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Why Doesn't my boyfriend want to have sex with me anymore?

By May 19, 2009 - 9:46am
 
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We've been dating for over a yer now but in the last few months our sex has drastically decreased at first started to go down from at least 1-2 times a day for at least 5 months and then it went down to 1-2 times a week and then to 1-2 times a month and now it's been a month and a half since we've had sex. I've read a few articles about this allready, but none seem to fit my problem exactly. I was worried for a while that it might be me that was the problem and but he told me it wasn't and i know he wouldn't lie to me. I've asked him about it but he says theres nothing wrong. I just don't know what to do anymore. He's only a year older than me and he's suppose to be in hes prime. Is there anything I can do? I Haven't pressured him or anything because I dont want him to do it just to shut me up. I want him to want to. and I'm just not satistied anymore and im not asking for everyday, at this point once or twice a week would be nice. A far as I know there's nothing he's stressed about at work or school, could it be a cobination of the 2? or something else going on that I don't know about? and please keep in mind that im am searching for help and advice and I don't want to hear find a new boyfriend. I love him and im not leaving him, even if it means were not going to have sex anymore. But it's frustration for the time being as I find it a tad odd that I want it more than he does. and I don't really want to talk to any of my friends abotu it because I live in a small town and this is personal and I don't need everyone talking about it. and the last thing I want him to feel is embarassed. I havn't told anyone of my friends but I'm in need of some advice. Any Ideas?

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Anonymous

Thank you for all the posts and the original question. I am in a long distance relationship. VERY LONG. We live in different countries. When we see each other, he is not interested in sex. Yet he loves holding my hand, wants to go everywhere with me, have me sleep over [no touching except an arm around me sometimes], go out to eat, swimming, movies, work together, everything. But no kissing[making out] pecks are ok, but no foreplay or sex. And he gets REALLY REALLY offended if I try to kiss him. I am ultra sexual female, so this is killing me. When he is at home, we just talk on the phone and do email. its all we have. he wont even do phone sex when i have suggested it. I even said - let me go! i wont even be mad! but he says he wants me and only me - that he finds me attractive and cares about me so much. he just cant combine love and sex. and just doesnt want to screw around with me. and then he also says he has severe chemical depression and is not himself. this is the worst visit ever. i had to beg him crying that he would kiss me or something. he just said i am not being patient, and not understanding that he cant. please help. its especially hard when he turns it back around on me, like im some sort of sexual crazy addict or something. he even said i was acting like a "pig" wanting sex all the time when he doesnt want it at all.

i tried to tell him that it is killing me because i miss him so much, and there are all these rules that i cant touch him. but he has lotions and tissues out, and i know he masturbates. i know he USED to look at ALOT of porn. he said he doesnt anymore. he swears up and down there has never been anyone else. ugh.

July 12, 2009 - 9:47pm
(reply to Anonymous)

Hi,
I'm sorry that your very-long-distance relationship is not working out. It is very hard to let go. You may find this helpful: How to Let Go: Tips for Peace, Happiness and Healing Relationships.

Is he seeking help for his depression? I think that is number one issue, as he will never be able to be in a relationship that is more-than-friends until he takes care of himself.

You sound like you have a tumultuous-at-times and comfortable-at-times friendship with this man, but you want more. That is OK to want more, and you deserve it! There is just no romantic love present--the kind of love you are wanting, and he does not. It is OK to want different things, but not OK for two people to try to beg or persuade or otherwise make the other feel hurt to get them to "their side". That makes for an unhealthy relationship.

I would suggest you may want to seek some help and deeper understanding at to why you continue seeking out unhealthy and inappropriate relationships were they do not exist. Asking someone to "let you go" when they are calling you names ("pig") and making emotionally harmful innuendos about you being "overly-sexed" is not healthy; this is harmful to you. You can learn to have the power and self-esteem to "let go" of someone without asking them to do the difficult work for you.

You sound like you want a relationship that includes friendship, intimacy, trust, communication, love and more. That is a normal, healthy and wonderful thing to have, and I hope you find it with someone who can reciprocate. It is this reciprocation that is the most important part of the equation; without it, there is no relationship.

If you would like to learn more about what healthy relationships are with romantic love (and, yes, they do include sex and intimacy without excuses), please read this very helpful chart:

- The Equality Wheel is the ideal partnership/relationship, and contains fundamental elements for a healthy relationship:
http://www.ncdsv.org/publications_wheel.html
(Scroll down to "Equality Wheel")

- Conversely, the Power and Control Wheel is very useful in gauging what type of controlling, manipulating behavior may/may not be going on in your relationship.
http://www.ncdsv.org/publications_wheel.html
(Scroll down to "Power and Control Wheel")

This is another similar post/question: Is my romantic relationship over? He can not have sex with me.

I hope this helps.

