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I Live In a Sexless Marriage

I Am Young and Sexless Too...

By: youngandsexless
Written on February 12th, 2007
Age: 26-30 , Female
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  • romanticat69

    We humans are basically promiscuous beings, we love sex, but very soon want another partner. Even in older times married people were having affairs few years after marriage, but now in electronic age it is so easy to find partners that are willing to have an affair.
    Marriage and long term relationship are killing lust, and sex without lust is no fun. Finding new sexual partner is easier than ever, and what a pleasure to have sex with a new partner...Remember famous married men, just to mention few of them, Prince Charles, Bill Clinton, Tiger Woods....
    The sexual pleasure is so beautiful that they put their careers in jeopardy for few moments of extreme pleasure. Same for women, we are both the same. Really there is no greater pleasure we humans can feel than sexual pleasure.
    I was talking to many women and asked them about their wishes and the most secret desires and not surprisingly, they all dream of being penetrated by more than one partner at the same time. So sexual desires and promiscuous nature of humans are stronger than social and moral norms. Computer revolution just makes everything so easy, that many times people start having affairs after few months of marriage.

    So my advice to you..... Go out, find yourself a suitable partner and **** your brains out before you grow too old......

    Apr 15
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  • wishound

    Understand ur frustration, for I to am in a sexless marriage. Still love my wife, just want to have sex once in a while. Our situation changed about 5 yrs ago when I was laided off work and she became breadwinner. Now I just work part time and take care of kids. She appreciates me a lot doing that but now seems like not time for anything else including sex. Divorce is out, been married to long. Am contemplating an affair with another married women. But to scared to go thru with it. Been married for 30 yrs. Did not have kids for first 17 yrs. Wife works all time now and I love her for that but just wished she would give me more attention. Too busy. Still might go thru with it later this summer. I understand ur situation.

    Mar 3
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  • Hotaru

    I never felt so not alone in this after reading. My husband is, though not diagnosed, I believe to be a sexual anorexic. He fits all criteria for the disorder. I am blamed frequently for it, he blamed my weight, I was not even close to overweight, but over time, I developed food anorexia which my psychiatrist thinks his denial of sex is the root of my eating disorder. I am still fighting anorexia, and losing.

    He also has constant criticism on my every move, nothing I can do is ever right, projects his own insecurities about his sexual disorder onto me, takes the heat off of himself, or so to speak. I've been in this sexless marriage for five years, the bulk of these five years were asexual. I feel unattractive, ugly, undeserving, undesirable, out of control, self-hating, depressed, etc. I am too young for this, or so I thought, until researching that other young women like myself are suffering the same amount of low self-esteem and plunging morale in the marriage/relationship. There is no intimacy, no more compliments, not even a kiss on the cheek. He just sits at the tv or computer on my days off of work and tells me he's too busy for me, or he's too tired, has a headache, etc.

    The only underlying reason I can see for his dysfunction is that he had a rigid (non-religious, though) family. There was almost no love between his parents, and whatever his mother said went around the house, she was really passive-aggressive, which I believe to be a learned trait, which he is taking out on me. That, and before me, he had meaningless sexual flings and short-lived relationships. I am not sure if he's cheating on me, as I don't snoop the computer history out of respect of his privacy, but most male sexual anorexics have a tendency for either **** addiction or cheating to avoid emotional attachment. I work a night job as soon as he gets home from work, that way we don't have to get daycare for our little ones.

    Nov 23, 2012
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  • cowli

    Get out woman while you can. My X wanted us to move to mexico and i Kept thnking really can i trust myself to go live with him what if i fall for the butcher or someone since my husband is so sexless. These man who dont want to have sex should of become priests or monks thre is spirituality for you

    Nov 6, 2012
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    • montanatomkat

      amen,,lol

      Mar 14
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    • romanticat69

      Would like to be your butcher. Want to look at your naked body while on your fours, put my lips on your ***** lips and feel your warmth and moisture, want to explore you with my tongue...

