Is there something different about me? F24 M28
Is there something wrong with me? Me (f24) and my boyfriend (m28) have been together for 7 years, - we also have a 6 year old together - in the beginning years it was as you’d describe ‘honeymoon phase’ flowers, compliments, have special random moments, thoughtful messages throughout the day, we’d spend evenings cuddled up watching tv, we’d got out on weekends, we’d cuddle and talk in bed. But now nothing. Its probably been for the past 4/5 years of gradual ‘distancing’ I feel. No flowers as I might accuse him of doing something wrong. No compliments as ‘I don’t dress up anymore so nothing to compliment’. No special random moments because he thinks it’s childish to stand dancing in the kitchen together or to play fight or anything that would end in us laughing. No thoughtful messages, I mostly just ignored all day now. No cuddles because he has to prod his dick against me. Which don’t get me wrong, I like, but I want to be able to cuddle and be affectionate without it leading to sex. It’s little things like remembering what I like and don’t like, remembering what I’ve said I’d like for Xmas -and not being asked a further 15 times the same question, which makes me question how much he’s actually paying attention. Now to add context, I have several auto immmune issues so I am tired all the time physically and mentally, he works full time and I work part time. I do most if not all of the household chores, I cook, I clean, I tidy, I look after our daughter. So when he gets home, all I want to do it’s cuddle and just chill as a family, however he has different ideas. When he comes home, he normally will sit watching videos on his phone until his cousin rings then he’ll speak on the phone to him for hours and then back to the videos, until we get in bed and then he starts trying to initiate sex, at which point I don’t want to- I’ve been ignored all night and left to my own devices and hardly spoken to- in my opinion hardly a turn on. We don’t particularly have an issue with our sex lives apart from when he’s cum, that’s it. Session over, regardless of whether I’ve cum or not and am often left wanting more after he’s fell asleep. This is making me actively crave attention from other men, not even flirting just to have someone who actually wants to speak to me and have a conversation with me- because it makes me feel good and actually wanted. And is just overall making me question if there’s something wrong with me. I don’t seem to have a problem attracting male attention when I go out, yet when I come home it’s like I may as well not be there. Is there a reason he doesn’t want to cuddle me, or kiss me? Or speak to me? Or just be close? He’s my first proper relationship, so I don’t know if the sparked has fizzled out or whether he just maybe wasn’t as interested in the beginning as he thought? It’s just leaving my head in a mess of questions. I just want a guy who appreciates me and makes me feel good. Is that so hard to ask for? I have tried to bring it up before and he doesn’t really see what he’s doing wrong.