Smiller86
Jun 19, 2010, 05:05 PM
Dear forum goers, I need an outlet, so let me spill it.
I am 24, and am with a wonderful woman, also 24, we have been together since we were 18. That may not be very long to some of you more mature folks, but for me it's been a long time. We have been living together for 3 to 4 of those 6 years, we co habitat well.
I love this woman fully and whole-heartedly. I believe she reciprocates, I can see it in her eyes (I'm sure you know that look). However, over the last few years our sex life has dwindled from regular, 3-5 times a week, lovemaking to maybe once a month.
We are both healthy, there have been no deaths in the family, no detractors of any sort as of late.
Our current situation is financially stable, close to relatives, close to friends. We go out often, hang out at home otherwise and play games together and watch movies with friends, you know, active and fun.
I feel extremely bad for being aroused around her a lot of the time, as she has almost no sexual drive whatsoever. She will occasionally masturbate or let me do it for her, or give her cunnilingus, but that's it.
On rare, rare occasions directly after she reaches orgasm during cunnilingus she will want sex.
It's to the point where I even feel guilt pangs for becoming aroused in her presence or when we're out on a date, or even when we wake up in the morning and she is rocking that sexy bed head and sweat pants combination.
I am literally falling into severe depression mode, I haven't felt this low since I was in my mid teens. (When I was 13 I was admitted to a psyche ward for having suicidal tendencies and severe depression/anger issues)
I feel no thoughts of self harm, which is good, but I am starting to lose the will to do anything, I've dropped my hobbies, all I do is tend to my woman, go to work, come home, play games, clean, allocate money for bills, tend to my woman some more (dinner, massage, watch a movie, scrub her back in the tub, etc), then she goes to bed, and I stay up all night loathing myself for feeling naturally horny, for god's sake, I'm a 24 year old guy, it's supposed to happen.
Now, we live in a moderately sized apartment with a roommate, I'm going to leave her name out for privacy and respect. She is 27, I believe, and sexually active with her boyfriend (and her other male friends when the boyfriend is away. Not my life, not my problem, I don't judge.) However, she and her partners tend to be loud when they are having sex. She can't help it, and I am not about to ruin a good thing for her by asking her to pipe down. However, I'm starting to feel those guilt pangs whenever I hear it, followed by a swift turn to jealousy and subdued anger, similar to the anger I felt before going through anger management.
I'm literally at my wit's end here, folks. I'm getting 1-3 hours of sleep a night due to mental anguish, and it's starting to affect my normal life. It's getting really hard to keep up this happy front, when all I want to do all day is cry now.
I don't know what I want from you guys, I just need to get this off my chest before I lose my god damned mind. We HAVE talked about it, civilly, and at length, and we just don't know what to do. It breaks her heart to see me hurt over something she can't just turn on and off at will. Ing libido.
Thanks for your time and bandwidth.
I am 24, and am with a wonderful woman, also 24, we have been together since we were 18. That may not be very long to some of you more mature folks, but for me it's been a long time. We have been living together for 3 to 4 of those 6 years, we co habitat well.
I love this woman fully and whole-heartedly. I believe she reciprocates, I can see it in her eyes (I'm sure you know that look). However, over the last few years our sex life has dwindled from regular, 3-5 times a week, lovemaking to maybe once a month.
We are both healthy, there have been no deaths in the family, no detractors of any sort as of late.
Our current situation is financially stable, close to relatives, close to friends. We go out often, hang out at home otherwise and play games together and watch movies with friends, you know, active and fun.
I feel extremely bad for being aroused around her a lot of the time, as she has almost no sexual drive whatsoever. She will occasionally masturbate or let me do it for her, or give her cunnilingus, but that's it.
On rare, rare occasions directly after she reaches orgasm during cunnilingus she will want sex.
It's to the point where I even feel guilt pangs for becoming aroused in her presence or when we're out on a date, or even when we wake up in the morning and she is rocking that sexy bed head and sweat pants combination.
I am literally falling into severe depression mode, I haven't felt this low since I was in my mid teens. (When I was 13 I was admitted to a psyche ward for having suicidal tendencies and severe depression/anger issues)
I feel no thoughts of self harm, which is good, but I am starting to lose the will to do anything, I've dropped my hobbies, all I do is tend to my woman, go to work, come home, play games, clean, allocate money for bills, tend to my woman some more (dinner, massage, watch a movie, scrub her back in the tub, etc), then she goes to bed, and I stay up all night loathing myself for feeling naturally horny, for god's sake, I'm a 24 year old guy, it's supposed to happen.
Now, we live in a moderately sized apartment with a roommate, I'm going to leave her name out for privacy and respect. She is 27, I believe, and sexually active with her boyfriend (and her other male friends when the boyfriend is away. Not my life, not my problem, I don't judge.) However, she and her partners tend to be loud when they are having sex. She can't help it, and I am not about to ruin a good thing for her by asking her to pipe down. However, I'm starting to feel those guilt pangs whenever I hear it, followed by a swift turn to jealousy and subdued anger, similar to the anger I felt before going through anger management.
I'm literally at my wit's end here, folks. I'm getting 1-3 hours of sleep a night due to mental anguish, and it's starting to affect my normal life. It's getting really hard to keep up this happy front, when all I want to do all day is cry now.
I don't know what I want from you guys, I just need to get this off my chest before I lose my god damned mind. We HAVE talked about it, civilly, and at length, and we just don't know what to do. It breaks her heart to see me hurt over something she can't just turn on and off at will. Ing libido.
Thanks for your time and bandwidth.