      Apr 16
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  • cowli

    so you love him. just because you divorce him does not mean you would stop loving him. you can still be friends but needs are needs and it would be better to find the one that can fulfil you. you are about to reach the period in which a woman peaks sexually it will be very frustrating for you to be with someone who does not want to have sx. come on women do not get married to be the "Virgin Mary" why live life with regrets? u gave it a shot and thats all you can do just because you get divorce does not mean you give up on the person yu can just have a different relationship just friends that can go out and do other physical things like lunch and jogging what ever. wake up and smell the roses because no one can smell them for you.

    Nov 6, 2012
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  • olivia01

    i'm in the same boat., want to scream

    Sep 27, 2012
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    • montanatomkat

      im in the same boat,,, i want to scream !!

      Mar 14
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  • alonelynewlywed

    I have known my husband for 7 years and haven't been married a year yet. I am in the same boat. My husband is a wonderful man. We used to have extremely passionate sex all the time, until we got married. Its like someone turned the switch. There is no cheating, my husband isn't exhausted from work (he only works MWF), and we don't have kids. We are young (early 20s) and we both love each other immensely. I don't understand why he doesn't want to have sex and I when we talk about it all he says is I don't know. I hope things work out for you and that you find a resolution.

    May 23, 2012
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    • LynnLee828

      GET OUT...while there are no kids...get out.. otherwise you will be like me..30 years into this and its never changed..the only answer I have ever got was "i dont know" They are wonderful men...but they dont know and we cant fix them.

      I recently had another "talk" its been 15 years since the last one. I became void of emotion and intimate feelings, full of suppressed need and denial. I thought I was finally "over it" after all these years I had learned to live in my own lil world of self satisfying if the need arose. Then I found EP and realized I AM A HUMAN, NOTHING WRONG WITH ME other than I have allowed myself to be emotionally abused for 30 years...SO...ONE LAST DITCH EFFORT IS MADE. I will divorce if things dont change. I am nearly 50 now..not the perfect lil body I had in my 20's..a few wrinkles now..not sure if anyone would want me but Im going to try if H dont come around. For now he is saying he is sorry, he STILL DONT KNOW...but he will try. Its still degrading. GET OUT...before you end up like me.

      Nov 23, 2012
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    • montanatomkat

      what are u waiting for ?? aint gonna change have some fun @!

      Mar 14
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  • south250

    my name is kartic (indian)

    if you feel sexless contact me ...i am also looking for lady ..keep me mail south250@yahoo.com

    Mar 20, 2012
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  • south250

    if your life is sexless why dont you have tried with other men ...many people are doing the same thing...if any lady is interested to have sex with otherman mail me south250@Yahoo.com....i am kartic from india

    Mar 20, 2012
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  • wenny000

    yet, some of you were saying monthly or quarterly, here I am, no sex for more than 6 years. What I can blame is only myself, I have been warned by all the signs even before our marriage, but I ignored them, put my blind hope into this man, now with 2 kids, I can't just step out of this. So so agree with somebody mentioned before, please, please no children come into this sexless marriage, it will harm more people - which are the kids.

    Feb 18, 2012
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    • Durangos

      Yes great that you shared,take care

      Sep 8, 2012
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  • deWingedEnergy

    Great post, thanks for sharing. Ditto.

    Feb 17, 2012
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  • dragonofjapan

    I find a low libido in males has a number of sources. The ingestion of starch and sugars alcohol being the main one of these can over time affect every man but some men it affects them when they are very young and quickly.





    These three links deal with diet and 'real' food.



    The first is a doctor who had MS was confined to a wheelchair 7 years in changed her diet and walked within 3 months



    Diet doctor is the "Real foods" swedish doctor

    The last is Primal/Paleo dieting.



    I recommend you look at them all



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KLjgBLwH3Wc />


    http://www.dietdoctor.com/



    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/





    Those links will give you some resources towards having diets that will make men have more energy and higher levels of testosterone and a healthier body. It has the side effect of making women slender and full of energy as well. I've seen 2 people on this diet within a few months with type II diabetes stop using insulin completely. Everyone I know who's been on one who was overweight lost weight easily felt satisfied and were happy.



