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Intimacy Issues - Improving, But Not Resolved

Discussion in 'Intimacy' started by swan02, Oct 14, 2016.

  1. APS45

    APS45 Silver IL'ite

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    Refractory period changes over age as well as general health and body energy level, from minuets to days. If the man feel extremely aroused, mentally and physically, it can be only in minutes. It varies between individuals. In general, good physical workout, eating well, getting sufficient sleep, abstaining from smoking and excess alcohol - all could help. Partial erections, or intermittent loss of erections before ejaculations are indicative of stress (office / family issues related, preoccupied mind) or indulging in sex due to compulsions (performance anxiety). Indulging in hand or oral sex for better erection is common thing - so what you do is normal.

    You will have to accept what comes with healthy lifestyle. Avoid quarreling which add up to stress, do not put pressure, create more passion and desire, you may get better outcome.
     
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  2. swan02

    swan02 Silver IL'ite

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    Thanks. My husband is 38. I am 34. I did have a concern that he will become less interested after a baby for exactly the reasons mentioned by poster madras. My husband assured me that will never be the case.

    On his front I can say he does make efforts. For example, he now promised me that we will be active 10 times a month - he says that having a number gives him something to work with as otherwise he cannot tell what to work on. He is hesitant to go to a urologist esp now that we maybe pregnant. I spoke to a urologist myself who stated that my husbands performance issues sound mostly psychological though without taking a look/examination he cannot say for sure.

    Quite honestly, I do feel very attached to him. Also - when things are going well between us I don't want to fathom a life without him. It's only when we have conflicts (on other issues) that this really starts bothering me as our intimacy is also the first area to get affected.

    My husband assures me that his libido is as high as mine but he just needs time to recover. He also states that sex is very important to him and states that he feels happy that it is just as important to me.

    He stated that he doesn't want to go to a urologist (in the past) because there really isn't a problem and that what we have should be sorted amongst ourselves.
     
  3. Jazmine83

    Jazmine83 Gold IL'ite

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    no one can hit a 6 at the first ball thrown at them...it needs practice

    slow down...nothing is wrong with him. Give him some time..
     
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    Ragini25 Platinum IL'ite

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    Swan, For sure, Be glad he is not asking you to visit a shrink, as a reciprocation to your nagging him for urology visit. Another guy may have asked you to do exactly that.
     
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    mfbtnuae Senior IL'ite

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    I think you have reason for legitimate concern, but your hubby must already be having self esteem issues if he is not able to maintain errection during copulation. So your going behing his back and getting an appointment with his urologist was not a very tactical move in the long run. Apart from that there may be other underlying reasons for erectile disfunction like high work load in office, try having sex in the mornings at waking time instead of at night when he may already be mentally and physically tired. Learn about self satisifation ie masturbation. I have heard that women use it to satisify themselves when their husbands are not available for some reason. I dont think divorce is the answer. How do you know whether the next man can perform or not? In Indian society atleast you cannot bed him before you wed him, atleast not openly. Now your sex drive is high, but if some thing happens (like a demanding toddler) in future and your sex drive falls, would you consider it as a ok signal for your Hubby to divorce you?

    Sex is a very important part of married life, but it is not everything. A sexually active man can be infertile. there is no guarantee that just because the gun is loaded, the bullets are real. They may be duds. In the long haul a caring and compaasionate nature in the husband is more important than physical relationship. What is the use of having ten orgasm a day if at the end of the day you cannot cuddle him and go to sleep peacefully? You have mentioned you had sex 6 times a day. let me tell you that is more than average. and while trying to get pregnant it is better to have sex on alternate days than daily as any competent gyneacologist will tell you. If you want to have a baby, your focus should be on having a baby not on your partner's sexual performance unless ofcourse he has premature ejaculation. There are excercises and yogasanas which help with erectile disfuntion and beleive me there's nothing more guaranteed to bring down a mans errection than the feeling that his partner is rating him for his perfromance and dissecting it to others, no matter how close friends and relatives. If theres a problem go to a doctor instead of somebody whom he will probably meet everyday and maybe feel embarassed. Dont take his sexual performance personally. I hope I dont come accross as somebody supporting only the mans point of view, but I felt these were valid concerns. Sorry if I hurt any feelings. If you were my daughter or sister I would have given the same advice.
     
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    dia3 Silver IL'ite

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    As the slang here goes in US---advice to poster, calm down---lol !! don't think of him as a machine :)..overall performance depends on many factors !!

    n totally agree with what yellowmango said !! ur overdrive might be off putting to ur hubby! So, calm down!
     
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    mfbtnuae Senior IL'ite

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    "My drive is very high. I want to sexually intimate on a daily basis. "

    To be frank, wanting to have sex on a daily basis is not a "very high". Considering how enjoyable an orgasm is, everybody wants to have it as much as they want :D. The thing is nobody likes feeling forced to do a thing even if its an orgasm. Maybe at first he was intimidated by your attractiveness and could not perform due to anxiety. Now he is too wound up to even try. Try going on a sexual fast for a month. Cuddling, kissing everythng is allowed except actual penetration. Tell him that he is not allowed it. God knows once you tell a man that he cannot do something, thats the only thing he thinks about doing. Try to be strict about it for atleast one week. My Husband had severe diarrea(sry wrong spelling), and he just couldnt for about two months or so. we were like ok maybe we are too old blah blah blah. but after a month of healthy nutritious diet everythning was back to normal.
     
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    swan02 Silver IL'ite

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    thank you for your advice....I am glad you gave me a frank answer....I did want to clarify, that we had sex 6 times on an 11 day trip (not 6 times in a day :)

    I have told my mother, brother and one physician friend (who's husband had also had ED - they were also virgins, got married, and situation similar to mine, but the husband's issue resolved completely after taking cialis) - all in confidence, and I did not disclose to my husband.

    I myself don't know what has been normal in our marriage and what hasn't. It gives me peace of mind to read that I may have acted childishly and that my husband, his performance, is in the normal spectrum.
     
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    Tried that....I think perhaps my husband has too much self control...he easily went for a weak, infact, kept himself busy with reading and other thing...after that I broke.
     
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    He did ask for that...perhaps legitimately so...
     

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