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Is it time for me to let go? F21 M23
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Is it time for me to let go? F21 M23

I have been with my partner for nearly 5 years now. I met him in college and he is my first boyfriend and I am also his first girlfriend.

Weā€™ve not always had a smooth sailing relationship, however weā€™ve always found a way to figure it out and meet in the middle in every disagreement weā€™ve had. I love him and i also know that he loves me a lot.

However, I canā€™t help myself but feel this sense of dissatisfaction in many ways. Although I love him dearly with my whole heart, one of the big issues I have in our relationship is that I am deeply dissatisfied with our sexual relationship. We started off very strong and over the years I noticed that itā€™s been happening less and less. We went long distance for three years as one of us had moved away for university, so naturally we werenā€™t seeing each other as often - therefore not having sex often. I feel like this had led to us having sex maybe once a month. However, now that weā€™ve moved back to our original city, we see each other nearly everyday. He has never gone down on me which is a big issue for me - I have communicated with him and he is aware that I am unable to orgasm from pure penetration which is what heā€™s always done. He claims that he wouldnā€™t know what to do and he does not feel comfortable going down on me. Iā€™m very much willing to do everything however itā€™s coming to the point where I am deeply dissatisfied however am scared to leave just because of this issue as I feel that after all those years it ā€œisnā€™t significant enoughā€. He just claims that his libido also hasnā€™t been very high, due to work stress etc. but itā€™s been months since heā€™s even touched me.

I am starting to feel that I am resenting him, almost as if Iā€™m starting to feel attracted to other men who give me attention which has never been the case before. There are very little other issues that lead to my resentment - thatā€™s a different story as these consist of little characteristics I find that I am no longer a fan of, especially in those years Iā€™ve grown. I am stuck and Iā€™m just not sure what to do. Iā€™m very much a people pleaser and I find it extremely difficult to have confrontational conversations. Iā€™ve tried to bring this up before and Iā€™ve also tried to leave the relationship however he was extremely willing to work on everything which led me to stay but I am not sure what to do anymore.

I donā€™t want to think the grass is greener somewhere else because not always it is. I also donā€™t want to leave such a long relationship but donā€™t want to stay in one where I no longer feel fulfilled.

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