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Sex doesn't appeal

Well I am not a virgin, I have just come out of a quite long relationship (15 months) and am feeling really disillusioned about sex.

By the media and basically everyone I've ever met, sex is a huge thing and a very important part of relationships. Yet I slept with my boyfriend, I 'you know whatted' practically every time and yet I find it boring. It is a hassle and just not that fun in my opinion. I feel like I'm totally confused about why people consider it such a big deal. He isn't the only person I've ever slept with so it's not just him.

Does anyone else feel this way? What if when I'm older and get married I always feel it? Out of relationships I crave sex but the thought of a sexual relationship just makes me feel stifled.

xx

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Did your bf(s) want sex a lot? You sound like someone who's just fed up of sex maybe through having an overtly sexual partner? Sex isn't such a big deal - if you don't like it that much then that's your personal preference - don't worry about it.
Reply 2
Whoa you are scarily like me. I was with my ex for nearly 2 years and I found sex was just something I did to keep him happy, it never felt as special as the media built it up to be.

He saw it as an upgrade of a ****, which was probably why.
boys-play-rock-and-roll
Whoa you are scarily like me. I was with my ex for nearly 2 years and I found sex was just something I did to keep him happy, it never felt as special as the media built it up to be.

He saw it as an upgrade of a ****, which was probably why.


Was he really obsessed with sex?
Reply 4
He didn't want sex a lot. But if I stopped at his it was like we had to do it. And 'boys-play-rock-and-roll' that's exactly how I felt. Something to keep him happy. But I told him how I felt, I don't think he understood really.

xx
Why did you feel like you had to do it when you went over his? Did he pressure you into it?
Reply 6
Just like, lying in bed together, he'd always try and initiate. I couldn't say 'i'm tired' or 'i'm not in the mood' forever. Do you not feel that pressure?
Reply 7
spacecowgirl89
Was he really obsessed with sex?

Yes
Reply 8
Sometimes sex was such a drag for me, because my ex didn't really bother with foreplay, so I was tense and dry. He would finish pretty quickly and roll over and go to sleep. I didn't care that the sex was painful and that I didn't orgasm. I just wanted a hug at the end of it, as a sort of reassurance that he loved me. I guess it was too much to ask. :frown:
Reply 9
Are you sure you 'you-know-whatted'?!?
Reply 10
Yes I'm sure I think it's a pretty distinctive feeling and yeah it is great, but I would much rather go and do something like go for a walk or have a conversation than do something like that. Sometimes I feel like I'm too young for it and maybe I wasn't ready but like I've already said he wasn't my first. I had some pretty **** sexual encounters before him.
Not doing it right?
Reply 12
for me.. if you want to do sex.. you better do it with some you love most!!
OP i feel quite the same.
Reply 14
For everyone that feels like this, I advise you do a google search for "asexuality". You are not alone. And there are loads of support groups that can help :smile:

Personally, I love sex. There's no more intimate way to get close to your partner. The feeling of skin upon skin, person within person, is electric.
Reply 15
Yep, definitely check out asexuality.org, it's the next big thing! :biggrin:
Reply 16
salgueira
Yep, definitely check out asexuality.org, it's the next big thing! :biggrin:


let me guess a load of people seeing who can be the most asexual? :rolleyes:
Anonymous
Just like, lying in bed together, he'd always try and initiate. I couldn't say 'i'm tired' or 'i'm not in the mood' forever. Do you not feel that pressure?


No, sometimes my bf will really want to have sex or do something, but there's never any pressure, and if he knows I'm not up to it because of stress or having too much work to do then he's fine with it, he'll back off and there'll be no pressure. It sounds like your bf just seems too obsessed with the physical side of things as someone said. And perhaps your other experiences were too? Don't worry about marriage - when you find the right person, you'll feel comfortable with them and they won't pressure you into doing anything you don't want to.

On the other hand, I think guys have much higher sex drives than girls in general. Most always seem to want more on the physical side of things whereas girls would rather have love and attention more a lot of the time.
Reply 18
spacecowgirl89

On the other hand, I think guys have much higher sex drives than girls in general. Most always seem to want more on the physical side of things whereas girls would rather have love and attention more a lot of the time.


Yeah thats true, wouldn't life be so much easier if men and women had the same sex drives? lol
haha yeah! sometimes though, I seem to have a higher sex drive than him, I guess it's just what kind of mood you're in/they're in. I think guys tend to feel after sex that they can just crash out and fall asleep without acknowledging you too...which really hurts girls, but I don't think they realise it. I know my bf didn't before I told him that I'd like a hug/kiss afterwards just to say thanks, that was nice, and then he can go off and sleep/do whatever.