[identity profile] varita9.livejournal.com
Hi everyone,
I really need some advice. I'm in a relationship where I don't enjoy sex. Because I'm not attracted to my partner at all, sex for me is really painful and distasteful. I'm wondering if you guys can give me any suggestions on how to make it more enjoyable for myself, or at least less painful.
Some solutions I've already thought of:
- Talk to boyfriend about having less or no sex: I could do this, but sex is something he wants and needs, and I want to satisfy that for him.
- Leave the relationship: I don't want to do this because of other reasons (mutual love and respect are nothing to sneeze at). It's a long-term relationship and I'm happy in it except for the sex.
- Use lube: we do, and it helps with the pain somewhat.
- Fantasize: easier said than done. Even if I try to fantasize I can never manage to get my mind off what we're actually doing.
- I'm on birth control, maybe that's affecting my sex drive?

I'm afraid you guys are going to say that I'm not being fair to him, or that having grudging sex is worse than not having it at all, or something like that. That's what I'm afraid of I guess. I want to be fair and good to him, I just don't know the best way to do that. I also don't want to spend the rest of my life having sex I don't enjoy. Anyway, that's why I'm here I guess.
Thank you in advance for any advice.
[identity profile] onlygoodbook.livejournal.com
I've been with my partner (cis-male, I'm cis-female) for almost a year and we have a wonderful relationship and active sex life... and I still can't get over my nerves about oral sex to actually let him go down on me, though he is eager to do so. I love going down on him and so I can imagine that he would earnestly look forward to returning the favor, but I just can't imagine that it won't be a turn off for him. One of my concerns is that I've NEVER had an orgasm. Oral sex is kind of the last frontier. Both PIV sex and being touched by my partner can both feel great, but intense approaching-an-orgasm feelings come and go pretty quickly, dissipating after a few seconds. If oral sex doesn't do it for me either, I am a bit worried that my partner (and I!) will be disappointed. How can I work on my own feelings toward this so that I can relax? I've been sexually active for five years (I'm 23) and I'm starting to feel like there's something wrong with my body. No one is making me feel this way - every sexual partner I've had has been understanding and not taken my inability to orgasm as some kind of deficiency or personal insult, so this is coming from me.

I don't feel insecure or unsure about sex and I have a healthy body image, except for these few square centimeters in this one very particular situation! :-/

EDITED TO ADD: Aiming at orgasm isn't at all the object of sex for me. My partner and I have a great sex life, I think, and I am always happy to be intimate with him. I don't think about reaching orgasm, just enjoying the experience.

Thanks!
[identity profile] soulsearch2010.livejournal.com
Does anyone else have trouble getting off with a partner? I started having sex when I was 19. I'm 27 now and I haven't had a single orgasm with any partners. I feel like every man I've been with thinks my vag is a penis and a few strokes is all it takes me to get me going. I can't come through PIV sex and I'm so jealous of anyone who can. I enjoy the sensation but it's not enough. Mind you I've never been in a long-term relationship so that might affect my comfort level, since most guys I've been with are usually a one-time thing or at the most it lasts a couple of weeks. Anyway.....some times I just want to have sex for the sake of having sex, especially when the guy is super attractive, but I just can't seem to come and I don't know how to instruct them without hurting their super-senstive ego. Not to generalize, but every guy I've been with seems to need some kind of reassurance that they're "doing me right" and I don't know how to say "no, you're doing it all wrong" without being rude, especially when it comes to educating them about my vag. Any suggestions?

or do you think this is somehting I can only achieve in a long-term relationship, where we have time to get to know eachother's bodies better and trust eachother enough to be comfortable to try anything?

Thanks!
[identity profile] corvidophil3.livejournal.com
The title is a pretty good summary, haha. Hi, I haven't been here before two days ago, but I've been, um, having crotch problems for a while. It's kinda long, so I cut it.
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[identity profile] inwhitestatic.livejournal.com
I apologize a million times in advance if this has already been discussed, but I couldn't find anything about it. Here goes:

Previously a virgin, my boyfriend and I decided to have sex. I am on birthcontrol plus he used a condom, so there are no worries there. The problem is, when he went to stick it in, it wouldn't fit. o.O

I am a naturally small and thin person, and I'm wondering if maybe my opening isn't big enough to have sex? He got about an inch and a half into me before it hurt too bad for me to let him go in anymore. It felt almost as if it couldn't go in any farther, like my vagina is abnormally small.

