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

My boyfriend won’t have sex with me – and says I have to be patient

Composite picture of a man's back, with a woman facing forward, hugging him, but looking off to her left wistfully
‘He hasn’t had physical contact with anyone for four years.’ Composite: Guardian Design; fizkes/Getty Images

My boyfriend and I have been together for a few months. The first time we were physically intimate it took him almost an hour to just kiss me because he was shaking so much. He hasn’t had physical contact with anyone for four years. He says his last breakup was traumatic. Since then, he has found it hard to maintain an erection, even while watching porn.

When we are together, I touch him and myself and, when I’m close to climax, I give him oral sex so we orgasm together. He doesn’t kiss me any more and doesn’t touch me intimately, apart from my breasts. He says I have to be patient because he hasn’t had sex for years. He cannot understand why he is not able to maintain an erection with me.

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