so should the husbands. fair is fair. |
You can call me myopic but I’m a female in an open marriage with two young children. You don’t want my advice and you don’t want to fix anything with yourself. That’s all on you dude. |
Ok, but then why is it that men are far more willing to open the relationship with women? |
Ok, I will bite - what made you agree to an open marriage? I offered one to my wife but she said no |
Just like men are surprised that wives`desire is affected by how you treat her overall (chores, talk nicely etc.), women are surprised that sex is THE most important thing to a man a marriage. Communicate! There should be no surprise if you do file for divorce. |
The premise of your question shows you don’t get it. Nothing “made me agree.” This thread from OP is about woman having extreme pent up desire for someone other than her husband, and I sympathize completely. As far as my marriage goes, we’re both bi. We have been non-monogamous from the start. Read “the ethical slut”, “sex at dawn”, “come as you are”, Dan savage, etc. Saying “I’m going to leave my wife when the last kid is grown” is immoral. You need to talk to her. No amount of sex with other people is going to change the fact that you need to talk to her. Same goes for OP and my advice was upthread. She needs to tell her husband she fantasizes about jumping other people. |
1/3rd of women have hypoactive sexual desire, and it's not from this. I totally agree that men who treat their wives poorly shouldn't be surprised she doesn't want to have sex with you but most of the time it has nothing to do with the man. Google it, and also add in monogamy is a libido killer for women and it's no mystery she doesn't want to have sex with you. Check out how often lesbians have sex in long term relationships. |
^ the point is you should communicate with your wife so that she is never surprised if you file for divorce.
Men assume that women know that sex is THE most important thing to a husband and so wives should anticipate divorce when sex isn't as frequent/exciting etc. as a husband wants (which is by definition subjective). |
Different poster, but I had a similar situation as pp. do you think that you’re the first one to think of talking to your spouse? Talking never works. It is how fights are started. Even when you try to be gentle and kind. |
Oh whoops, didn’t realize you thought marriage meant no effort on your part, just a bare minimum level of effort to be “gentle and kind” and you get an adoring wife who can’t wait to have sex with you back in return. There’s plenty of suggestions above other then just talking, which you doofuses clearly think means saying, probably while she’s washing dishes and cleaning up after the family “oh hey hon, I’ve been thinking about an open marriage, want to try it?” Plan dates, do new things together, help her relax in her own home, prioritize her orgasm, educate yourself on female desire, invest in your marriage and your long term happiness, don’t just throw up your hands. |
They are doing the avoidance or deflection routine to get out of confrontation. That never works, nor solves the issue. It's very difficult because you can't force them. At that point after all else feels I would be honest with DW. You're going to look for a partner who wants to be affectionate. And you are going to consult a lawyer. I'm completely against cheating, but it's also not acceptable if there is absolutely zero sex. Either way don't sneak around be up front. |
Honestly, it is such a cliche i didn't believe that men were always asking for sex and being rejected when i was younger. |
This won't actually do anything about the sex, but it will make her happier. |
Me.
I feel resentful that I’m supposed to just get over my emotional needs. I’ve really tried to clearly ask for a few, small actions that would help. But he isn’t bothered, and honestly doesn’t seem that bothered by the lack of sex. Which feeds the cycle. Sucks for both of us. |
I am horny and regularly want have sex with DW. Just have to deal with her monthly visitor, who has arrived at the most inopportune moment (we were both away from each other for 6 days for different trips). |