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Rough Patch/nervous for future
Hello,
This is my first time posting anything like this on a public forum but I'm having a hard time. I've been married to my husband a year and a half now and we're having problems. He would kill me if he knew I was posting about this because he is so private. Part of our problem I know is communication, well lack thereof. Let me back up a little for the back story.
We found each other online and after talking both online and over the phone for several months we agreed to meet. I was still in college and he lived over an hour away with his parents so we couldnt be together too often. We started exclusively dating after a couple dates and have been together ever since (5 years now). We knew we wanted to be together. He was my first boyfriend and who I lost my virginity to. Our relationship has been complicated by my husband's health and now mine.
Don't get me wrong, we are happy together but lately I feel as though our spark has fizzled. His health has declined again and I've been out of work with a bad knee injury. Things have been difficult but especially regarding our sex life. When we were dating, we were having sex all the time, and it was really good. With my knee injury, he has to be the one to take the brunt of the work during sex but in his weakened state, it wears him out easily and he's in pain afterwards. He also has no desire for sex anymore but it seems like I always want sex. He's afraid I might leave him or that our marriage will fail because of my constant desire for sex and hes sorry he can't do it more often. I would never leave him or cheat on him. I don't know what do do. I can't get rid of my desires. He says he still finds me attractive and wishes he was in the mood more or at leat if sex wasn't so hard for him. It would be better if I could do more but with my injury, I'm very limited in what I can do. How do we get though this and keep our relationship strong?
Re: Rough Patch/nervous for future
Is your main "disagreement" about sex? Or is it more than that?
It sounds like he wants to have sex, just not as often as you do.
There needs to be some sort of compromise.
There are more things that either of you can do to plea
When you've been married this long, you need a ticker to remind you.
Baby Boy M - 08/01/2013
Thank You. We've both agreed to see a therapist when I'm well again. If not to help with our sex life, at least it might help with strengthening our relationship. As for me on top, I can't do it right now because of my knee but he likes that and it tak