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Many couples are trapped in sexless marriages
The Daily Mail ^ | 07/03/2017 | Monique Roffey

Posted on 09/30/2017 12:49:02 PM PDT by BJ1

But slowly, over the course of six years, our physical relationship dwindled to nothing. I buried it because I had no idea how to talk about it, let alone fix it. Those years were pre-internet and pre-social media; I couldn’t simply tap my problem into Google and find answers.

It’s agonising to be in a relationship full of love and lacking in sex. It’s a tragedy, in fact, or it was for me. And a sexless relationship carries a lot of shame. Just as having too much sex is taboo, so is having none.

I kept quiet. Instead, my repressed sexuality took on a life of its own, and I dreamed of sexy trysts with other men, and, being a writer, these dreams went down on paper in the form of a novel, The Tryst, published later this week.

Of course, we split up, eventually. When a couple isn’t having sex, especially a younger couple, the frustrated energy has to go somewhere. It usually ends up going outside the relationship, and it did.

He had an affair — galling, given our situation — and that was the end of things. I was 41. I ran away and regrouped. What followed was a decade of sexual seeking and exploration, a campaign of self-education.

My mission was never again to fall into this no-sex relationship trap. What had happened and why? I was determined to find out. I allowed myself to be a guinea pig, and took many bold and courageous leaps. In doing so I tried everything, and today, aged 52, I’m much more sexually confident.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: coldfish; deadinbed; freepersare; genderwars; marriage; men; single; women
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To: snooter55

My husband had a good friend in his squad around the time he was getting ready to be deployed long ago. His wife told him that she couldn’t have a baby alone if he was overseas. About a week later, he didn’t show up for morning formation. He was sent to his house to check up on him/get him. He found out his wife had killed his child and he had killed himself afterwards.


141 posted on 09/30/2017 4:02:29 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Bodleian_Girl

He’s also been told by my male friends and coworkers not to let me out of his sight-the contractor I work for told him jokingly that if that happened, he’d have me for a sister wife to his present one-but Nemesis told them he has absolutely no intention of letting me go because it took him over 40 years to see me again-I feel the same about him-we are as compatible and comfortable with one another as we were before...

We both had 1st marriages of over 20 years that ended in divorce-I married MrT5 and we were happy for over 15 years, while Nemesis had 2 more marriages-both lasted less than 2 years-and I have military benefits I can’t afford to lose-a marriage with a license would cut into that even with separate living spaces-so our Texas common law and our respect for one another will have to do-we might later on have a marriage/commitment ceremony performed by one of the rogue priests who believes marriage is done by clergy, not license-lots of old hippies and rednecks like us out here do that...


142 posted on 09/30/2017 4:26:10 PM PDT by Texan5 (`"You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

I feel ya. Just keep him happy you know where.


143 posted on 09/30/2017 4:36:07 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Click on my profile page to find out why Alabama rejects Luther Strange!)
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To: sparklite2
"Amy Schumer said ... " Image and video hosting by TinyPic She's a serial boner killer.
144 posted on 09/30/2017 4:45:24 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice

She’s not all that funny,
either, but she has her moments.


145 posted on 09/30/2017 4:49:46 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

That is still totally awesome-partly because we both appreciate that the other has not let themselves get lazy and overweight, or started eating unhealthy food-we both work out and still weigh the same as we did 40 years ago-an added bonus.


146 posted on 09/30/2017 4:51:43 PM PDT by Texan5 (`"You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: raybbr

Did you miss the part where she wasn’t having sex with her husband?

Grounds for divorce !

Cruelty !!!


147 posted on 09/30/2017 4:58:34 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap")
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To: nickcarraway

Uh, Feminists want female superiority.

Guess where that exists already? It exists in the marriage industry.

You pay tens of thousands for HER magical day, after the tens of thousands you spent on dates. Then if it all goes south (because feminism told her she’s bored or needs to go find herself), she gets 1/2 of the money, the house, the car, 90% chance of her getting custody of the kids + alimony. And what are you going to do about it when she can tell a judge that you “hit” her a few times?

You are now living in a cheap motel while she then moves in a new guy into the house,. You cant see your kids anymore, or you are in jail.

MGTOWs decide to not play the game for a crap promise of doled out sex while they work to keep her in a lifestyle where she wont divorce you and leave you in a gutter.

The risks are REAL and they are not worth the “rewards”.

“And MGTOW are near the top of the list in helping to make this into a Muslim country”

LOL! Seriously?

They are putting a big mirror up to the whipped married dudes and showing them that the system is crap as it is. MGTOWs didn’t create no-fault divorce, they didn’t allow the system to screw men over in divorce and family court, they didn’t tell these p-whipped husbands to vote for a system that can allow women to accuse them of rape without proof, and ruin their lives, and they didn’t raise daughters to think they are “daddies little princess” to the point where she thinks that men exist to buy her things and do her bidding because she’s “special”.

They decided to no longer participate. Let the women and their “men” that think they have authority and status, enjoy their circus.


148 posted on 09/30/2017 4:58:59 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: ifinnegan

“It’d be worth it for them to learn just how great the love between man and woman can be. They claim to like women.”

She has the power of the state on her side to run you into the dirt if she choose.

The Holy Spirit doesn’t run a law firm, and isnt going to do anything to pull you out of the fire if she does.

It isnt about “liking women”, like you are some naive teenager. It’s about liking freedom.


149 posted on 09/30/2017 5:01:21 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Bonemaker

Its not desperation. Its about not being treated like sh1t from women, ever again. And women buy them too.


150 posted on 09/30/2017 5:02:48 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ifinnegan

“Sad and clueless.”

Ignorant and tone-deaf.

Go do a little search for what happened to thousands of doey-eyed saps that got sent into the meat grinder by his special lady.

That is why guys are walking away.


151 posted on 09/30/2017 5:03:40 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Bonemaker

So where is everyone deriding women buying multiple dildos and vibrators, for multiple decades. They are so callous they just use one part of a guy.


152 posted on 09/30/2017 5:07:12 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Bonemaker

“You are just getting started. Check back in when you hit 56 years and tell us how sanguine you are.”

I’m marking that down.


153 posted on 09/30/2017 5:36:35 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive.” - DJT)
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To: Bonemaker

You have a great nom de plume for this subject.


154 posted on 09/30/2017 5:37:07 PM PDT by sanjuanbob
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To: Pikachu_Dad

I got that they were both NOT having sex. I also got that because he was cheating he was NOT having sex with her. But, it still must be all her fault.


155 posted on 09/30/2017 5:47:26 PM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: Bonemaker

...garden hose in the Tailpipe!

I’m always looking for a good punchline!


156 posted on 09/30/2017 5:58:53 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Big Red Badger

Wait this is a”Gay” thread...correct?


157 posted on 09/30/2017 6:11:28 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: BJ1

Divorced, 50+ guys have a sexual buffet available nowadays with these gals.


158 posted on 09/30/2017 6:16:40 PM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough.)
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To: Bonemaker

If you’re talking about menopause, there are solutions, but most doctors are ignorant. See one who checks all hormones, and prescribes bio-identical creams.


159 posted on 09/30/2017 6:38:33 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: Texan5

I hope y’all are happy forever!

You guys can be FR’s version of Vince Gill’s “Look at Us!”


160 posted on 09/30/2017 6:39:08 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Click on my profile page to find out why Alabama rejects Luther Strange!)
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