asexual relationship advice

i need advice on how to be in a relationship with him despite my high sex drive and lots of tips on intimacy and how to adjust to this change please. in general i think it can be very hard on a sexual to have a relationship with someone repulsed by sex, as sexuality is often how sexual people express & experience love and affection (although it may not be their only motivation for sex). however, if someone had told …

asexual dating advice

but because there’s a misconception that romance isn’t accessible to people on the asexuality spectrum who want it, it can still be helpful to hear (er, read)! when she was first figuring out where she is on the asexuality spectrum, she says, “i had a lot of anxiety and nervousness around going on dates because i didn’t know what to do if someone wanted to hook up or have sex with me.” “some people on the asexuality spectrum prefer to …

asexual open relationship

i’d be fine with the idea of an open relationship (as long as the person didn’t have an romantic connection to the person they were having the sexual relationship with, i think) but i’m not sure that i’d feel comfortable bringing it up in the first place – i’d feel a bit presumptuous, or something. i know there are people who can make it work and i really admire that but what happens when a person gets all of their …

asexual open marriage

as my partner emily and i near the two-year mark of living together through myriad lockdowns, i can finally say we have found a way to manoeuvre through the tension when we circle back to that old chestnut of love life: sex. with a little help, my ace-fluid partner and i have found a few shiny little relationship devices to get us through our rockier conflicts. that’s when i turned the thing on and broke our angry stalemate with a …

relationship intimacy therapy

many people struggle with intimacy, and fear of intimacy is a common concern in therapy. the following suggestions may allow you and your partner to grow closer. i was abused asexually by my father as a teenager and now am in a relationship that means the world to me but i am having problems being a good lover to him because of my childhood abuse if by being a good lover you mean being less inhibited about sex then i …