Quote From: wendyo33 I have been with my partner for 9 years. We have a pretty harmonious and honest relationship. I was never particularly physically attracted to him (the chemistry between us was more emotional than physical), but we have a nice sexual connection and we get along really well. Every so often though when we're engaged sexually, I find myself feeling repulsed. In the past few months this has increased to the point that I have to struggle to keep back tears. He's not bad looking, is fit, healthy, etc., so that doesn't explain it. I can't figure out if it's because of a lack of chemistry between us, or if maybe I'm just having a bad reaction to sex in general. I kind of wonder if some subconscious stuff is surfacing? I'm 40 and don't have any conscious recollection of having been exposed to sexual abuse, but sometimes I wonder. If I lived in a place where I could go find a good therapist I would, but unfortunately I don't so can't. I don't feel like I can tell my partner about feeling repulsed and I'm beginning to feel a bit desperate. In the past I've gone months avoiding having sex with him. My sex drive seems to have increased recently so we're having sex more often but about one time in three I end up feeling repulsed. It seems to me that this isn't normal. What to do?
I don't know if you read what you wrote but the second line is
"I was never particularly physically attracted to him."
So your not attracted to him & forcing yourself to have sex with him. Of course your going to be fighting back tears. I don't know how old you are but it sounds like you are dying to have some good sex with someone you are lusting for.
What to do?
You need to break up with him, if he is such a good guy he deserves to be with someone who is attracted to him, by fooling him you are not only robbing yourself of fulfilling sex lift, your robbing him of being with someone who really wants to be with him.
Don't fool yourself that because you have a emotional connaction thats enough for a relationship. Thats only part of it. You deserve to be fullfilled, & so does he.
Attraction is not something you can fix in councling, it is or it isn't.