My boyfriends says he has no sex drive, but how can i live without sex

Awesome site...glad im not alone. Ok my common law husband of 5 years used to have a very good sex drive. But it always seemed he could only perform when he was drunk or stoned. We met in treatment for drug addiction. Now you have to understand I am a ex addict from a back injury and he was adddicted just to get high...i would get my drugs from a doctor and he bought off the streets. I have been clean for 3 years and he stays clean when we are together but if we split up he is right back with his druggie friends and using again. We both are on methadone and have been for almost 3 years now. my sex drive has never been impaired on thsi stuff...if anything it increased it. i do think he loves me. BUT...i have a good job and make good money and a lot of my family and friends think he uses me for money. But he has been working for 3 years steady and he pays for things and helps out financially. I know he is not cheating and he doensnt masterbate or look at porn sites....the only time we had sex in the past 6 months was twice and it was when he was drunk. I know he is always putting himself down and saying he is stupid and that he has a stupid job...even though i am always trying to build him up and i never put him down...well when we have fought in the past he has called me a fat cow...and when i told him that hurt me (after we get back together) he says that is the only way he knows how to get to me because he says i have the good job and everything else that he doesnt have. i have encouraged him to go for councelling for his self esteem but he refuses.he also tells me he is never in the mood. and he has told me the doctor told him his testosterone levels are very low. he was taking injections for a few weeks but when it wasnt working right away he stopped. I do love him very much and we laugh and we are like best friends...that is how i feel since we dont have regular sex. i have not gained much weight since we have been together....maybe 15-20 pounds...nothing extreme...and i try to buy nice lingerie...and try and look good for him everyday and i keep hoping tonight will be the night....but he always passes out and pushes me away if i touch him sexually.....We have split up for this before but we always end up back together....is he really using me or is his self esteem so low that he cant get it up. he tells me that it is not me but i dont know anymore....i am frustrated and horny. I have dated when we broke up and seen a few guys. and i wanted to have sex with them but i couldnt do it?????!!!!! because he was always on my mind....HELP ANYONE....MAYBE A GUY....WHAT CAN I DO AND WHAT SHOULD I DO....

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  • Let me add my congratulations to you on your efforts all around, dear. Fighting uphill it's so hard to make everything perfect. You need to have a talk with this guy, and honestly tell him how important physical love is to you. Ask him if the love you give him means anything to him. I suspect the answer will be affirmative. He values your love. Then tell him that you need his love too, both emotional and physical. If he feels that's impossible, ask him why it's out of reach. Ask him what he expects you to so in this situation. What's his advice for you? Does he recommend you resign yourself to a life of involuntary chastity, and seek the kind of love you need elsewhere. Explain to him that the last thing you want is to find another lover; the most wonderrful thing for you would be if HE were that man in your life. Tell him you're begging him to take this issue up in therapy, and do what's necessary. Mail order Filitra is cheap and effective, as are other products. If you are absolutely sstone-walled by this guy, you need to let him know you have no other choice but to date and find a lover. And THAT means those 50 lbs. have gotta go. My advice: Eat oatmeal and toast for breakfast, have a sizable sensible lunch (for your dinner) and nothing more at nite than soup and apple. Look in that fridge and cabinet and throw out all that junk you got in there.

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  • I am single and drug free. You sound like a sweet girl.

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  • There are multiple issues there and I think you've kind of hinted at them all. This is obviously playing on your mind a lot and it seems like you've thought about it a lot. When you talked about self-esteem, I thought you'd hit the nail on the head (and you very well might have done). But you also mentioned testosterone and your (admittedly minor) weight gain.

    If you're both on heroin substitution therapy, both holding down jobs, staying clean, and holding together this relationship, I think you're actually both doing remarkably well. You're dealing with your addictions and to some extent the reasons for the addiction. If his was self-esteem, though, maybe it does need some more work. Dealing with this is incredibly hard. It sounds like you've both come so far. It just needs one more step by him. If it helps any, I'm really impressed by what you've both managed to do.

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    • Thanks dappled....yes we are both on it. I have been clean for 3 years now...from my first dose...he has had a few hiccups when we broke up a few times but only a few times in 3 years. And yes I kept my good job through it all and all in all we get along very well but sometimes it feels like we are bestest friends....the thing is i am so attracted to him. He is yummy....LOL I am far from ugly either. Yes i would like to lose 50 pounds but dont we all????!!!LOL and i have always looked almost the same.

      Thank you all for your comments....

      how can i force him to get viagra?????

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  • he has stopped using oxycodone but is using methadone now. I think he is embarrassed to ask for viagra, he says he has heard of bad things about the drug. But he doesnt understand how important sex is to me.????

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  • The first thing that came to my mind is that he never stops using the drugs. This may not be true because I don't know what he's taking but you wouldn't believe how many prescriptions I get at the pharmacy for oxycodone accompanied with viagra or cialis.

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  • okay this is uber long.. can someone please give me the gist of it before i comment..

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