Hey guys!
I need an external perspective here, advice well appreciated. I’ll try to give a bit of context so this might turn out a long-ish post.
My boyfriend (36 M) and I (36 M) have been together for about 8 years. We’ve met on-line at planetromeo. We live like a 10 minutes walk away. Everyone keeps his place since parents are in the dark we’re gay. But basically we’re usually every evening together.
When we started dating we agreed we are exclusive and we talk about issues and don’t just bottle them down so we avoid a big fight boiling up.
In the beginning of our relationship we were as any couple in their honeymoon phase quite sexually active. He also shared with me that he’s masturbating, which, let’s face it, all of us gay guys do quite a bit as well, so I don’t mind. With the time however we’re having less and less sex. And this I do get, it’s kind of to be expected. He had a really bad family situation and this led to even less sex, to the point we were having it once a year. Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally supportive and do not insist.
I got turned down twice by him, where I explicitly asked for some sexy time. “I’m tired and not in the mood”. So I decided I won’t ask again. This brought a very hard time for me. I started thinking that I’m not attractive to him, I started working out as a maniac, started dieting, went to a dietitian and got medication prescribed although I could have done without it. No change by him. Then I thought maybe he’s not feeling attractive and that’s why he hasn’t made any moves. I stared complimenting him, boosting his ego. No change.
I’ve tried talking about sex asking why we’re not as active to which he answered kind of annoyed “Are you asking me to have sex now?”. No, not right now, rather in general. “I’ve got a lot going on right now”.
I’m not the jealous type of guy. I saw however he’s constantly on his phone and kind of secretively. I’ve seen some times while he’s browsing in his pics to find something to show me that he has taken nudes. Okay, maybe he wanted to see himself from a different angle, I’ve also taken nudes. But I got a bit sus.
A few months ago he forgot his apple watch at my place. I couldn’t but check out what’s going on. I don’t have a watch myself so I’m not aware of how to work with it, but I was able to find out that a guy has sent him nudes on messenger. There was no other communication except for the nudes. There was another guy he chatted but not like a flirt or sext. The convo was around “I’m horney, I’ve jerked off 2 times already today”. But no nudes, calls or what not.
A few days ago he passed out on the couch and I did my worst - checked out his phone in the bedroom. Few things I found out:
1. His nudes. As I wrote. That’s fine as a fact. BUT some of them were taken at my place. And others were taken while we were on vacation together and we didn’t have sex.
2. A lot of instagram video calls with this one guy. Initiated on both ends. With someone I haven’t met from OUR city. I must say he lives abroad.
3. A chat with a local guy I haven’t met where my bf wrote that I’m away for the holidays, he’s jerked off 2 times today and had sex with a neighbour, a jack who was pretending to be a cool dude.
Bf woke up and I pretended I was making the bed and asked him to join. He started looking for his phone, I said it’s already by the bed. No reaction.
I must confess I was kind of turned on by his nudes, after all he’s my boyfriend and I still find him attractive. It was late in the night, we’ve celebrated his birthday, so long story short - we had sex. It’s been more than year by this point since we last have. He told me the morning after he couldn’t sleep anymore after that.
What triggers me now are few things. He’s still active but not with me. I don’t believe he has cheated, rather wanted to look more like a player to the other guy he was chatting with.
I’m not triggered by the video calls. I’m also jerking off on-line but I WILL NEVER ENGAGE IN PERSON. It bothers me a bit that it was with a local guy. I don’t sext with guys from our city.
Also he didn’t reject me, he still finds me attractive?
I really love my man and want to maintain our relationship. I know how tough gay relationships are. What would you guys do in my situation?
I need an external perspective here, advice well appreciated. I’ll try to give a bit of context so this might turn out a long-ish post.
My boyfriend (36 M) and I (36 M) have been together for about 8 years. We’ve met on-line at planetromeo. We live like a 10 minutes walk away. Everyone keeps his place since parents are in the dark we’re gay. But basically we’re usually every evening together.
When we started dating we agreed we are exclusive and we talk about issues and don’t just bottle them down so we avoid a big fight boiling up.
In the beginning of our relationship we were as any couple in their honeymoon phase quite sexually active. He also shared with me that he’s masturbating, which, let’s face it, all of us gay guys do quite a bit as well, so I don’t mind. With the time however we’re having less and less sex. And this I do get, it’s kind of to be expected. He had a really bad family situation and this led to even less sex, to the point we were having it once a year. Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally supportive and do not insist.
I got turned down twice by him, where I explicitly asked for some sexy time. “I’m tired and not in the mood”. So I decided I won’t ask again. This brought a very hard time for me. I started thinking that I’m not attractive to him, I started working out as a maniac, started dieting, went to a dietitian and got medication prescribed although I could have done without it. No change by him. Then I thought maybe he’s not feeling attractive and that’s why he hasn’t made any moves. I stared complimenting him, boosting his ego. No change.
I’ve tried talking about sex asking why we’re not as active to which he answered kind of annoyed “Are you asking me to have sex now?”. No, not right now, rather in general. “I’ve got a lot going on right now”.
I’m not the jealous type of guy. I saw however he’s constantly on his phone and kind of secretively. I’ve seen some times while he’s browsing in his pics to find something to show me that he has taken nudes. Okay, maybe he wanted to see himself from a different angle, I’ve also taken nudes. But I got a bit sus.
A few months ago he forgot his apple watch at my place. I couldn’t but check out what’s going on. I don’t have a watch myself so I’m not aware of how to work with it, but I was able to find out that a guy has sent him nudes on messenger. There was no other communication except for the nudes. There was another guy he chatted but not like a flirt or sext. The convo was around “I’m horney, I’ve jerked off 2 times already today”. But no nudes, calls or what not.
A few days ago he passed out on the couch and I did my worst - checked out his phone in the bedroom. Few things I found out:
1. His nudes. As I wrote. That’s fine as a fact. BUT some of them were taken at my place. And others were taken while we were on vacation together and we didn’t have sex.
2. A lot of instagram video calls with this one guy. Initiated on both ends. With someone I haven’t met from OUR city. I must say he lives abroad.
3. A chat with a local guy I haven’t met where my bf wrote that I’m away for the holidays, he’s jerked off 2 times today and had sex with a neighbour, a jack who was pretending to be a cool dude.
Bf woke up and I pretended I was making the bed and asked him to join. He started looking for his phone, I said it’s already by the bed. No reaction.
I must confess I was kind of turned on by his nudes, after all he’s my boyfriend and I still find him attractive. It was late in the night, we’ve celebrated his birthday, so long story short - we had sex. It’s been more than year by this point since we last have. He told me the morning after he couldn’t sleep anymore after that.
What triggers me now are few things. He’s still active but not with me. I don’t believe he has cheated, rather wanted to look more like a player to the other guy he was chatting with.
I’m not triggered by the video calls. I’m also jerking off on-line but I WILL NEVER ENGAGE IN PERSON. It bothers me a bit that it was with a local guy. I don’t sext with guys from our city.
Also he didn’t reject me, he still finds me attractive?
I really love my man and want to maintain our relationship. I know how tough gay relationships are. What would you guys do in my situation?