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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Pamela Stephenson Connolly

I haven’t had sex with my husband for three years – and I’m ready to look elsewhere

A concerned-looking woman rests her arm on a man's shoulder, as he looks into the distance.
‘I can’t wait for him any more.’ Composite: Guardian Design; Getty Images

I have been married for 31 years. I love my husband and I know he is crazy about me, but we have a problem: we’re not having sex and I don’t understand why.

We used to have the best and most fabulous sex life – creative, passionate – but now we haven’t had sex at all for nearly three years (we’re both in our 50s). I really miss it and I have spoken to him about it. He misses sex, too, but he doesn’t know what’s happening to him (he’s had blood tests and everything is OK).

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