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Created on : Friday, July 01, 2005, 05:17:33 pm
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"He wants it twice a day!" "She would be happy to go a whole month without touching me." Does this sound familiar?

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February 28, 2006, 11:04 am PST

We NEED it twice a day

We NEED it twice a day.
 
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February 28, 2006, 11:17 am PST

A different twist.....

......to the sex drive problem.  I'M the one who wants it all the time and my HUSBAND would happily go a month or more without it.  Am I just a very strange woman or are there other females out there with "go gettem" sex drives???
 
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February 28, 2006, 11:21 am PST

It's pretty common...

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Hi all, this is my first posting here. It seems as if everyone is talking about the "new" system and not the subject of this board, so I hope I'm not intruding! ;-) My wife and I have been married for over a year - second marriage for both of us. Our problem is that she's never had a normal sex life. According to her, it's never been about her, and she really doesn't know how to express herself. She's not used to the way I am, which is that I like to please her first and foremost. She seems to be okay with that for the most part, but she doesn't reciprocate 99% of the time. ((By the way, this system does stink - what's up with not being able to backspace??)) She feels inadequate and self-conscious and rather than just trying to break out of it, she does nothing, hence our problem. I sometimes feel as if she doesn't have any desire for me, but she vehemently denies that. But the fact remains that things are the way they are and I'm very unhappy with this area of our life. I'll readily admit that I am more focused on this problem because of my experience with my first wife where we just let issues like this go without truly working through it. I don't want this to haunt us throughout our marriage. I'm not a cheater and have zero desire to be with anyone else - that's kind of the problem. I find my wife extremely attractive and she turns me on 24/7, but I don't feel any of that - even a little bit - toward me. I'm in a loop where she only brings up our having "alone" time after I've complained out loud to her, so it gives me the feeling of her appeasing me. But it doesn't last. Not until I complain again, so you could see how that doesn't make me feel too good. Anyone else have this type of experience?

Hello, 

I have heard about this problem with many couples.  The wife does not feel as attractive as she used to because she has put on weight - she doesn't want to have sex or do it with the lights on; or her partner pleases her in every way, but she does not return the favor.  It's sad, but it's pretty common.   

I have heard my guy friends tell me that they satisfy their wives, but the wives refuse to give a little oral sex in return.  I tell them that their wives are just plain selfish, and that they should talk about it if it's going to get any better.  Sometimes, sex is used as a weapon...it only happens when the person in control wants it, using sex to get whatever he/she wants.  I saw some apes at the San Diego Zoo that did the same thing.  The male had food that the female wanted, so she gave him some tail, and he gave her some food.  LOL!   

 
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February 28, 2006, 11:39 am PST

i am the woman in the same situation

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Hello, 

I have heard about this problem with many couples.  The wife does not feel as attractive as she used to because she has put on weight - she doesn't want to have sex or do it with the lights on; or her partner pleases her in every way, but she does not return the favor.  It's sad, but it's pretty common.   

I have heard my guy friends tell me that they satisfy their wives, but the wives refuse to give a little oral sex in return.  I tell them that their wives are just plain selfish, and that they should talk about it if it's going to get any better.  Sometimes, sex is used as a weapon...it only happens when the person in control wants it, using sex to get whatever he/she wants.  I saw some apes at the San Diego Zoo that did the same thing.  The male had food that the female wanted, so she gave him some tail, and he gave her some food.  LOL!   

I feel really bad because my husband is so into me, and he swears no matter what and no matter where I turn him on. I think he is handsome, sweet, and very loving. I just don't have a sexual desire for him. I love him very much. He's always wanting sex and I could go forever without it. But he gets mad b/c during our 3 year seperation I was very premiscuous, and he knows about that and he gets mad at me and then makes me feel guilty, so I have guilt sex and say fine but make it a quick one. What am I supposed to do? And also I have no problem with using the backspace button.
 
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February 28, 2006, 12:16 pm PST

Does he smoke?

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I enjoy sex but unfortunately my husband is impotent most of the time and when he is not, he suffers from premature ejaculation.  What do I do?  We have been married for 11 years and I am at the point of calling it quits.  I have expressed my concerns but they fall on deaf ears.  He has some viagra but won't use it.  I'm sure he is concerned about the possible negative side effects of this drug.  Is it fair of me to push him to use it?  I would appreciate any advice?

Hello, I really did not want to say anything, but if this helps someone else, here it goes.  My husband and I have been married for 26 years.  It has been a struggle from the beginning, and I think we have stayed together because we are "used to each other."  In other words, we support each other.  We also do love, trust,  and respect each other.   

I had noticed that when he quit smoking, the problems with his lack of stamina during sex went away.  I have given a lot of though to the problem...he gets an erection, and orgasms quickly, one minute tops it seems.  He knows that he will become flaccid after we engage in sex after a few minutes into it, so he rushes, and is anxious to orgasm before his penis has a chance to become flaccid.   

