My boyfriend and I have been dating for over a year. And we probably started having sex about 3 months into our relationship. We are still having it, but our relationship isn't as strong as it used to be. I don't think he wants me as much. Would stopping the sexual part of our relationship (no sex, hand jobs, blow jobs, etc.) actually help our relationship and make him want me more? We would still kiss and cuddle. I am not in his head or anything, so I don't know how he feels. I haven't been able to talk to him about it much because he is always busy with football or work. And lately he would rather hang with his friends than with me.Any suggestions/advice/comments would help!

How old are you?

[QUOTE=KJura88] Would stopping the sexual part of our relationship actually help our relationship and make him want me more?

No it doesn't work that way. Imagine your in love with a guy and before you is a road made of bricks which goes on and on till it disappears. Now the 2 of you would like to get to the end of that road because it ends up at a golden castle which has a large room full of really great stuff. Before the journey starts you'll both have a brand new back pack containing every thing each of you will need to survive along the way. It'll take about a year to get there and for the first 3 months great care is taken to conserve the contents of your back packs. After about 3 months you both take a long rest and begin to enjoy life as you know it and as time goes on you discover the back packs are empty and the castle is no where to be found. One of you decides to go through each back pack stitch by stitch in serch of... while the other has known all along how to start the journey over with a fresh new back pack and a booklet titled "Survival Tips." She who is looking behind every stitch will share anything she finds and trusts her partner will do the same. After reading the booklet he decides to make copies for his partner but then remembers his new journey must be taken down another road, not the brick one, so he folds the copies in half and places them and the booklet into the new back pack his new partner is wearing. ALL IS NOT LOST... As she digs and digs through each back pack she finds a small key and a piece of paper which directs her to walk west off the brick road for 60 feet till she finds herself at the edge of a stream. She stands over looking the flow of water and then just across a meadow hears the voice of a young stranger greeting her as he sits atop his horse just to the east of a Golden Castle.