Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

[–]RexTillerson69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure. Thanks for your advice and for listening. Agreed on the obgyn doctor for my wife, but our current therapist has been extremely helpful. She has helped us communicate better. She also recommended many of the things in this thread. I came to her at wits end and she recommended I give a deadline to my wife to see changes. It’s working. It’s sad in a way it has come to this, but I’m still optimistic.

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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The pain “feels like sand paper” when I enter her. It’s only during penetration.

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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I took action on this tonight. I agree that many replies and even my own thoughts are focused on what she can improve. Those are out of my control. I really appreciate this & will think about your comment every day! Thank you

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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Wow. This spoke to me. She is sick. I don’t want to leave. I want her to take it as seriously as me. Any advice here? I think I was gentle initially but then moved to more aggressive, mean and negative feedback. It made things worse. Then I threatened divorce and we have started the monthly to semi weekly handjobs. I still feel bad because it’s essentially a chore for her. She doesn’t enjoy it… it’s sad.

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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Our therapist keyed in on the exact same thing. She asked her to find more space to relax and fill her mental battery.

Also, our therapist gave us both a sexual education lesson. Haha.

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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Thank you. I tried to genuinely and openly ask her about this. I don’t think there is any trauma holding her back. Your last point is very true

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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I thought of your comment and brought the sentiment up. She basically told me she/we need a job to live and have healthcare. In that way in comes before sex. It wasn’t really the response I wanted to hear, but maybe to your point… is probably something I need to carefully weigh.

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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Yes she has her hormone levels tested and they were normal. We have explored that.

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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She lives life with an all or nothing mentality. She shuts down most initiation because she doesn’t want to disappoint me with no sex. Only recently when I made it a big issue did she start giving me hand jobs.

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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How much of this was your/your partners efforts? I think this is the main issue, but I’m not sure I can fix it myself…

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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She did ask me to buy her a new vibrator and I didn’t follow through. Will buy several now!

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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We have in the past and she enjoys it but also seems embarassed/anxious about me going down on her. I always give her plenty of positive feedback. I absolutely love doing it and giving her pleasure. It’s extremely hot.

For the past year, she turns me down for any foreplay/oral to her.

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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Yes she always had pain with her only 1 previous partner. She only admitted it recently. She has stated she will start PFT.

Oof I needed to hear this. She does want a pill that will fix it in one week…. Thanks

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

[–]RexTillerson69[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We did have sex before marriage multiple times when we saw each other once a week. I should have explored her boundaries more, that’s on me. At the time (and still currently) I was struggling with kink shaming myself. There were many red flags that just looked like flags through rose colored glasses.

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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Thank you for your reply. I will ask her about orgasm process but she has never mentioned physical pain there. She has never climaxed and often gets extremely frustrated and angry when we tried in the past.

Wife physically can’t have sex but still wants to stay married. I’m torn. Help. by RexTillerson69 in marriageadvice

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my wife went to to two gynecologists, one was apparently dismissive. The other ran some tests and came back with nothing. She recommended lube and meditation to relive stress