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Husband moody the whole time.

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Mt61 Sun 14-Sept-25 12:24:10

He sounds rather selfish to me. Can’t he he just be satisfied with a ‘J Arthur’?
I couldn’t bare to be with someone like him.

PaynesGrey Sun 14-Sept-25 11:12:19

Once every two weeks isn’t going to satisfy a man who still has a powerful drive but forcing you to have sex against your will - well there’s a word for that.

If sex is giving you joint and limb pain then you have right to say no or find some other way to do it. Sex doesn’t have to be penetrative or involve the man pounding away or any kind of gymnastics.

I was about to say the same as Lathyrus. Would it bother you if he went elsewhere to satisfy his needs? If the answer is no, then point Percy in the direction of Tinder or similar. Plenty of women there are looking for casual hookups.

Lathyrus3 Sun 14-Sept-25 10:58:44

Obviously you don’t enjoy it at all. He’s not very good at it, is he?

Probably a bit late to tell him to make changes though.

Would you object if he went elsewhere for sex or would you be ok if it improved his mood either way you?

Debbi58 Sun 14-Sept-25 10:52:53

Reading your post makes me so glad I left my first husband. He was exactly the same , our lives revolved around his desire for sex. Sadly I don't think your husband will change , my ex husband, ( now 64 ) has gone through another wife and several partners since we split. According to our daughter , he's still the same now !! . You may need to leave him for your own health and well being

Flippin2 Sun 14-Sept-25 10:50:00

An hour of sex at his age would suggest he's possibly taking a Viagra type thing,my husband used them for a while till I said no more.Men never seem to understand that women aren't always ready , especially as we get older,let him sulk ,however there is also the thought that they think they're less of a man if they don't keep you happy..talk to him,put your side across

dogsmother Sun 14-Sept-25 10:49:41

Completely unacceptable, my sympathies. However you need to actually think about what you have written here and how you would advise your sister, mother, daughter, friend in these circumstances.

LaCrepescule Sun 14-Sept-25 10:38:09

Sorry OP he sounds like a nightmare. Treading on eggshells round someone would drain me of the will to live.
And he CAN control himself, he just chooses not to. As for an hour of sex, that’s insane and best left to those in the heady throes of young love/lust.
Have you thought of leaving him? Seriously, what are you getting out of it?

Chocolatelovinggran Sun 14-Sept-25 10:09:16

Oh Ginpin, that does not sound like a happy marriage to me. You have my sympathy. Sadly, I expect that he is unlikely to change now.
I am glad, reading such posts, to be living alone.

Luckygirl3 Sat 13-Sept-25 23:10:30

Well, I beg your pardon but he CAN help himself ... he simply chooses not to.

Ginpin Sat 13-Sept-25 23:00:08

I never know where I am with him. He is 70, I am 68
His moodiness mostly centres around sex
For example , we make love about once every 2 weeks which is plenty for me, it goes on for about an hour before he will let me go. I suffer from a bad back and hip and very unsupple legs. So 4 days after making love and an hour before he was due to go away for 3 days he suggests"a. quickie" which means about 1/2 an hour. I suppose I should have said yes to keep the peace but I did not want to do it and I was in the middle of something. Anyway now, since coming back , he doesn't want to kiss or anything. He has never been able to just kiss, it has always been a grope and I have told him about this in the past but he can't help himself
Because I turned him down he is very moody , he can be okay one minute and I think " brilliant" and then he goes all silent and says he is fed up. He says it is obvious that I don't want a relationship with him because I turned him down. To him sex is the be all and end all of marriage. We have been married 47 years and a lot of that time I have felt like I have been treading on eggshells , He is also VERY self centered and always right When he finished teaching 10 years ago I thought he was becoming easier to live with,, but not this past week. AIBU to restrict sex to once in 2 weeks so as not have too much discomfort in my back , hips and legs? Cuddles always turn into sex, he can't help himself.