Hi folks. I'll start off by giving some basic info abt my bf and I.
Him: Turning 40 this year. Straight cisgender male. Believes that he is polyamorous, but have not tried IRL.
Me: I'm in my 20s. Before I met my bf (we met in 2015), I'd always believed that I was lesbian. But after becoming friends, best friends and then lovers, I realised that it's likely that I'm bisexual. Generally speaking, I'm sexually attracted to both male and female bodies. Straight porn arouses me more than lesbian porn. I don't identity as polyamorous. However, I accept that my bf might be poly and I'm open to exploring polyamrous relationships with him. We have agreed on the primary-secondary model.
The situation:
Well as the title of this thread suggests, we are in wonderful romantic relationship. We care deeply for each other. We enjoy each other's company. We share similar world views and beliefs. We make each other smile and laugh. Basically, we are two people who really really really like each other.
BUT. Things are rather cold in the sex department
He really gets turned on by me. There's no doubt that he is sexually attracted to me. But it's a little less straightforward for my end... I enjoy kissing, fondling, petting and receiving oral sex. I have no reservations about being naked and intimate with him. I enjoy giving him blowjobs. But I'm not too good with my hands. But most importantly, I have NO DESIRE for penetrative sex. The issue here is, he really desires penetrative sex.
What's odd is watching penetrative sex turns me on. But I just have no desire for it to happen to ME. Yes, part of it is cos I'm afraid it'll hurt (I'm still a virgin). But I think for the most part I simply don't want it. I suppose it's like how a person who doesn't have a thing for BDSM, won't want to try BDSM. Or how a person who doesn't have a foot fetish, just doesn't want to lick someone's toes.
We really treasure our romantic relationship so we have NO plans to give it up due to this apparent sexual incompatibility. However, my bf has been feeling rather sexually frustrated. As for me, I'm not feeling sexually frustrated cos of this. I'm "sexually ambivalent" in a way. As in, the fact that it's difficult for him to make me climax doesn't particularly bother me. Nope, I'm definitely not asexual. But I may have some libido issues, I don't know.
We are considering getting our "sexual fix" outside of this relationship (e.g. dating a unicorn) but this is quite challenging. Because both of us don't buy into FWBs, hook-ups, NSA etc. So yea, that's pretty much the whole story.
If you've made it to the end of my post, thanks for your time
If you guys have any comments or advice, we'll be more than happy to read them!
Him: Turning 40 this year. Straight cisgender male. Believes that he is polyamorous, but have not tried IRL.
Me: I'm in my 20s. Before I met my bf (we met in 2015), I'd always believed that I was lesbian. But after becoming friends, best friends and then lovers, I realised that it's likely that I'm bisexual. Generally speaking, I'm sexually attracted to both male and female bodies. Straight porn arouses me more than lesbian porn. I don't identity as polyamorous. However, I accept that my bf might be poly and I'm open to exploring polyamrous relationships with him. We have agreed on the primary-secondary model.
The situation:
Well as the title of this thread suggests, we are in wonderful romantic relationship. We care deeply for each other. We enjoy each other's company. We share similar world views and beliefs. We make each other smile and laugh. Basically, we are two people who really really really like each other.
BUT. Things are rather cold in the sex department
What's odd is watching penetrative sex turns me on. But I just have no desire for it to happen to ME. Yes, part of it is cos I'm afraid it'll hurt (I'm still a virgin). But I think for the most part I simply don't want it. I suppose it's like how a person who doesn't have a thing for BDSM, won't want to try BDSM. Or how a person who doesn't have a foot fetish, just doesn't want to lick someone's toes.
We really treasure our romantic relationship so we have NO plans to give it up due to this apparent sexual incompatibility. However, my bf has been feeling rather sexually frustrated. As for me, I'm not feeling sexually frustrated cos of this. I'm "sexually ambivalent" in a way. As in, the fact that it's difficult for him to make me climax doesn't particularly bother me. Nope, I'm definitely not asexual. But I may have some libido issues, I don't know.
We are considering getting our "sexual fix" outside of this relationship (e.g. dating a unicorn) but this is quite challenging. Because both of us don't buy into FWBs, hook-ups, NSA etc. So yea, that's pretty much the whole story.
If you've made it to the end of my post, thanks for your time