July 19, 2009 - 6:16am
(reply to Anonymous)

It sounds like abuse. He sounds very sadistic. Sometimes we make a victim of ourselves.
Why choose someone who is very far? That alone sounds like you are setting yourselves up for an unrealistic and unhealthy relationship. I'm sorry but he sounds like he has deeper issues than just clinical depresssion. It will hurt to get out of this relationship, but that will be so much less painful for what you will have to endure by staying in this relationship.

July 13, 2009 - 11:43pm

and yes, I had the guys baby, but he told me the doctor said he couldnt have kids due to a bad car accident....it wasnt cause I tricked him into the pregnancy. BTW, I'm 44, with a 2 year old and a 22 year old. I got my tubes tied, and was SO excited thinking he and I could have sex just whenever! with no worries about any more pregnancies...when the doctor gave me the ok...my boyfriend did NOT share the same enthusiasm. He used the pregnancy excuse to avoid sex saying he felt strange because the baby was in my tummy and didnt want to hurt me. WELL SHE"S OUT NOW...I wonder if he's noticed?

July 10, 2009 - 10:45am
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Anonymous (reply to femcat39)

lol i had his baby too and guess what he told me he couldnt have kids due to a bad motorbike accident lol
think theres a pattern here lol

July 23, 2009 - 1:51am

Yes! I have been through that porn thing with him before....he would sneak and look at porn rather than come to bed with me (me also in the bed...waiting} And, not to brag, but I feel and have been told I'm a sexy woman. So what the hell? I am 44 years old, and in all my experience with men, it never changes! They just cant get enough of looking at nakedness. Him and I came to an agreement, to look at porn together...that worked for awhile. Then he had to mess it up by starting this "getting his" and being too tired to see me through. That was actually the straw that broke the camels back for me. So I stopped everything all together that I know he enjoys....and the WEIRD thing to me is...he doesnt bitch about missing it! so what the heck? I feel like I cannot win, and I would just love to get my GROOVE back, but it isnt happening with him. I see him checking girls out on tv, the internet, in the grocery store, so I know he isnt gay....just selfishly not giving a damn about what would meet my needs, just his own.
It breaks my heart, cause he's such a good father, but I cant stay with him...I'd rather be single, so it doesnt feel so much like REJECTION.

July 10, 2009 - 10:31am
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Anonymous

it's good to know i am not the only one.We are both 29. We have been together for 2 years. Our sex life used to be great and now it's nothing but once a month disaster. I think i have heard all the excuses (maybe exept upcoming earthquake). He also says that i am very attractive and he loves me a lot. I can't feel it at all. Yesterday i was waiting for him in our bedroom, hoping for sex .He wanted to go to bed early, but he started searching for things on internet-something work realted, and came to bed late enough. Now i know why-I've just discovered he was watching porn!how bad is that when your girlfriend is waiting for what you prefer to watch on internet??I am really hurt, disappointed , frustrated and don't know what else. For all that cooking, cleaning, washing and ironing shirts-don't I deserve a bit of attention?I told him, that if he thinks i am not the right person it's better to break up rather than find out in the future that he cheats on me. If there's no desire there won't be any , so I am seriously thinking about breaking up. I really love him, but I can't struggle all my life.

July 10, 2009 - 9:16am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

you are in exactly the same position as me. I have told him after 4 months of this now enough is enough and i want him to move out ive started sleeping in another bed. I cant bare to go up to bed and wait for him anymore in the hope of a cuddle (thats my wack) I want a real man who doesnt have some sort of sexual dsyfunction with porn.

July 23, 2009 - 1:47am

Personally, I think alot of men who arent satisifying their women anymore is because of SELFISHNESS. My boyfriend, or should I say, my baby's daddy, would MUCH rather masterbate than be inconvenienced by having to satisify me before he gets "his". Sex in the beginning...great...I am such a sexual person that I didnt see the signs that he liked to receive, more that he ever "gave".I was crazy about him so I turned a blind eye. I am not one of those that take forever either...I can get my orgasm in about 5-10 minutes, but that is still even too long for my selfish boyfriend. I have given up....now if he hints around to get a once every two months quickie....I turn HIM down. We have a baby together, and he works so I can stay at home to care for her, and for this I'm blessed. So, I am back burning my needs right now, and am just SO OVER HIM. Now, I will admit...I masterbate too...and he is nowhere in my fantasies... ;)

July 9, 2009 - 5:27pm
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Anonymous (reply to femcat39)

I think the exact same about being selfish and that he always took and didnt give and I loved him too much to notice and made alot of excused for him. I agree with a previous post that because I want a baby he must be scared that I will "accidentaly" fall pregnant! I mean - really - I want a man who wants this and that is why for this reason it pains me but we are breaking up. I am not idiot - and surely there has got to be a man out there that likes sex the same as me! I wont wait 4 years ever again for great sex! What was I thinking!

September 29, 2009 - 7:26am
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