    I find for myself I have much more energy and a higher sex drive and I'm in my 60s.



    Beyond sexuality is complex. There is a book called Sex at Dawn, which looks at the historical and genetic backgrounds of human sexuality. There seems to be a great deal of evidence that when women are taking multiple lovers that it makes the men even more sexually excited. This is a fascinating book and I read it through my library using Kindle. I would highly recommend you take a look at it and see if it does not give you some ideas.



    I have worked with a number of couples where the husband had lost interest and found renewed interest when his wife had multiple lovers. this is not something everyone can do or at least many imagine they cannot do, however there are a lot of horny men out there in the world think of it as your civic duty. LOL

    Jan 17, 2012
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  • wannashareit

    Quote: "it is not that easy, i married him because i was in love...." /quote So... you were in love? Is it gone? You know, this what happens to you isn't normal behaviour for a man. Most times it is the other way around. With which I do not say THAT is normal behavior.

    Have you are just plain told him you are IN need of a lover? When you still love him you should, in my opinion. His answer will tell you whether he still loves you. Compassion is THAT important within a relation.... just test him for your own sake. I know it's not "the" solution, but as you know the solution will never come. So fight! For yourself as for him!

    xW

    Dec 3, 2011
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  • livesey

    Give him the chase! Get a separate life away from the home. He will soon get interested again! Mark my words.xxx

    Nov 24, 2011
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    • desperate4answers

      I may consider doing that too. Giving up on him entirely is a little premature. Try this tactic first, since many of us realize what we are missing once it is gone.

      Aug 5, 2012
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  • lovely618

    This thread is really sad and comforting. Sad because it appears that many of us WANT it to work out with our spouses. We married them because we LOVED them, wanted totally happiness with them for the rest of our lives. Comforting because we're here, hurting together, sharing our stories, encouraging one another.



    My story is VERY similar to youngandsexless. My husband is a nice person, a good friend, an awesome roommate, though he could help keep the house clean more than he does. I'm in my mid 20's, he's approaching 30 fast. we dated a few years before we got married, been married for a few years. I'm not satisfied, he doesn't meet my emotional and physical needs. I've had 3 emotional affairs, and I've stepped outside of my marriage for sex twice. I told him about the emotional affairs, I felt terrible. I told him why I did it, and what was missing from our relationship that drove me that way, nothing changed.



    Sex, well, he's super spiritual and is still searching to find what is off limits in the bedroom. I think this is just an excuse as to why he doesn't do certain things. I told him I want the total act of sex, nothing off limits. One way I express my love and desire is through sex. Nothing is off limits to me, that's my way of expressing to a man that i trust you, there's nothing I won't do for you if you give me all of your heart. I will protect you, love you, cherish you, make you believe that you're a king in an urban setting. My husband bores the HE.LL outta me in the bedroom. He has no passion, there's no chemistry between us anymore, he has turned me off.



    After going so long and me compromising in the bedroom, I just don't want him that way. When I discuss what I need, he doesn't respond, like he just sits there and says he has nothing to say. I believe that if it's this way now without children, it will get worse after the children come.



    The lack of sexual fulfillment, the lack or romance, the boredom,, the fact that we share no hobbies, have nothing in common, and seem to be on two different paths is making me seriously consider divorce.



    I know he’ll be a great father, so I've considered staying for that, but if he's a great father and a whack husband, what good will it be?

    Nov 19, 2011
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  • ameliax

    I am not as young as most of you are but have been in the same situation. I was young, just married and barely got any action. I kept thinking maybe it was something I wasn't doing right. I bought sexy lingerie, DVDs, candles, books. Everything I could think of. Ten years and three kids later I recently found an e-mail sent to his ex girlfriend telling her that she was his soulmate and he could never love anyone the way he loved her. I can't really say I was surprised. I always wondered how someone can say they love you and be so distant. Now that he knows I found the email he claims that he is ready to put the past behind him and try to make our relationship work for the kids sake. I love my kids and I want to do whats best for them....but the love I had for him finally died when i had to drive myself to the hospital in labor with our last daughter. After which he text me to say why did I have to wake him up to tell him I was going to the hospital bc he couldnt fall back to sleep.......All I can say is, if nothing changes, don't wait till it's too late.

