We’ve been together almost 4 years and for most of relationship we’d have sex ALOT. For the first 2 years it was like a daily thing, sometimes multiple times a day, but usually atleast every night before bed. Year 3…. Still a lot, multiple times a week, but not as much. I get that sex with your partner might fade over time, but we broke up for about 3 months at the beginning of this year. No contact. Then we got back together and I moved back in. Lots of sex for like a week. But it’s been like 4 months now of almost no sex. I mean… I’m lucky if I get it once a month, twice if I’m really lucky. I have a high sex drive and that kind of intimacy is important to me. I want to know what if anything I can do. It’s becoming a problem because now I’m starting to overthink things I think and can’t help but wonder if there’s someone else. In our past I found a lot of nudes in his photos from people he’s friends with on Snapchat etc. It was a big reason I left. After coming back from breaking up I’m trying really hard to not go down that thought path again because part of me really wants to believe he’s not still doing that. I have tried to get him to open up and talk about why he’s not having sex with me anymore and he just gets annoyed and says things like his stomach hurts, new medication messing with him (I think it’s a glp1), or that he just doesn’t have the libido anymore. He is 11 years older than me so I understand age could be playing a part but he takes testosterone. I know he gets depressed too which could also be a factor but he refuses to seek any help for any of it. Idk what to do or say. I’m starting to feel very frustrated sexually and even having dreams about sex which is not normal for me and I wake up frustrated after the dreams because I know I can’t just roll over and make a move on him or he’ll just get mad I woke him up or turn me down yet again which is causing me to not want to make any moves because it just makes me sad when he turns me down. Is there a better way to talk to him about this or is there something I can do? I’m at a loss here and want that intimacy between us back.
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Why did you get back together with him.
he might be checked out of the relationship. usually
sex stopping (without a valid reason like sickness or whatever) is a tell tale sign. been there. especially since you caught him cheating previously. if he doesn’t want to fix it and is making excuses, i would begin to plan your exit.