I (32M) declined sex with my (33F) wife
Last night, my wife tried to initiate sex, something which she rarely does. I was quite tired and declined but suggested we snuggle. She agreed but wanted to finish using her vibrator first and asked me to help. I again declined and moved off to my side of the bed until she was done. I also commented that she regularly turns me down and it’s not a big deal. This was taken as a serious offense, especially since I had turned her down the night before (that time I was actually asleep when she initiated). How could I have handled this situation better?
Update: Thank you all for your responses, this got way bigger than we were expecting! A couple things:
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We’ve basically agreed that the primary issue was the comment and associated feelings around “score keeping” etc.
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Yes, we have some communication issues we need to work on, however this seems to be one of those rare times that Reddit actually helped open the dialogue, so thank you
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Any variation of “flip the genders and…” yeah, we all know what would happen if the F was where the M is. Those comments don’t help; we’re real people and don’t need to add hypotheticals to the situation
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I’m off to fuck my wife now, goodnight ?
Update 2: I think my one additional comment after posting this may have been misleading. I did not decline participation out of resentment or score keeping, it was genuinely because I was tired (and am on a bunch of antibiotics which have me feeling off). That said, the comment itself did at least partially come from a general sense of “well you do this all the time” which is something I need to work on.
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