Hello!

Mum to three, married and working full time too. I am so exhausted in every aspect of life that sex is the last thing I think of, and quite frankly I could care less if I have it again.

My husband wants to know what’s wrong with me? I do love him, love our kids I am just over everything else. The last thing I want to do is be faking it to keep him happy.


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  • I think it’s totally normal. Love can be expressed in different ways


  • I think this is quite common. Men don’t get that by the end of the day/long week we are just emotionally and physically exhausted. By the end of some days, I just want peace and quiet and for no one to touch me.


  • Yeah, I feel too stressed and I sometimes I just get touched out. I say to my husband the best foreplay would be to see him clean the house, lol


  • Can totally relate. I work full time and have just the one kid. The mental load is insane and I just don’t have any bandwidth for it.


  • Men don’t understand the mental load we carry which 100% affects our sex lives. I believe it will get better as children get older and things get easier.
    Try to take some time for yourself or with your hubby.


  • It’s natural I think. Kids, birth control, stress so many things can throw our libido out as women. It is something you can get back though. Exercise, a little bit of pampering, maybe get your hormone levels checked?


  • I am the same…I just don’t feel like having sex…a cuddle in bed means more for me.


  • Just to clarify my answer a little, I still do it to keep my partner happy and to maintain that closeness and intimacy.


  • Very normal in my opinion, I feel the exact same way….


  • It can be hard with so many things to take up your time and drain your energy.


  • I just worry for you if this will affect your relationship with your husband. If he can’t get his with you, he might go elsewhere… Maybe see a gp and see if your lack of interest is a symptom of something else?


  • This is very relatable. A lot of knew moms I am friends with are experiencing the same thing.


  • This is so normal, more than you could ever imagine. Do you get help? How can you take some pressure off yourself? perhaps if someone helped you out you might be more interested.


  • I’m on the other side of this issue and feel that forcing celibacy on your partner is cruel and unfair. There can always be excuses, but basically you are undervaluing your relationship and dismissing intimacy with your partner. If you are just wanting a ‘friend’ and not a husband and aren’t prepared to repair your relationship….which probably already has resentment within it, then you may as well divorce now. What is really important to you and how much are you willing to work for it ?


  • I totally get it. It is so hard when you are so exhausted. I have joked to my husband that he has a half hour to hour window when the kids go to bed to make any move or it’s not going to happen haha once I have stopped for the day im more excited to go to bed to sleep. I do find when I do make the effort and actually go with it we both feel good and brings us back to pre kid feels. It is important to talk with your partner about it as well, most times I find hubby is just as tired as me.


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