Reply #30: ....

[Lorien]

:hug:

Your story makes me really sad. The same thing happened to a friend of mine; she married a man with no sexual desire at all. and she's now over 50 and wants out (he is NOT a wonderful husband in any other way). Most human beings need to feel a physical connection to someone else. My father was a sex therapist for many years so I grew up being told that sex with someone you love is essential to physical and mental health. I know that many will disagree with that, but the thousands of marriages broken over the issue that my father counseled over 40 years seem to support it. I know from the cases that he worked with that open marriages rarely worked-sometimes, but not very often. Has your husband had a full hormonal profile done? Perhaps balancing his hormones and seeing a therapist could help the situation. Best of luck to you both, whatever you decide.