I refuse to have sex with my partner

so I have been with my partner going on three years. in the beginning it was all fun and dandy, you know, the “honeymoon phase” of course we had sex often originally and then it slowed down dramatically during the first half of the first year. I didn’t understand why? And it concerned me only because she teases me SO MUCH and finds it very fun to do so, but then she will deflect any advances. Which confused me and also felt very hurtful. I’ve tried having this talk with her many times over and I always get different answers and she always gets upset. “Well maybe I’m not attracted to you” or “i don’t know why I do it, but I just think it’s fun” or many other reasonings. fast forward to today. She initiated sex for the first time in forever and when I asked her why she had done that? Keep in mind I love her to DEATH, I’m ok if we don’t have sex honestly, I’ve come to terms with that. but she responded “well you do so much for me, I feel like I owe you. Even though I don’t want to have sex with you” And that hurt my soul. I do a lot for her YES, but not because I expect anything from her at all. I do it all out of love and respect for her. She owes me nothing. I don’t feel comfortable with “obligation sex”. I never want sex to feel like a duty. I told her this and I also asked her if she wants to continue adventuring what intimacy is for her together? or does she want to stop having sex and and internalize and process what intimacy means to her without any sex. She chose the latter. which I’m completely okay with. I rather not have any sex at all then know someone is only having sex with me because they feel they owe it to me. I rather you WANT to have sex with me and desire to have sex with me. I prefer intimacy to be mutual in all aspects. no keeping receipts. so I refuse to have any sex with my partner until she is ready to explore what that looks like for her. Thanks for reading! submitted by /u/Similar-Remote3729 [link] [comments]

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