido & not yours.

Compromise & Communication!!!

 

 

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  12/29/2008 3:44 pm

I must admit that I am going through the same problem. I have been married for 13 years and for the last 2 years , sex is so freaking boring and when we do it, it is like she is doing me a favor!! We argue because I want it and she doesn't........so any ladies out there that want it and DH/BF doesn't....e-mail me...This drives me CRAZY!!!! dsapp8@yahoo.com

Edited 12/29/2008 3:46 pm ET by dsapp8
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