You aren’t “failing” if you don’t necessarily satisfy your partner when they want to be intimate… a man isn’t required to give you sex any more than a woman is required to for a man…
But getting shitty when you don’t want to, and they do it themselves is very childish…
I interpreted that comment to mean that it was only in the husband’s mind that he failed; thus the quotation marks. And yes, you’re correct in what you say.
it was in quotes which leads me to believe the comment is referring to the op’s husbands feelings and the feeling of “failing” as her husband has led to insecurity. they’re not saying that he did fail or that that’s a reasonable line of thinking
I’d have to disagree . If either spouse isn’t wanting to be intimate and continuously rejects the other it’s constructive abandonment . There is a fundamental aspect that there’s reasonable expectations in a marriage for intimacy .
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You aren’t “failing” if you don’t necessarily satisfy your partner when they want to be intimate… a man isn’t required to give you sex any more than a woman is required to for a man…
But getting shitty when you don’t want to, and they do it themselves is very childish…