I'm venting now cause I'm upset and you guys are a great bunch to vent to.
1. Haven't had sex with the wife in 6 months.
2. I'm the primary bread winner and have always provided for the family.
3. Great Dad. Been here the whole time for my kids. Coached their baseball teams. Taught to drive a car and all that good stuff.
4. Stay in shape and take care of my body.
5. Wife and I feel more like roommates than husband and wife after 20 yrs marriage.
6. She has low to no sex drive, so nothing is ever iniated unless I make the move or begg.
7. She went in for an annual physical and I asked her to ask the doc for a complete blood /hormone panel to check her estrogen/testosterone level and explain that she did not have any sex drive. She got home and I asked if she did it? NO! Did not mention it to the doc.
8. I'm only 40 and sex is still a very important part of my life. I still need to be touched and intimate.
9. If a woman is given everything, and not taking care of her mans needs, there is a woman out there willing to take what she has and give the man what he needs. I've told her this several times and she laughs thinking im joking.
10. I've considered walking out for a few days and say I want a trial separation. so I can drive the point home and then she might take me seriously
11. I've asked her if she is a closet lesbian and she denies that.
12. I will always love her, but I don't think I'm in love anymore.
What to do?
My wife and I have been married for 8 years and had a real rough patch lately but have been doing really good lately but a lot of work.
My wife and I have really slowed down in the sex department. I love her beyond measure but I always doubted if she really loved me as much back. Luckily I have a real close female friend and she recently got divorced from a husband that really had a sexual addiction, seriously beyond normal guy stuff. Funny I asked her about when she realized he had a problem because I was starting to think I had a problem for wanting it all of the time. From our long toward the end she asked me what I would do if she became a quadriplegic or became ill to the point where she could have sex at all! Like I said I love her and would never leave her so of course I could live the rest of my life without having sex.
My friend made a great point. She said that the sex therapist told her that the woman's libido drops soon after marriage and even more with kids and doesn't increase again into their 40's. My friend said that in all of those years she always felt like sex was a chore as so does my wife. I had to look at what I WASN'T doing. Sex wasn't just a drop of the pants anymore it is the whole romance thing. You know what I did bro, I told myself I was not going to grope her, tickle or make any moves that could make it seem sexual. I kept doing the romance and cuddling and I feel so much better. Yeah I look at her and just die inside how beautiful she is and how I want to have sex with her but we have been in a so much better place. It's only been a few days I haven't been moody or depressed and we have been having a great passed few days. If she wants to have sex I'll wait for her. Think about it this way, do you think you've pushed her away and of she is pushing back? Personally, and no offense at all but the
I'm the man and treat me like a man is only going to make things worse and is a poor attitude to have to the partner that you said you would love no matter what. The way I lay it out on how I love my wife is; I'll walk behind her to support her, Walk in front of her to protect her and walk side by side through life.
I think marriage is a constant change and you sometimes have to step back and analyze things differently. I had to look at that my wife works graveyard for the police department and all reality only really sleeps one full day because we have two little boys, school and housework.
I shit you not; my wife is getting ready for work and I'm sitting on the couch and she walked up to me and bent over and gave me a kiss and said "I love you so much." To me bro, that is better than having her roll over for some half ass sex.
Let us know how you are doing though.