Should You Leave A Partner That Doesn’t Want To Have Sex With You?
It all depends on one thing.
Once upon of time, it was believed that all sexually mature individuals wanted and needed sex. This is not the truth any more. For some people, sex is irrelevant, they don’t want it, and they don’t need it. But asexuality is not the main reason that people end up in sexless relationships.
One of the reasons that my marriage ended was because of sex. Actually, the lack of sex. I learned my lesson. In my case, I should have left my partner that didn’t want to have sex with me. I did the right thing.
For most people being in a romantic relationship means having sex, and if the couple is not having sex, this should be communicated and aligned before the start of the relationship to make sure that the couple is on the same page.
As long as the two people in the relationship know why they are not having sex and agree with this decision, all is good. The problem is that when you are in a romantic relationship assuming you are going to have sex, and you don’t have it.
To start, I believe that “all terms of the relationship” should be discussed beforehand. There is no problem in asking: how many times should we have sex per week? As an example.
People have different sexual needs, and only communication can answer that. For some people having sex every day is essential. For others, this is too much. Some people can have sex more than once a day. For others, this is a one-lifetime experience: different people, different wants and needs.
If you are trying to have sex with your partner, and they don’t want to have sex with you, what will make you decide between leaving the relationship or not is COMMUNICATION. I left my sexless marriage because there wasn’t communication.
He had an issue that he didn’t want to talk about, so he just pretended it didn’t exist and blamed it on me because it was easier for him. We also didn’t talk about lots of other things that are important to keep a sexual life happy and active. Sex starts outside the bedroom.
Another important aspect of sex life is to talk about family planning. At the time, I wasn’t taking the pill, and we had unprotected sex, so I was always scared of getting pregnant (which was silly because I just needed to start taking the pill that’s free in the UK). And I definitely didn’t want to have a baby with him. This also shows that I wasn’t doing the best I could for the relationship. I was also creating barriers because even if we had sex, we couldn’t fully enjoy having sex while having this fear hunting us. I was also sabotaging our sex life. And then, there was the deeper issue: Why didn’t I want to have a baby with my husband?
So the lack of sex can be a “superficial” consequence of much deeper issues in the relationship, and the only way to resolve is with COMMUNICATION, first with yourself, then with the partner. What is really going on?
Before leaving a partner because they don’t want to have sex with you, I would be really honest with myself and see how I am contributing to this sexless life. Then I would analyse the external issues (including my partner’s behaviour) and try to have a conversation. Sometimes, you need to have more than one conversation, and sometimes, you need to leave because no matter how many conversations you have, there is no change. If sex is something you want and need, go for it.
Being with a sexually compatible partner makes things much easier, and sex can be a point of comfort instead of stress. Only honest communication (with yourself and others) can give you that.
