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Re: Girlfriend of 3 years has self-image issues - March 9th 2012, 11:22 AM

You see, having sex once a week is pretty standard for a couple who has been in a relationship as long as you have. In fact, I am lucky if I get that once a week, but then again, my boyfriend and I live in different towns, have conflicting work schedules and only get to see each other once a week at most.

Now, this isn't exactly a problem, per se. I do understand your frustration, and I understand hers as well. I don't think it's necessarily the body issues that is the problem. Obviously, you've been in a relationship with her for a long time, and her weight has become less and less of an issue as the relationship progressed. You may have treated her weight as a problem before, but that was several years ago, and it seems you've moved passed that in the end. Right now, it just sounds like the "honeymoon" stages of your relationship have finally dwindled. The love and passion is still there, but being romantically intimate together is happening less and less. This is normal, and common for people who are in relationships long-term, and being together for 3 years is a long time, especially in today's standards.

Why not try to make a romantic evening out of it? Maybe your sex life has just come to be repetitive, and she wants a more spiced up sex life? That is also normal and common in relationships as well. The same thing over and over again can become boring, and even puts people off to having sex frequently. Shower her with praise, and love. Try out new positions. Make a special dinner date out of it at her apartment. Do anything that's not of the norm for you too, and see where it leads. If this doesn't work, I'd continue to talk to her about it and tell her how it's making you feel. Maybe she can tell you the REAL reason behind not wanting to be intimate more than once a week. If things don't change, you could reconsider your relationship, but that just makes it seem that sex is the most important factor of your relationship when indeed it is not.











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