    Oct 29, 2011
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  • tiredchris

    If any of you ladies arn't getting enough sex and you live in My area just let me know, and I'll deputise

    for him...............

    Its a bit of a sacrifice, I know but I'm unselfish like that................... :)



    LOL

    Oct 21, 2011
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  • Deflex

    'So sure to say love based on genuine true love can survive all the turmoil that come the way of two genuine lovebirds. But where other motives did galvanise the union, am damn sure the story will just be the same...downhill love, no kisses and diminishing sexlife bla bla bla.

    Oct 9, 2011
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  • Jstile37

    I am in the same boat only I am the husband. My wife is hard working, responsible... But the intimacy isn't there. I have been married for a little over 3 years now and We have had sex 14 times. This includes the wedding night. When we married she just turned off. She has three children, thats alot of extra baggage. But I would have taken the responsibility of an army, only if she came with the package. I'm not just seeking the act of sex but true intimacy, emotionally, sexually, and physically. ( however, right about now I might settle for just sex) I want that deep bound and excitement to be in the presence of my love. But my wife has been rejecting me and this hurts deeply. I wish I could get her to understand the importance of regular intimacy in marriage but it's like talking to a wall! She has a stubbornness about her. I thought when you love someone you seek to fulfill there needs? I don't even understand this kind of love. Though the pain of rejection time and time again has caused me to give up pursuing her. It would be easier to have intimacy from the head nun at a nunery, than my own wife. I love her and don't want a divorce but having an affair isn't an option to me so I am left with little choices. I decided to look into the bible to find answerers, and I was shocked to find out how God views marriage. It is actually awesome if both parties choose to submit to Love. But we can't make our spouses love us. It is there choice, ultimately. You should read my story titled " what does God think about a sexless marriage" it shows what the bible says about this topic, it's awesome! And if marriage was this way I would definitely want to be married. But this thing I have has only been a roomate relationship. This isn't acceptable to me. I desire more than that. My wife and I are still married but now we live separately. I have come to the conclusion, that I just have to wait for her to return to the marriage. But I don't know how long I can last. And it is indefinite, as to when she will return. I have been contemplating divorce, because pouring my heart to her is just a waste of time. I wish she knew how awesome our relationship could be if we both had selfless love for each other, showing this through intimacy and care for the others needs, wants, and desires. I am growing weary of caring the whole relationship on my shoulders. I hope you get a chance to read my story and give me input to what I think I have discovered about marriage. Good luck!

    Sep 9, 2011
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  • silenceofsolitude

    I can't believe there are so many people in my situation here. I don't know if that should make me feel hopefully or just cry harder. I love my husband so much. When he tells me he loves me I want to believe it but I just feel like his lack of desire for wanting me is going to end up destroying our marriage. We have two boys 11 and 5. I feel so sad. I feel like I am in a bad movie, I never thought my life would end up like this. I just wish there was something that could make me believe him when he says he wants to stay married. I don't want to wait 13 years until my youngest is 18 and find out that I have been a fool to beleive in him all this time.

    Sep 2, 2011
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    • Jstile37

      I know how you feel. I have asked my wife many times, why did you marry me if you don't love me? I just don't understand why she wants to remain and I don't want to be the responsible party to cause wounds in the relationship and divorce her but she is leaving me know other options. God gave us the need to be loved, and our sex drive. The sex drive is suppose to be fulfilled in marriage. Sorry about your pain. I know the feelings all too well. You can read my story titled What does God think about a sexless marriage.

      Sep 9, 2011
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  • DeadButAlive

    It can be very tough to cope with this. I have to cope with a wife who had sex often with her ex-boyfriends and ex-husband, but when I came along I guess she decided she didn't have to have hardly any sex with me. I feel much less like a man than when I got married, let me tell you. And I now have doubts about being able to please a woman, so although my wife recently kicked me out of the house and divorce is looming, I am NOT looking to date, nor hook up. I don't want to disappoint another woman sexually.

