Why did I agree to sex when I didn't want it?
Why do we agree to sex when we don't want it? Answers from the Purpur community.
Why did I agree to sex when I didn't want it?
"I was afraid of losing the connection."
A couple of weeks ago, together with a partner, we published a piece called "How do I know if I want sex?". It got a big response: people forwarded it and shared their own experiences. And we realized we wanted to dig into the reasons.
Why do we agree to sex when we don't want it? Here are the answers from the Purpur community.
Why did I agree to sex when I didn't want it
"I was afraid of losing the connection"
"I didn't know how to listen to myself, and I thought there was no objective reason to say no"
"Things had already started, and I just didn't dare to stop them"
"I didn't have the energy to explain why I didn't want to"
"Awful, it was a marital duty"
"So as not to upset / to please my partner"
"I want sex less often, but it had been so long that it felt indecent to put it off any longer"
"The option of sex was better than the option of no sex"
"I didn't want to ruin the moment"
