Sexless Marriage Community Group

This group is for those people who find themselves married to a partner who has little or no interest in having a sexual relationship. This can be very painful for the other partner and leave them feeling rejected, unloved and unwanted. This is a group to provide support for this very painful and very private issue.

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Friend Zone

SomethingAwesome
SomethingAwesome

You know what this feels like?! I feel like I've been banished to the friend zone. Does anyone else feel this way?


Seriously, I have a great relationship with the man of my dreams but have to tiptoe around certain topics because God forbid anything sexual be discussed. That would be crossing a line and ruining a good thing, right?

jeffneedshelp
jeffneedshelp
100% feel this way.
SomethingAwesome
SomethingAwesome
It’s so weird! Even if I say or try something that is COMPLETELY centered around him (I’ve given up on anything for myself) he starts avoiding me like I’m a leper or something. I hate it.
Lacy1517
Lacy1517
Yes! Roommates. I keep reading, and agree, that intimacy is what distinguishes a marriage/relationship from being roommates.
WisconsinGuy
WisconsinGuy
You’re not alone. I feel the same way. Keep your head up!
SomethingAwesome
SomethingAwesome
This is truly bittersweet. I’m a little relieved to know I’m not crazy for feeling the way I feel, but I am so sorry you are all dealing with feeling this way, too!!
finallyawakenow
finallyawakenow
I am very much in the friend zone now. I don’t think she has it in her for more at this time. She’s the one I want to be with so it’s a challenge to accept it may be time to let go.
Actually am already doing that and it’s ok. Realizing that I may have held on too long.
Learning curve.
You’re not alone
einsam
einsam
Yep... exactly...
einsam
einsam
I don’t even feel like a friend/roommate anymore. We live in the same house yet live our own separate lives. He in his office and in his bedroom. Me in my studio, working in the garden, or in my bedroom alone. We occasionally meet in the kitchen or to watch the news.

The longer we go without intimacy, the more resentful I am becoming. I don’t want to be his friend. I feel like a caged prisoner. Like an animal in a cage that never gets affection. No matter how much the animal begs for attention, cries, or protests, it is ignored. And that animal’s owner won’t even let someone else show it affection, either. But that animal’s owner has plenty of affection other animals online, you know, the nude kind...

Withholding all affection is a control issue. Passive aggressive, maybe? I don’t know.

What the hell kind of friend/roommate is that? With friends like that, who needs enemies? I don’t feel like a friend, I feel like a prisoner.