Why is unequal sex drive of the couple a problem?

there are supplements increasing and decreasing your libido. Besides one can always masturbate. And I am sure most of taken people masturbate even when they have equally high sex drives.
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  • Unfortunately, masturbation is a naive, simplistic, and ineffective solution. Incompatible sex drive between couples can be a serious problem, and can cause breakup.

    The partner with the high sex drive enters into a relationship with expectation of a fulfilling sex life with their SO. When this expectation is not met, the high sex drive partner feels frustrated, unsatisfied, unwanted, and unattractive.

    Relying on masturbation for sexual release because your partner has a low sex drive can be emotionally hurtful. You've been reduced to jerking off (or vibrating your clit) to pixels of porn images and videos.

    In some instances, the high sex drive partner is made to feel he/she is only after sex, and even labelled sexualholic by their SO. The high sex drive partner is made to feel they are the problem. In some instances, they would then seek to repress their sexual urges and advances towards their SO.

    Relying on masturbation and porn creates a number of problems, such as preferring to climax only to porn/masturbation, inability to climax via vaginal-penile sex, erectile dysfunction, etc.

    On the other hand, the low sex drive partner is made to feel inadequate and unappreciative. They get stressed by the sexual advances of the SO.

    In some instances, sex becomes a chore or something they do for their SO. The sex becomes boring. They may even start to nurse unhealthy thoughts, such as thinking their SO could cheat on them, or the SO treats them as sex object.

  • I think some people can feel left unsatisfied if they have a higher sex drive than their partner and it's not fulfilled. It can lead to adultery, or just dissatisfaction from the relationship as a whole, thus causing them to drift and break up.

    Sex is definitely a key part of a relationship, but the extent varies from couple to couple. I'm sure some people are willing to compromise more than others.

    Also, it's easy to feel bad and insufficient if you don't feel like you can fulfil the needs of a partner with a higher sex drive, thus causing insecurities or just sadness/guilt.

    Also, masturbation isn't the same as sex. They have different effects. If you have to masturbate because your partner isn't in the mood, it can have a negative impact on you.

    But, as I say, different couples can deal with things differently.

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  • either person going to enter the relationship with thier expectations of what it should be like. while intimacy can refer to sex it can also to just generally being close. that already​ makes for uneven ground. after that whether or not the two clarify what they expect from this relationship and satisfactorily reach a resolve determines how long this relationship will last. the thing is people will sometimes fall into this relationship with one maybe expecting a lot of intimacy (sex) and the other a lot of intimacy (simply the ability to open up about very important maybe private things). they're falling apart for the miscommunication of sex drive and failure to plan for it.
    sorry for a long winded reply

  • sure, you can take supplements to 'boost libido'. It would certainly be a pleasant thought to know that your partner has to be taking various forms of such drugs (ie. viagra) a bit in advance just to be able to get hard- though him actually enjoying and getting into the act mentally is another story.

    The same of which can be said about masturbating. Sure, you can play with yourself to your heart's content. Which I'm sure will leave your partner feeling a-okay that he's been side-lined for guys with monstercocks, who are giving his girlfriend inspiration to get herself off sexually; something which he will basically never be able to do himself.
    ^total ego booster 👌

    • I wasn't talking about Via Gra. There are indeed supplements that increase your testosterone level.

    • 'allegedly'. Exercise, primarily weightlifting, can also increase your testosterone levels.

    • Simply increasing tesosterone won't give someone a high libido. It will increase it but it's not going to give someone who has a relatively low one a very high one. Also testosterone supplements are pretty useless. Best way would be injection. Which once you on you start taking it you build up a tolerence to it so you have to take more and then more and more. Until you take so much you can never get off of it that you need to take for the rest of your life. Waste of money and can do harmful things to your body. You can increase it naturally zinc and magnesuim have shown to do so as well as what Kayla mentioned but at the same time it's not gonna give you that much of an increase in libido.

  • I think it's only a problem when sex is onerous the way sexual intercourse is. We're both oral sex lovers and it's not a problem here.

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  • You are rare in that you understand about masturbation and why we do it and why sometimes it actually healthy. I find it bewildering how many women on here don't understand why a guy would watch porn and masturbate while he is in a relationship.

  • While it is wonderful if both have the same amount of sexual drive, it should not be a requirement that it be completely equal. Simplest reason is that sex drive changes with age, physical conditions, health, etc. And it really would be pretty lame to dump someone you have been with because of sex drive changes. So look for someone who has a similar drive, but do not expect it to be extremely close or that it will always be the same.

  • I don't​ think it s a problem as long as you re open about it towards each other

  • Masturbation isn't the same as sex and that closeness with your partner. From this area alone, you'd mid as well be single if you're just going to masturbate. Sex is a basic human NEED (as much as some people claim it isn't). If you and your partner have very different sex drives (they don't have to be equal exactly, but similar), then it's going to cause problems eventually in your relationship. One or both of you are eventually going to be unsatisfied and unhappy.

  • Sometimes a girl just doesn't want anything in her holes. Also i think mental and emotional stimulation is what arouses women more.

    • mental and emotional stimulation is what arouses women more. what does it mean?

    • @RiYad dirty or smooth talking (seduction), rescuing her, helping her with physical chores. Also tons of oral helps.