My husband makes excuses not to have sex
I've been married for 2 years to my husband but we've never had a 'honeymoon' period. It took 6 months when our relationship began for us to be intimate. He said he was nervous because it meant a lot to him. I tried to be understanding during the time but it did hurt a bit. We have had an on again off again marriage due to me finding out he told another woman he still had feelings for her before we got married and he accidentally showed me a picture of another female friend on his phone who was in her bra and knickers. When I asked him about this he said he was bored one night and that's how that came about. Above all this I still have stayed with him because I'm loyal to my marriage but throughout the 2 years I ALWAYS initiate sex. He never has and it's taken it's toll. I'm lucky if we are intimate once a week, not even. If he drinks and other stuff - then that's the weekend written off and a couple of days after that. There have been times when he has said he's not in the mood and I can't help but get upset. He then gets angry and either throws something or storms out because he feels that I should be more considerate if he is tired or coming off a bender. I do love him and he's a good person and I know that sex isn't everything but I've just turned 30 and still want to have a decent sex life with the man I married - for life. I'm worried that if it's this what it's like now, it will get worse. After this weekend which was his birthday, I asked him on Monday night if we could and he said no, he was too tired from his birthday drinkathon and then over the last two days has feigned illness to get out of it. He calls me at work to tell me how sick and dizzy he's feeling and stressed from work then comes home and drinks a bottle and a half of wine. It's like a slap in the face because if he's really as sick as he makes out, drinking would be the last thing on this mind. I found out last week also that this has been a problem with his previous two relationships so I know it's not because of me but every time I try to talk to him about it, he tells me I'm insulting his manhood and makes him not want to do it even more.
I'm not sure how much more of this I can take. I don't feel special and it doesn't feel like a marriage because I'm always having to make compromises and he just drinks at the pub or at home and either sits on his computer or watches football. He also makes a lot of promises but never any actions to back them up. Every time I try to voice my concerns it turns into a row because he feels he can't get away with anything? I feel like my feelings don't count and he keeps saying he just wants things to be easy and not in trouble all the time.