My boyfriend [21/m] and I [20/f] have been going out for about 6 months and I love him a lot and he says he loves me. Our issues start mostly with sex. We both view sex differently and it weighs on my mind so much. I have a high sex drive and he claims he doesn't, its always me initiating everything and i get turned down regularly. It hurts my self-esteem and makes me feel inadequate although he always reassures me he thinks i'm sexy and attractive. I know this is mostly in my head but he then tells me sex isn't important to him and it's just the same as masturbating to him. I don't think this is normal and he gets upset and angry that i don't understand. I don't understand just because i always want to do it with him because he turns me on, so it upsets me that i don't do the same to him. Another issue is, after 6 months, i feel like I am still in the honeymoon phase and he definitely isn't. He doesn't treat me the way he used to and takes me for granted. I feel like he's too comfortable in the relationship to try as hard as he used, which is a good thing and i don't want to jeopardize that. I've tried the whole playing hard to get thing but it doesn't seem to work for either of us. I just want to feel special the way i try and make him feel special, because he definitely is. We love each other so much and he always tells me he wants to spend the rest of his life with me and i have no doubt he means it. It's just the little quirks that really gets me down. Im just not too sure how to go about this as giving up on him is not an option. I have talked to him about these issues and it makes him worried and doubtful, so i was wondering if there is another way i can go about this without crying to him?
user
We love each other but he isn't the same after 6 months and our sex life isn't great. I don't think our relationship can be the same anymore and I need to know a way to go about it without breaking up with
assistant
My boyfriend [21/m] and I [20/f] have been going out for about 6 months and I love him a lot and he says he loves me. Our issues start mostly with sex. We both view sex differently and it weighs on my mind so much. I have a high sex drive and he claims he doesn't, its always me initiating everything and i get turned down regularly. It hurts my self-esteem and makes me feel inadequate although he always reassures me he thinks i'm sexy and attractive. I know this is mostly in my head but he then tells me sex isn't important to him and it's just the same as masturbating to him. I don't think this is normal and he gets upset and angry that i don't understand. I don't understand just because i always want to do it with him because he turns me on, so it upsets me that i don't do the same to him. Another issue is, after 6 months, i feel like I am still in the honeymoon phase and he definitely isn't. He doesn't treat me the way he used to and takes me for granted. I feel like he's too comfortable in the relationship to try as hard as he used, which is a good thing and i don't want to jeopardize that. I've tried the whole playing hard to get thing but it doesn't seem to work for either of us. I just want to feel special the way i try and make him feel special, because he definitely is. We love each other so much and he always tells me he wants to spend the rest of his life with me and i have no doubt he means it. It's just the little quirks that really gets me down. Im just not too sure how to go about this as giving up on him is not an option. I have talked to him about these issues and it makes him worried and doubtful, so i was wondering if there is another way i can go about this without crying to him?
user
My boyfriend and I have different views on sex and it makes me feel inadequate, but he hasn't been supportive. How can i go about this without crying to him?
assistant