ironpony wrote:
I too feel like it would be throwing out the baby with the bathwater, but others I have talked to about it said it sounds like we are sexually incompatible and therefore, should break up, if they are correct? I mean I asked for their opinion and that's what they gave me.
I try to communicate things with her but it seems it makes her self conscious. Like for example, I tried 'dirty talking' to her but she said it made her feel objectified, and not sure if she really loves me, or that I want to objectify her.
But if that's her response to dirty talk, it makes me kind of turned off, like I am notice if that makes sense?
I really recommend you read Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski. It does a great job of explaining sexual desire through "accelerators" (a situation, behavior, visual stimulation etc. that serves as a turn-on) and "brakes" (something that signals this is not a suitable occassion to have sex). In general, women have more sensitive brakes - it might be partly anatomy but social pressures certainly play a role here too because there are exceptions - and also getting actually turned on is more of a slowburn. It's not a matter of seconds to go from neutral to super horny, especially in a long-term relationship where the novelty has faded.
If you are not a fan of spontaneity, how about you go smarter about planning it? For God's sake, don't make a schedule. But start your morning by exchanging cheeky messages (see what she's responsive to) and build up the excitement until the evening when you meet. Having thought and fantasized about it, she'll probably be in the mood.