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When one of you not interested in sex

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meadowgran Sun 20-Oct-13 10:46:28

As the years have gone on I am becoming less and less interested in sex in general although I was previously not like this at all. I am in my early sixties now and in particular I don't on the whole want to make love with my partner even though I love him dearly. This is a cause of great sadness and frustration to him and because he is retired he tends to have a lot of time to dwell on this. I don't want to make him unhappy or knock his confidence and he wants to have sex on the only feasible night a Saturday but to me it is just another chore and I need to have drunk quite a bit of wine too. It is also in spite of modern gels etc slightly uncomfortable as I am 12 years beyond the menopause, I know that the little information I have been able to glean says use it or lose it but the truth is that I am not really sexually attracted to him although in every other way he is great. Partly it is because he is partially disabled following major surgery and partly because although I am a gran myself I just don't find most men in their sixties and older at all attractive. There is something about the Victor Meldrew quality of men in this age group that I find very off putting. Similarly as my body ageing seems to be accelerating and everything is sliding south I hardly see myself as a sexual being anymore and I find the idea of being a wrinklie and having sex rather repugnant. I can't imagine why anybody would fancy me. If you were being honest do you feel like this too? If you are in a similar situation how have you negotiated this with your partner or husband? Is he frustrated does it bubble over into other aspects of your relationship ? would he leave you for a younger woman? I have lived on my own so I know how lonely that can be too. I have always wondered if many older women who have lost their partner are at least secretly relieved that although they miss everything else they don't miss sex.

Faye Thu 24-Oct-13 22:23:16

absent the laws in Australia appear to be different to those in the UK regarding division of property if a couple separate. In Australia de facto and married couples are treated the same. If you have been together for at least three years your partner/spouse are entitled to a share of your property. Have you checked to see where you stand in regard to NZ laws. Your partner could leave you and be entitled to a large portion of your property.

Flowerofthewest Thu 24-Oct-13 22:21:38

Goodness me! thlconfusedand Elegran well said and bravely too shock

Iam64 Thu 24-Oct-13 19:08:19

Elegran - wonderful suggestion, if only some one would find such a treatment

Gorki Thu 24-Oct-13 16:29:41

Who is this Shiny?
Strange post.
Are you new?

gillybob Thu 24-Oct-13 16:26:51

shock

That was for you Elegran

Nelliemoser Thu 24-Oct-13 16:26:09

Elegran grin] Good for you!

Faye Thu 24-Oct-13 16:22:12

That wasn't for you Elegran, that was for shiny's comment.

Faye Thu 24-Oct-13 16:20:33

thlconfused

Elegran Thu 24-Oct-13 16:09:20

You must tell the doctors that, shiny. If just thinking can cure a dry sore c**t where creams, hormones and medicines fail, you are on to a winner.

Lona Thu 24-Oct-13 16:04:19

hmm

Shiny Thu 24-Oct-13 16:01:06

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absent Mon 21-Oct-13 20:01:44

Accepted and thank you Lona

Lona Mon 21-Oct-13 19:39:55

I apologise absent, it was a thoughtless moment.

absent Mon 21-Oct-13 19:36:49

Lona I am so glad that you find my unhappiness a source of humour. Shall I tell you about some other things that cause me to cry in private so you can have a really good laugh?

Flowerofthewest Mon 21-Oct-13 18:38:37

Reported him/her too. First time I have reported anyone - what a twit.

Flowerofthewest Mon 21-Oct-13 18:37:31

He's been deleted, thank goodness!

petra Mon 21-Oct-13 12:07:57

So much sadness here. I have tried every cream/ gel on the planet: nothing works. My kind Doctor even sent me to the Hospital fof help. No joy there, either. I have mentioned before that many years ago I used to have a Tetosterone implant, that realy worked but they stopped doing it.
I have to say, though, we do laugh about it.
Please dont think I'm being flippant about this. My OH had a 3 year affair because of this problem.

Nelliemoser Mon 21-Oct-13 09:52:05

Absent re your late Sunday post. I recognise a lot of what you are saying there. thlsad

bluebell Mon 21-Oct-13 09:42:48

I reported one of his posts - it was clear what he/she/it was upto.

shysal Mon 21-Oct-13 09:29:44

Has anyone else received a PM from rydelad? He is looking for sexual encounters! I have reported him. I would hope none of us is that desperate.

Lona Mon 21-Oct-13 09:22:46

absent No wonder you have no sense of humour! grin

absent Mon 21-Oct-13 09:18:56

Always, always ninathenana. smile

ninathenana Mon 21-Oct-13 08:24:23

absent Once again that dreaded word 'finance' gets in the way of how we would like to live.
thlsad thlsad

Nelliemoser Sun 20-Oct-13 23:52:58

At 65 I am one of those who really doesn't want to know anymore. It was good once upon a time. DH probably would still be interested.

I sort of lost interest after too many times of DH coming to bed late and trying to get me interested. Doing it out of sympathy, habit or just so you can actually get a nights sleep made matter worse, as well as very diminished hormones which made it very uncomfortable at my last attempt.

I cannot even remember how many years ago that was.

I don't know if my attitude to sex has added to the stress in the relationship. I think I was just fed up and worn down with the inability of my OH to understand anybody else's needs but his own or to see that others don't automatically think like he does.

I really can live without sex and I wouldn't even like another relationship.
A lack of actual sex itself really does not bother me I would appreciate emotional closeness and someone with a proper sense of humour.
This is getting too miserable and too flipping late! I am off to bed

absent Sun 20-Oct-13 23:30:27

ninathenana Mr absent has no money and no source of income. I don't think he will even be entitled to a state pension when the time comes. All the properties in England and the contents of this house in NZ belong to me. My sense of fair play means that I think it would be wrong to leave him in the lurch but, equally, I cannot afford to pay for two separate households. If I could have left him behind when I emigrated, I would have done.

Counselling is out of the question when "I'm the only one with a problem". Fairly ditto of phoenix's post. In any case, it is far too late now.