    Jul 28, 2011
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  • 6years

    Reading this has actually made me feel like I'm not so alone anymore. I googled sexless marriage to find that 15% of marriages are considered sexless having sex no more than 10 times in one year. I have been been married for six years, I'm 30 years old and feel like I'm still fairly attractive but 10 times in one year would be a miracle in my marriage. We haven't had sex 10 times in one year since the first year of our marriage. I'm not unattractive and my husbad is very good looking but he has hurt my feelings so many times that its hard to allow myself to be sexually attracted to him anymore. We have only had sex once this year on our anniversary. It had been nearly 4 months and we tried and he just went limp on me. I felt so terrible about myself. How do others cope with this?

    Jul 3, 2011
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  • babujohny

    I feel we belong to the same class and wonder whether we can meet someday

    May 2, 2011
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  • tanya14

    though its something that we have to depend on the significant other i spend my time fantasizing the guys i met in the past and ************. call me a loser. but it gives satisfaction that i have to keep up my mental sanity.

    Apr 11, 2011
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  • mathusella

    you peple are educated white collar job are yapping too much.

    truth: men and women have different sex drive. a handsome lean guy may really

    be low or non existent in sex. and the fat slob may f cuk a teenager.



    and somehow there is no way to know that untill you are into marriage...



    nature and propagation of the species doesnt care about love and your worries.

    you have fathered/mothered kids and so nature is satified.



    its up to you to go find a man/woman that will meet your sex needs.nature doesnt

    know or care about.it only knows your offsprings.

    Apr 1, 2011
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  • alonie21

    I am with you on this one, good luck and i understand the love bit, I really hope it works out for you.

    Feb 16, 2011
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  • roselint

    I'm in the same boat... I kind of wish we could just break up, and I could be free to be lonely and have a sex life again..... but then I think of all we have together, how we care for each other and how much we are tied into each other's lives... and it makes me too sad to think of it. But now that I've started thinking about it... I feel like if we don't split up soon, we will waste these amazing years of our lives.... I'm 22. I recently met an old flame and just him brushing off me in the hall was.... electrifying. It brought up all the feelings of resentment I have locked away. I don't want to get with my old flame, but it reminded me of what sexual chemistry is capable of making you feel... and I want that feeling again. Would I trade it in for love and companionship? I don't know....

    Jan 17, 2011
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  • magenta23

    hi, married 11 years, together 14. 2 kids. no sex. it's destroying my mind. i stay for the kids. we've talked about it n all. i want to take a lover, but i don't want to hurt him. and being married, no decent man wants to know. he's never been enough for me, I'm a once a day person, he's once a month but now just never, since i told him it wasn't enough. he never really was that bothered about pleasing me either. We're best friends though . It is so ridiculous you just have to laugh. I'm so depressed i can't function and just constantly fantasize about sex. It is so good to read i'm not alone, though i wish none of us had to go through this. I think this monogomous ideal and idea that " when i fall in love it will be forever" and happy ever after rubbish we're brought up on isdoing us all a great deal of harm. It should be acceptable to have a mistress or mister, again, the french are right ! it is the 21st century for gods sake !

    hope you all find what you need.

    Jan 6, 2011
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  • WinterPixieDust

    I would have to say that you might want to consider divorce, but staying friends, because it is very difficult. I was in your situation 3 years ago. We only had one child at the time, but we were good friends and roommates. He sleeps on the couch, and I have the bedroom. Now we have three children and it is best to stay together, but the nights really get lonely and I have found that everything is effected by our lack of intimacy.

    Dec 30, 2010
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  • euterpe478

    It's so tough folks. I'm only 27 and entering into what I know will be a sexless marriage because it's been a nearly sexless relationship. Some of you are probably thinking, "DON'T DO IT!" but like me122 said, love is tough to give up, as is a fantastic relationship. For those of you considering divorce - did you try couples therapy? You never know what will come out. Perhaps the truth. I can't honestly believe that ANY man is uninterested in sex with a woman unless he's sexually interested in men, but I live with one that appears that way. They do make great roommates though.

    Nov 17, 2010
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