6 months since last time
Hi everyone, I wanted to share my situation. I’m a 34-year-old man married to an older woman (39). We’ve been married for three years.
We’re conservative Christians and try to live our faith. We’re open to having children, but none have come along yet.
When we were dating (we dated for a year), I could tell she wanted to be with me — so much so that we couldn’t stay chaste and we made love a couple of times. She didn’t want to marry me at first because she’d told me she has endometriosis and thyroid issues, and with her age we might not be able to have kids. Honestly, I didn’t mind — I just wanted to be with her, and making love with her was the best thing. After we got married, because of the endometriosis and the pain during intimacy, we had to stop having sex for three months before her surgery and another three months for recovery. After that it was tough — by the next year our frequency was at most once a month (I honestly expected that after getting married we’d be more intimate). Then moving house, relationship conflicts, and stress at her work made her grow distant from me. We’re in couples therapy and we’re trying.
She tells me she wants to be with me and that she desires me, but in the moment she doesn’t feel the urge. It’s been really hard for me; I’ve fallen into porn and masturbation to cope. It’s been six months since we were together. I don’t want to hurt her, but I want to have intimacy with a woman.
Has anyone been through something similar? Thanks for reading this far.