No, it is not my tight vaginal muscles, or my talent; it's him.  LOL!  He went to the doctor this past   Saturday, and the doc said that he has high blood pressure to go along with the premature ejaculation/flaccidity problem.  I have told my husband that he could solve both problems if he just quit smoking for good.  Instead, he wants to try Levitra or something of the sort which can have side effects.  He isn't thinking straight.  I won't even kiss him because I don't like to taste cigarettes or smell it on him.  He won't give up smoking, so it makes me feel that smoking is more important to him than a healthy sex life with me.    

Your husband may have a health problem, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes which can contribute to sexual problems.  Make an appt. for him, and if he smokes and you ask him to quit, you may be able to solve the problems brought on by smoking.  I just can't seem to get it through my husband's head!  Quit smoking, and you won't need pills!   He is creating the problems.   

 
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February 28, 2006, 12:33 pm PST

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My boyfriend and I have been together almost four years, I would be happy having sex every night- my boyfriend is the total opposite! He can go a week or longer without the desire for sex...I used to feel like it was me that I wasn't attractive enough or that he didn't want me but now I think it's all about him. Anybody with this problem?  

  

  

 
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February 28, 2006, 12:36 pm PST

You're joking right?

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If you don't want us to cheat or buy "Just 18", then act like wives.  Remember what the Bible says; that the person who caused the sin faces a greater punishment than the person who committed the sin.  Hence, if you refuse to let your husband touch you and he cheats on you with his secretary, you've no one to blame BUT YOURSELF because men NEED sex. 

  

I mean, you wouldn't let us do our business on the rug, right?  It's the same thing.  It's a natural function that WE GUYS HAVE TO HAVE AND CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT. 

  

I have a friend of mine who is 79.  Back in the day when he was married, his wife wouldn't let him touch her because she thought sex was disgusting and only for procreation.  He was lucky to get a twice a year.  This forced him to go to every nudie bar in the San Fernando Valley. 

  

He says that she STILL doesn't get it. 

  

Yes, it's wrong for men to cheat and it's wrong for us to use porn-especially if we are married.  HOWEVER, we would do neither one if WOMEN PUT OUT. 

 
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February 28, 2006, 1:27 pm PST

The problem may be...

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I enjoy sex but unfortunately my husband is impotent most of the time and when he is not, he suffers from premature ejaculation.  What do I do?  We have been married for 11 years and I am at the point of calling it quits.  I have expressed my concerns but they fall on deaf ears.  He has some viagra but won't use it.  I'm sure he is concerned about the possible negative side effects of this drug.  Is it fair of me to push him to use it?  I would appreciate any advice?

Hello, again... 

I forgot to say that my husband kept telling me that he just wasn't interested in sex.  I asked him if he was not interested in sex with me or with anyone else?  He said he had lost interest in sex altogether.   

I began to analyze the situation.  Of course he would say he is not interested in sex!  Since he knows he cannot satisfy me because it lasts about one minute, and he knows he will become flaccid - in order to avoid being disappointed in the fact that he ejaculates too quickly and/or becomes flaccid and cannot satisfy me; he would rather just avoid sex, period!   That may be what is occurring in your marriage.  Just be upfront with your husband.  Tell him how you feel, and maybe you may find a solution that you both could live with.  As for me, I don't know if I'll ever have sex again, or until we can take care of the problem.  This is very frustrating and hurtful because he keeps pushing me away.  The thought of him taking a pill when we are going to have sex turns me off completely.  I would rather not do it.  God Bless!  

 
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February 28, 2006, 2:28 pm PST

Don't know what to do anymore

I have absolutely no desire to be intimate with my partner.  But, it seems the more the more he wants it.  I feel there is no intimacy whatsoever-he disagrees when I bring that up however he will come in naked from the shower and stand by the side of the bed in the morning just waiting for me to get ready to get up for work so he can make his demand.  He also seems as other posters have said to have devolped an interest in anal sex out of nowhere.  He makes everything my fault even when it is that time of the month it is like I made it start to spite him.  Recently I found out on our like split he was intimate with a family acquaintance.  I know we were apart so it wasn't cheating, but i don't seem to be able to put it out of my mind.  And, if I cry during sex (because i wonder if he did this or that with her) he says "how long are you going to punish me" I just feel like his is more interested in the act and his satisfaction then me.  But, when I don't enjoy it - it makes him more angry.  any advise for me???
 
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February 28, 2006, 2:55 pm PST

Differing Sex Drives

I won't have anyhting to do with a man who desires anal sex. I heard people who do that are at a higher risk for AIDS and Hemmoroids. Also I hear too much nowaydays of boys being sexually abused as much as girls. I have two sons and I would kill any SOB who tried that on my boys. 

  

I don't see thw whole fad of anal sex. We oughta ask the guys to try having it done and see how they like something big being rammed repaetedly up their butts. 

 
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