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Nito
9th April 2007, 12:32 PM
I'm in my late thirties, male and have been married for over a decade. For the first couple of years my wife found it impossible to orgasm, so I bought a few books on female masturbation and fantasy and after a few weeks she was rubbing out orgasms without a problem. Great, I thought. Now she'll be able to orgasm with me.

My mistake.

To cut a long story short, I now find myself in a position where my wife can orgasm through manual or oral stimulation, but only when her mind is about 20,000 miles away watching someone else have sex. She isn't involved in the fantasy - it's more a voyeuristic thing - and she would prefer to be mentally present with me. Unfortunately, whenever she tries that it just doesn't happen, and I either get jaw ache or RSI in my fingertips in the process of finding out.

We've talked about this. Argued. And, if I'm honest, I've shed a few tears too. I've asked her if it's me - if she'd rather we went our separate ways so that she can find fulfilment with someone else - but she is horrified at the thought.

Trouble is, even though she says that, I can't help feeling cheated on. I know being jealous of fantasies doesn't make any rational sense, but I really am. When I have sex with my wife I feel like a life-size vibrator - I'm there to do a job whilst she wanders off in her mind, not because she wants to (or does she? hmmm...) but because it's the only way for her to have an orgasm. By the time I'm done, having an orgasm myself is the last thing on my mind, and I often can't be bothered to even try.

Why am I posting any of this? I don't know. Maybe I just needed to get it off my chest. Maybe I need to know that I'm not the only guy on the planet who thinks about this kind of thing so much that it gets painful.

My marriage is strong and secure. We have two great kids. I love my wife, and she loves me. I'm a success in my career. I'm in good shape. I just don't feel as if she really gets hot for me, and it kills me inside.

Am I mad to be jealous of her fantasies? Should I start fantasising myself during sex to even up the balance? Am I looking for perfection when no such thing exists in this world?

It used to be that my wife would wait until she thought I was asleep and masturbate. If she loves me, why does she prefer fantasy?

Helen_uk
9th April 2007, 06:05 PM
Nito

It's a fact that continual stimulation of ( to be polite ) women's sexual organs by something like a vibrator makes them less sensitive to stimulii by other means. So if she has been using one it may be causing a problem.

Some people , although admittedly usually men, do find they need to fantasise to enjoy sex, and are very visual in their needs . Voyeurism is more a fetish than a fantasy though.

In a similar way to porn addiction, your w has become addicted to fantasy, sex is supposed to be a two way street, with BOTH people participating . If your w is continually thinking about someone else during sex and it's a problem to YOU ( some people don't mind this ) then in a sense it is cheating.

You obviously love each other and she sounds willing to work this out so I would suggest the first course of action be a trip to the doctor's or a trawl through the phone book to find a sex therapist.

There was one on here a while ago.... Lovey are you still about ..... ?

Helen

Nito
10th April 2007, 12:55 PM
Hi Helen,

Thanks for that. I've sent an e-mail query to Relate, as that seems like a sensible step to take. Of course, Sod's Law dictated that we had the best night of our lives lastnight, and SHE WAS ALL THERE! Whether it was a one-off or we've turned over a new leaf (my posting here prompted another discussion of the subject with my wife) remains to be seen, but today I certainly have a smile on my face. There's hope, I'm sure of it.

Best wishes,

Nito

Helen_uk
10th April 2007, 02:30 PM
" Sod's Law dictated that we had the best night of our lives lastnight "

Isn't that always the way...... !

Helen