Hi all -
I've been dating a guy in Eastern Europe for roughly 4 years now. I live in the US. We are quite in love and I've visited three times over the course of these years. Most of our relationship has been built on our staying close via text and other methods of communication. He and I are nearly 20 years apart in age (he's younger) but the difference we have has not been an issue at all. In fact, I don't, and he doesn't even think about our age difference when we are together. I would describe him as my soulmate. He is cute, sexy, funny, very boy-ish when we are together. I feel like a part of me has been filled with him in my life. It really is that good. The trouble has been sex. We have yet to have been intimate. He claims it's because he is an "alpha" and he doesn't want to ruin our relationship with his need for wild, aggressive, physical sex. He likes sex where he demeans his partners and gets off on being in charge. His sex life is so unlike him as a person. And yet I long to show him how much I love him through being physically intimate. We've talked several times about it (even took a break from our relationship for several months) but he still cannot get past being sexual with me for fear of hurting me or worse. There are times I feel like he is using me to replace his "Dad" (his own Dad has not been in his life), and we've talked about that. He denies it vehemently. He says he loves me and is attracted to me and wants a real gay relationship (we've discussed marriage a few times). I'm a bit up in arms at this point. I do not want to be in a sexless relationship, yet I love this man so dearly. I've talked to him about us trying to be intimate and that together we can work through his feelings for being aggressive in bed. I so very much want to give him the kind of sex that is magical - the kind of mind-blowing sex that takes you to another dimension, but I'm losing patience and my hope that this will ever happen. I know sex should not be the sole reason for being together in a relationship. But I do think it is an important way for us to show our love for each other and have fun.
I've been dating a guy in Eastern Europe for roughly 4 years now. I live in the US. We are quite in love and I've visited three times over the course of these years. Most of our relationship has been built on our staying close via text and other methods of communication. He and I are nearly 20 years apart in age (he's younger) but the difference we have has not been an issue at all. In fact, I don't, and he doesn't even think about our age difference when we are together. I would describe him as my soulmate. He is cute, sexy, funny, very boy-ish when we are together. I feel like a part of me has been filled with him in my life. It really is that good. The trouble has been sex. We have yet to have been intimate. He claims it's because he is an "alpha" and he doesn't want to ruin our relationship with his need for wild, aggressive, physical sex. He likes sex where he demeans his partners and gets off on being in charge. His sex life is so unlike him as a person. And yet I long to show him how much I love him through being physically intimate. We've talked several times about it (even took a break from our relationship for several months) but he still cannot get past being sexual with me for fear of hurting me or worse. There are times I feel like he is using me to replace his "Dad" (his own Dad has not been in his life), and we've talked about that. He denies it vehemently. He says he loves me and is attracted to me and wants a real gay relationship (we've discussed marriage a few times). I'm a bit up in arms at this point. I do not want to be in a sexless relationship, yet I love this man so dearly. I've talked to him about us trying to be intimate and that together we can work through his feelings for being aggressive in bed. I so very much want to give him the kind of sex that is magical - the kind of mind-blowing sex that takes you to another dimension, but I'm losing patience and my hope that this will ever happen. I know sex should not be the sole reason for being together in a relationship. But I do think it is an important way for us to show our love for each other and have fun.