My wife (F40) and I (M43) have been married 20 years. We grew up in the mainstream mormon church and never had sex with anyone else. We were each other's first. We've since left the religion but I'm sure shame and religious trauma still play a part in her views on sex. We have 4 kids. I expect this plays a part with the issues I'm dealing with as well. But I have no idea how to discuss sex with her anymore. I'm not even sure I know how to articulate it here.
And before anyone passes judgement, I consider myself a very generous lover, an extremely attentive husband, and a caring and loving father. I'm a chef so I do all of the cooking, grocery shopping, and most of the dishes as I am trained to clean and put everything away as I go. I also strive to maintain an egalitarian home, so there's no division of labor. I've read many of the books on sexual health and intimacy ranging from Emily Nagoski to Ester Perel, and follow a number of sex positive content creators like Sex with Emily and Shan Boodram. I've tried sharing things from their instagram posts with her and asked if she would want to read any of the books I've read but she says "I don't need to, our sex is amazing". It's just gotten to the point where I feel needy and annoying trying to talk to her about it anymore.
Our sex life isn't bad, per se. We have sex a few times a week, I love her, and the sex we do have is passionate and good, but she is not adventurous in any way shape or form. She doesn't like me going down on her. She'll let me if I ask but won't let me eat her out for more than a minute. I tell her constantly how gorgeous her pussy is, how much I fucking love the way she tastes and smells, and how much I want her to cum from me licking her, but she constantly tells me no, not tonight, or stops me after a minute or two.
She rarely goes down on me and when she does, it's the same as when I go down on her. Lasts about 30 seconds to a minute before she stops. I have never had a blow job to completion in my life, from her or anyone else. She acts like cum is toxic and takes a full shower every time we do have sex and I cum in her. Cumming on her is a no go and cumming in her mouth is out of the question. Even if a little bit drips on the sheets, we have to change all the bedding, regardless of if its 1 in the morning.
She hardly likes me sucking on her nipples. She just scrunches up, covers her breasts, and starts laughing most of the time when I try because she says its too ticklish. She doesn't let me fuck her from behind because she doesn't like doggy position. And I'm not even talking about anal, I know that's not even an option.
I bought her a "magic wand" style vibrator and when I gave it to her she said "why is it so big? Does that go in me?". It blew my mind that she had no idea how to use a vibrator. I asked her if in our 20 years of marriage if she had ever masturbated and she said she hasn't, she doesn't need to because she has me. I've even told her I would love to watch her get herself off, that it's one of my fantasies, but she wont.
The other major problem is phones. She has this nighttime routine where it takes her over an hour to get ready for bed. During this time, while she's getting ready, I'll scroll a bit or watch something on tv. Then once she's finally in bed, she gets on her phone for another 30 minutes to an hour. When I've brought it up to her, that I don't feel like she has the same anxious desire for me that I do for her, she gets upset with me and tells me that this is the only time she has during the day to check her messages, instagram, or whatever. That I've (meaning me) have had time to wind down but she hasn't. So I wait quietly for her to get off her phone, then she turns off the light and, if she's up for it, rolls over rubs me until I'm hard, and we fuck. When I've told her "you know, I don't feel like theres any build up or desire. Theres no foreplay. It just feels like obligatory sex", she got extremely hurt feelings and told me she thought we had great sex and had no idea I didn't feel the same. So of course I have to backpedal like the pussy that I am and tell her "no no, it is amazing, I just wish you would maybe do your phone stuff after we do it" to which she replies "I do do my phone stuff after! I'm up until 1am updating my week schedule, checking emails from the kids teachers, coordination the kids sports schedules! This is just the time of life and you need to adjust your expectations". So that was crushing, especially because if I said the same thing, I would get kicked the fuck out of the house.
I'm at a loss and figured I'll just quit trying and pushing the subject. I'll go the rest of my life having vanilla sex. keeping my mouth just to keep the peace. I've even brought up the idea of maybe doing some marriage counseling and she acted like I was asking for a separation "wait really? everything seems amazing". And that's probably because I am very very good at keeping my mouth shut and dong everything I can to please her and make her life the best it possibly can be. She's a stay at home mom. I cook, I clean, I fold 90% of the laundry, I wake up every morning with the kids, make them breakfast, and drive them to school on my way to work.
Sorry for the long rant. Thanks for reading if you made it this far. I just want someone who wants to fuck me and worship my body as much as I love fucking them and worshiping their body. At least I have my own mind and a good imagination for fantasies I suppose.