physical lonliness: wanting to be held

I have been celibate for a few months and I am dying for a hug.

I had no idea how much being untouched would make me feel so damn lonely.

I miss sex. My husband can't so I'm committed to that, as part of the changes I need to make in my life.

I asked him for a hug when I got back from out of town but he's too tired or not into it or whatever. He hugged me in a half hearted way.

I want to hug a man the way I do when I'm cumming, holding him into me with the muscles in my arms straining to pull the man into my heart and lungs.

I want to throw my legs over a mans lap and be encircled by his arms. I want to put my head down on his shoulder and feel him tighten his hold on my whole upper half, pulling my head down into his chest.

I don't have the option of doing those hugs with my husband. It's not his fault, but his legs are fucked. I can't put pressure on his legs and he can't lay on them. Ok I understand all of that and we do what we can and it's ok.

He is totally anti masturbation. I do it occasionally but it has lost it's luster for me because I can't hug myself the way I want.

I'm not talking about holding someone for 10 minutes. I'm talking about that thing where you are done fucking and the afterglow washes in and there is an intense few moments of tightening your arms around that person, burying your face in his or her neck or hair, and letting the physical pressure say what you know you never could.

I enjoy sex. I enjoy orgasms. I enjoy all the stuff I just wrote about. Excuse me while I just feel straight up sorrow as my favorite parts of life fall away. I am 12 years younger than my husband, so maybe when I reach into my 60s I won't miss it anymore.

That's a long time. To me it will be a very lonely time. I know there's a lesson I have to learn through this, so I can handle it. It is hard for me, like trying to kick... when I want to feel like I'm part of someone else and we are both part of something bigger than both of us, it's a desire every bit as strong as any desire I ever felt for oxycontin.

I am miserably lonely in my body.
 
Chick I really feel for you. I honestly do. Being touched in the way you so eloquently described is a basic human need. It's not like your partner has just lost his sex drive, it's much deeper than that and I truly commend the sacrifices you have made for him. Xx
 
Half hearted hugs are almost worse than no hugs at all. I'm in a bit of a similar boat in that I get very little physical contact with other people. Met a friend for lunch today, and she's the sort who is okay with hugging goodbye (rarely hello though, for some reason), but only ever does it with one arm, and barely touching. And I don't just mean she angles back so that her breasts don't get squished, but rather that she's acting as though she's already turning around to leave, even though she initiates hugs. I'm sure that there's more there to it, but I don't yet know her well enough to ask.

So, long story short-- I feel ya on the lack of contact, and the disappreciation of lousy hugs :(
 
Minxy;bt15663 said:
Chick I really feel for you. I honestly do. Being touched in the way you so eloquently described is a basic human need. It's not like your partner has just lost his sex drive, it's much deeper than that and I truly commend the sacrifices you have made for him. Xx

Thank you, it's so nice not to feel so all alone. I appreciate that you can relate.
 
The last guy you've seen me talk about who is now just a roomie was extremely unaffectionate. Affection is so important, but I've never met anyone who is just completely disinterested in any kind of hugs, love, cuddling, sex, emotion whatsoever. I feel for you. I don't know how you do it. I actually think this guy has some kind of disorder of some sort. I don't know how a normal human being can be so emotionless. Sure, if I go and hug him, he will hug back, but it's weak and has no passion.

Passion is so important. It drives us to be more than we are, and it drives us to love someone. Was your husband always like this? I'm not married to this guy, but I'm stuck with him here until I tell him to leave. The problem is if I kick him out, he is homeless, and I am having a hard time coping with being the person to make someone homeless. I guess it's kinda like living with a husband who is emotionless and has health issues.

I don't know what to say, but I thought I would just write and say I empathize and know what it's like.
 
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