I use tampons (even the super ones, when needed) on my period, and I've never had a problem with them. Can anyone help me?
[identity profile] orchidgrl.livejournal.com
My boyfriend has such a low sex drive. He's such a great guy and I am completely in love with him. Sex is the only thing we disagree on. So I always want it, and he does sometimes. But I always feel afraid to initiate, because sometimes he will reject it. I know people have different sex drives, and maybe I'm naive, but I always thought that guys wanted it as much as possible. I'm kind of hurt because I've only had one orgasm from intercourse, and, being a guy, he can get off in 2 minutes. Or less. He loves me and wants to please me. And when he wants it, he gets really into it. I just don't know what to think about him not wanting sex as much as I do. Does anyone have some practical advice, like how to turn him on, or how to get him more into sex? He's a perfect match for me, and I feel really lucky to have met him. This is the only thing that's disappointing.
[identity profile] lovethatlovage.livejournal.com
two things, both interrealated:

1) i can only orgasm the following ways: vibrator directly on the clit, manual stimulation (during sex or otherwise), oral.

2) in the past, this has never presented a problem. I tend to feel a little ashamed (dissapointed) that i can't get off w/o some kind of help, but i know this is completely normal. all of my past partners have been extremely open minded, and wanted me to do whatever i need to to feel good.

the problem is that my new partner is very threatened by sex toys. VERY. we are considering moving in together, and he has given me the ultimatum of throwing them away or not moving in. he has this stupid idea that i just haven't "tried hard enough" to orgasm the "natural way," he even seems to feel that when i touch myself during sex it insults his abilities. i feel like he is trying to condem me to sex without pleasure, and believe me, i've had enough years of that.
i respect that fact that he wants it to be just "a man and a women" (also, he is the only guy i've ever been with that calls it "making love") but his opinions about what i should be doing with my body insult me. you know what, i call it fucking and when i do it i like to come. period.
he seems to feel threatened by the fact that i have been with other men as well (even though he has been with 14 other women), he constantly obsesses about his penis size and his skills as a lover.
i've done everything i can to comfort him, and actually he is quite good. i just can't relax around him sexually, buecause i feel he resents me for what i need to do to get off. This includes the fact that i have to use lube to get wet enough, another blow to his ego.

What should i do?!? it really sucks that i've found someone i can be with, but he has such big problem with something i really enjoy. i am NOT willing to sacrifice my own pleasure to please him, and i am NOT willing t lie about what i like. i have never encountered this problem before (normally men think sex toys and masturbation during sex are hot) and have no idea what to do.

also, he's commented that i'm "too particular" about what i like. i give direction, because i know what i like. if he doesn't do things the right way i feel no pleasure. in my opinion, he should be glad for the help.

*another point that really hurts my feelings- he compares me to other women. they never "had that problem" and they all "came just from sex." i tried to tell him that most of them were prob faking, but he certainly didn't want to here that. i don't want to feel like there's anything wrong with me, and i didn't really until he made such an issue about this

i don't want to have to lie or fake it, we're all adults here (by here i mean my relationship).

EDIT: most of the assertions that he is controling are pretty much correct, although i would say it stems from a severve lack of self esteem more than anything else (ex. he's a cop, if that gives you any clues). i agree with the advice as far as not moving in, it's pretty muuch how i felt as soon as this issue came up. i mostly posted because i'm so hurt that he was able to make me feels ashamed of pursuing my own pleasure. i hope it's a feeling that won't hurt future relationships.

*********thanks for all the support, all of you guys pretty much articulated the things that i should have been thinking for quite awhile now. best community ever.
[identity profile] devora.livejournal.com
Just wonderin... how often do you ladies have sex just for the sake of sex? Are most of you only sexually active in relationships or do you have the occassional random hook-up? Have you ever slept with someone you weren't that interested in, but thought might be a good lay? If so, did you regret it?

The reason I ask is because I'm studying abroad this semester, and I haven't had sex in almost three months, but I'm not looking for any kind of commitment. I've had quite a few one-night-stands in the past, but most of them left me cold and empty, so I'm debating what the best thing for me to do is.

And don't suggest masturbation, I already got that covered ;)
[identity profile] ajaiaajaja.livejournal.com
hi all, this is my first post. i love this community. i have a problem though...

i am displeased. is it possible to be allergic--or at least very sensitive--to semen? my partner came inside of me for the first time a few days ago, and afterwards my pussy was very VERY angry. we tried having sex again that day but it hurt so much i had to ask him to stop! which pissed me off, to say the least, because i was otherwise having the time of my life. it was an intense burning pain. even now, a few days later, it's still angry & i worry it's gonna hurt to have sex again. i've been refraining in an effort to pacify it. this is insanity because before this happened, we'd been having sex just about non-stop for a week and a half (a slight exaggeration), with absolutely no soreness or pain on my part.

at this point i'm itchy & bleh. the itchiness it might have a little to do with the fact that i buzzed off most of the hair down there (which i don't normally do), and the short hairs are pokey & scratchy (not ingrown), but i think it's mostly still irritated from the other night. have any of you ever experienced this, having your pussy be extraordinarily irritated by semen? do you have any suggestions? besides using condoms (we have reasons for not using them), and other obvious solutions like having him pull out? hrm.

p.s. this is not a troll-- i'm using this account to remain anonymous because i don't want my friends/family/etc. to read this & know who i am... sorry for that.

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