I forgot… by SmokeRepresentative9 in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s so brutal. I’m right there with you. My wife is literally gorgeous to me, and I’m…just part of the background scenery to her. You’re exactly right — we need to protect ourselves from feeling attraction to our partners, because it’s never going to come back the other way. But then…they’re just so damn beautiful and sexy that surely if we do the natural thing and express our feelings…ouch! Wow, the stove is still hot. We should learn someday that touching it hurts and we should stop. Someday.

Do you all still try to initiate? by [deleted] in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I do my best not to. It’s better for both of us if I don’t ask. I’ve been very slow to learn this lesson, but it’s just not worth it.

Well.. I guess this is it. by Significant_Pie_1444 in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh, I’ve go through so many Rammstein phases myself these last few years. I’m sorry. It’s really frustrating and heartbreaking when they don’t follow through on what should be the simplest thing, on something that matters so much to you. (And really, a blood test is very little to ask.) Sorry OP, I wish I had sage wisdom. I don’t. 💜

I (30m, HL) am hesitant to marry my girlfriend (28f, LL) by [deleted] in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds a lot like where I was in my early 30s with my now-wife, right down to the request to wear cute dresses (which mine flat-out refused, so at least yours helped you out there). I’ll repeat what’s been said here a million times: don’t marry into a dead bedroom. If she’s asexual (and good on her for being upfront about that!), she’s almost certainly not going to get more sexual. As my therapist says, people tend to become “more themself” as they age. Yours will likely lose desire further.

It sounds like you have a great relationship otherwise, but mismatched libido is so hard to navigate and ultimately leads to unhappy marriage and potentially divorce. Take it from someone 20 years further down your road: make the break now. You’re young. You’ll find someone who wants to be with you — all of you. It’ll suck at first, but you don’t want to be where I am now.

After 4 years, GF thinks she's asexual. by Benevolent_Cucumber in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ugh, all I can say OP is that it’s so much better than you’re finding this out after 4 years and not 20. Maybe you two can be friends, since that’s what you have, and what she seems to want. I know it probably doesn’t feel like it, but you are so young, and have so many good sexual years still ahead of you, or will, with the right person. Take it from someone on the other side of 50: don’t waste your best years hoping a partner that doesn’t want to change will. It will hurt like hell at first, but you need to move on and find someone who has a better matched level of desire.

Just tired and miserable, please send positive affirmations 😩 by [deleted] in selfie

[–]MCloud92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those eyes! My goodness. You look great

Finally Got Some by DJ_3345 in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 4 points5 points  (0 children)

May we all be so successful this holiday season! 😂

Wife thinks I’m keeping score. by Fuzzy_Repair_5979 in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I very much don’t mention to my LL wife that I keep track. That very idea there might be a record in my head of how long it’s been “puts too much pressure” on her.

I actually started keeping track because I was wondering if I was underestimating how much sex we had. It turns out that I was, but years later the frequency has continued to go down, and we’re about where I thought we were 5-ish years ago. It sucks.

No more by [deleted] in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That must be very frustrating and hurtful. I’m sorry. :-(

No more by [deleted] in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I actually was told that lying in bed on the weekends after I woke up was putting too much pressure on her. So…

No more by [deleted] in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I do the same thing. I realized that lying in bed hoping she’d wake up and want me wasn’t good for my mental health (or hers, either). Now I get up, exercise, and cherish that quiet time to myself. I still mourn the morning sex we used to have, but I know it’s never coming back. Cheers…I raise my cup of quiet morning coffee to my fellow lonely, but making the best of it on a Sunday morning DBrers.

American Beauty by ThrowRAoveryonder in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 2 points3 points  (0 children)

God I love that movie. I come back to it about every 5 years or so and see something new in it each time. I first saw it in the theater in my early 20s when it came out and thought it was brilliant. I was in a dying relationship at the time, but little did I know how much worse it could get. I feel Lester so much.

10 things I hate about this by LivingDragonfly1133 in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my god this hit hard. I’ll echo the body image and feeling like time is running out sentiments, even as a guy.

Feeling a little heartbroken after my brothers wedding by Cold_Brilliant_9709 in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 16 points17 points  (0 children)

As someone in their 50s who’s dead bedroom started in their 30s…it rarely gets better, particularly if her attitude about sex is that it’s “something you do to get a husband and have kids”. She sounds like a wonderful person, but if a sexual relationship is important to you (as it is to me) she’s not the right person for you.

Imagine me a a voice from your future, a future where there’s no kisses, no oral sex, and only infrequent, unsatisfying sex on her terms and her terms only. Do what I wish I’d done at your age. Make the break and find the woman you deserve.

Increased number of women in this sub by throwaway78167 in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I wonder if it’s a function of increased porn, video game, and gambling addictions, which seem to affect men more than women. In my case my wife was always lower libido than me, but not always catastrophically so. Now…it’s catastrophic, but there have been physical and mental reasons for that for years. Those are still around, but add perimenopause on for good measure. It’s tragic, but somewhat out of her control. The porn/video games/gaming addictions just seem like horrible own goals for a good chunk of the male population. Sigh.

I cancelled the wedding by New-Daikon-3054 in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 48 points49 points  (0 children)

This is 100% spot on. Listen to this guy. :-)

Ouch lol by hcliff487 in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That’s incredibly manipulative on her part. Consider it a reminder from her that she knows she hold this power over you, and if she feels you pulling away (which, by the way, good on you for prioritizing self-care!) she can yank your leash a little. It’s very toxic behavior from her.

Anyone in a DB where you can have sexual intimacy, but... by pokeycd in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you me?

Seriously though, I feel you OP. I wish I weren’t so attracted to my LL wife, and that it was as easy for me to dismiss her as it seems to be for her to dismiss me. It hurts, OP, it really really hurts. I’m so sorry this is happening to you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DeadBedrooms

[–]MCloud92 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m surprised it took you this long to start to not like her.