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Old 12-05-2011, 02:24 PM   #16 (permalink)
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My husband had to use the pills, and sometimes still does. But having taken them a few times, and sex being GREAT it has gotten him back in the groove, and he doesnt need them so much now. They may just help him start feeling good about his needs again?
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Old 12-06-2011, 10:13 PM   #17 (permalink)
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So stop doing things for him. Start to match his effort in your marriage. If you are meeting his needs by being his companion, but he's not meeting your needs sexually, stop meeting his needs. Stop inviting him with you when you're going out. Stop going with him when he's going out. Destabilize your relationship a bit to knock him into action.
This advice seems like it would do more harm than good Sounds like it would made the divide even wider, no?
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Old 12-07-2011, 09:04 AM   #18 (permalink)
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hi everyone, he went out of town for couple of days back when i wrote the first post on the thread.
by the time he got back, i told him about the divorce option if we continue on this state of marriage.

then blablabla, mundane details of 'so-here-we-go-again' fight; but the point is he's never gonna take that divorce option.

So, we were going science; at least it's the most objective thing we can do.
It appears that he has low testosterone level; meanwhile on the opposite, I have high testosterone level for a woman.
So after we laughed about the fact, we sat down and had a long talk.

He said that he loves me for who I am: blatant tomboy girl; but sometimes he wonders if I ever be more gentle and caring [-____________- gentle?]
We're Asians, and well yeah, here, women are supposedly to be lady-like or something like that [gentle?? geezz].

Other than that, we're apparently okay. Just hormone glitch; looks like we've got our genitals got switched or something like that.

We're still working on it, so thank you everyone for your supporting posts
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Old 12-07-2011, 09:21 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Because :
1. I can't stand it anymore; it's a dead end with no way out except stepping back.
2. I love him, hence, maybe, just maybe, the reason of he couldn't function is me. maybe he'd function well with someone else. who knows? it's not im going to let him missing his life, right?he's 28 fgs..
Furry Fluffy, you are missing the point... nice name BTW

You talked to your husband about this and he says there is no problem. Let me translate: he is ok with having sex that infrequently, he doesnt see it as a problem like you do.

You can make yourself crazy over the next few years trying and not trying and him just sitting there going along with his things.

Point number 2... you spend too much time together. You may have crossed into friend/business zone, bc you are always around each other. There are some couples who make this work, I could, but it would require both spouses.

So, you can shake it up as suggested, great suggestions. If you cannot work outside the home, then are you in separate rooms? If in the same workroom, can you re-organize so that there is a divider shelf unit of some sort between you? Do you have another area you can set up your office in, with a viable explanation other than trying to get distance... such as "more light over here" or "quieter."

He sounds like just a homebody type man, and he is ok with not going out alot, not having excitement, it just sounds as if, that is who he is. If that is who he is, he is not motivated to change it.

You also mentioned church stuff that he likes. Use the scripture as your best friend.

Ephesians 5:22-33 - Wives submit to your husbands, husbands love your wives...

And actually, this one alone says it all... 1 Corinthians 7:1-6..."Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for man not to marry. 2 But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. 3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. 5 Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then, come together again so that Satan will not tempt you bc of your lack of control."

Meet him on his own "terms" with 1 Corinthians and say calmly that you do not want to let Satan have a grip and that you need to fulfill this scripture in order to stave off Satan from tempting you with passions elsewhere. You fulfill his desire when it happens 2 times a year (ugh) and yet this scripture clearly states that it is to go BOTH ways, not just HIS needs... his body belongs to you as much as yours belongs to him... and do not deprive each other lest giving Satan a chance to sneak in! If he is very religious, he should get that. It is to forsake your vows to each other in front of God to forsake and deprive each other's needs.

Good luck! I personally would divorce him bc your drives are so mismatched and you dont have kids yet, but I dont know what it is like in your culture and area of the globe and maybe its not as easy to do it where you are. Here in America, if you dont have kids or combined assets, its fairly easy to leave these days.
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Old 12-07-2011, 09:25 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Sorry, I just saw your last post. Low testosterone or not, he is still functioning and you want sex more often. Good luck! Glad you can laugh about it.
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Hi toolate, thanks for your post

Well, we're working in separate rooms since the beginning; can't imagine to work in that rat's nest like his office room,lol.

About getting a job outside the house, I've tried. On the early time of this year, I had worked outside the house, but it didn't last long. I kept thinking about my other projects at home, the dishes, the dogs, and I missed my husband all day. After 3 months I quit, had him saying 'I know you're not happy, so just do what makes you happy'.

At this point I'm convinced that we're best work together.

About the verses of the Bible, well, even he's a devout Christian, I'm an agnostic myself. So if I start to quote the bible, I'm sure he'd ask me if I got my head bumped ^^

As I stated in my previous post, the root of our problem is the hormone glitch ^^ we're still trying to work the kinks, so wish us luck!
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Sorry, I just saw your last post. Low testosterone or not, he is still functioning and you want sex more often. Good luck! Glad you can laugh about it.
thank you ^_^
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