Unhappily Married

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
A

Alley

Guest
#1

Hi All,
I am new here .. I would like to ask for prayers regarding my husband and I and our marriage. We raise an autistic 11 year old boy and a soon to be 13 year old daughter. We are active in our church and worship.. my husband has issues with intimacy and I've had it.. he makes it clear that he is not attracted to me anymore and not with words.. his actions are evident.. I am tired of being sexless for years.. not months. Years. A lot of years.. I feel like his best friend that's about it.. I have to do everything as he is not the aggressor and it gets old and exhausting.. please help. Any advice is appreciated.

Your in Christ,
Alley
 

tourist

Senior Member
Mar 13, 2014
41,396
16,339
113
69
Tennessee
#2

Hi All,
I am new here .. I would like to ask for prayers regarding my husband and I and our marriage. We raise an autistic 11 year old boy and a soon to be 13 year old daughter. We are active in our church and worship.. my husband has issues with intimacy and I've had it.. he makes it clear that he is not attracted to me anymore and not with words.. his actions are evident.. I am tired of being sexless for years.. not months. Years. A lot of years.. I feel like his best friend that's about it.. I have to do everything as he is not the aggressor and it gets old and exhausting.. please help. Any advice is appreciated.

Your in Christ,
Alley
You husband summed up the situation quite well - he said that he is not attracted to you anymore. It is obvious to me that the love that he did have from you was not placed in his heart from God. I am sure you have said much prayer about this and you will probably read posts here about giving it to God. I am sure you have already done that. You have two choices - you can die a little each die or you can ask him to leave. I will also say a prayer for you as you have found yourself in a horrible situation.
 

RickyZ

Senior Member
Sep 20, 2012
9,635
787
113
#3
Is he sexually attracted to other women, or is the whole sex thing in general just no longer an interest? Has he been tested for fatigue factors or testosterone? The later can have a big effect on men, and there are medications for that. Lots of physical (mental/emotional/spiritual) imbalances can have that effect. If he's willing to get checked he should, but that's one of the symptoms - they don't care to.

You say you're best friends other than this. My wife and I got married the other way around. We knew each other thru several relationships (I had girlfriends she had boyfriends) and it was the fact that we remained best friends even as these more passionate relationships came and went that got us to the altar. It's funny, our situation is still kind of the other way around. I try to touch her and she laughs and pushes me away. It's an uncontrollable tickle/giggle thing, or so she says. And it started when she went thru the change. She says she wants sex, but I try and get rejected by this laugh. It's not disrespectful, it's just ... in the way. And she has been checked by her Dr.

Back to the point, it's a best friend relationship vs ... well, what are your options? You gonna cheat, buy a toy, secretly slip him viagra? We both know what God says about that. But I understand the predicament you're in. Trapped in a flesh full of organs, hormones, and neural pathways determined to make us want to 'become one' with another. How do you make the twain meet?

Lord God, look upon Alley, I come before You with her to seek Your will and discernment. Thank You Lord that by the Blood of Your Son You allow us to, that is so awesome. And I know that even before we approach, You see, and care, and have an answer to the situation. And so still our souls, Lord, that we may hear Your words and discern Your way. Lord God I lift up this husband, this church going man who refuses his spousal duties. Bring him words of wisdom, and knowledge, that he might understand; bring him healing in whatever fallen flesh affliction enslaves him. And bring Alley temperance; we know that in Your Spirit the flesh should not inflame, and so may Your Spirit flow like water to quench the fire - not to extinguish, but to lessen the fleshly handles the tempters so like to to tug and pull upon. Lord You created sex, and it has a place withing marriage; I ask You that it's rightful place be restored among all of us - and among the marriage of Alley, as she has faithfully sought after here. Thank you lord, for allowing us to seek You, praise You Lord for Your answering grace. In Jesus Name we lay this before You. Amen
 

levi85

Senior Member
Jul 2, 2013
8,578
2,181
113
#4
Lord please bless their married life, Amen
 
I

isoneedahug

Guest
#5
Well alley, you're describing a very hurtful situation and i'm very sorry for what you're going through. I notice 2 things right away, one is that your couple is carrying a heavy situation, with one autistic child and another entering adolescence. You did not mention your financial situation nor other burdens or family relations/struggles that could make the load even heavier to carry for the both of you. This alone could affect a normal sexuality because the both of you might slowly become a team facing adversity rather than a romance given a chance to breathe.

The second thing i notice is passive aggressive behavior from your husband, who always puts you in the position of having to chase after him for emotional or sexual intimacy, knowing full well that you need it from him but withholding from you the very act of seeking and manifesting love that you truly need.

I used to have a passive aggressive husband and i know all too well the painful scars of rejection and low self esteem that this type of behavior will inflict on a woman. A few years of this treatment and you will become convinced there's something wrong with you, and you won't even remember there was ever a time he was chasing you, or other men ever found you attractive. It becomes a poison and i strongly urge you to deal with this appropriately.

I researched passive aggressive behavior extentively and with the help of the Lord, i finally discovered it is all rooted in unforgiveness. I will suggest to you that your husband is subconciously punishing you for something he cannot verbalize properly (or has tried to verbalize but felt unheard, unvalidated) and has now turned to withholding what you desire most as means of lashing out. These types of people usually rarely express anger in outloud violent ways, sometimes they were raised in households where anger was frowned upon and they had to internalize a lot of their emotions.

One thing is needed, dear alley: get on your knees and beg the Lord to show you if there's anything you've done that has offended your husband in a way that he has not expressed clearly, and ask God for wisdom and grace to correct that error. Then beg the Lord for your husband to receive the grace of forgiveness in his heart towards you, that he may be restored and that any evil hardening of his heart might be broken. Ask God to reveal to him the evil of passive aggressive behavior.

The hearts of Kings are in the hands of the Lord, He turns them whichever way He pleases, He hates divorce and i know He wants to help and fix this. Just humble yourself and seek His face :) God bless you.
 
F

Faith_Hope_Love

Guest
#6
“Dear Lord, please guide this special sister during the trouble in her marriage. And her ears shall hear a word behind her saying, this is the way, walk here, when she turns to her right and when she turns to her left" (see Isa. 30:21).

“Please reassure her when she sees a thousand fall on her right side and ten thousand at her left; help her to know that if she follows You, it will not happen to her (see Ps. 91:7). Hide her under your protective wings."

“Help her to find the narrow path that will lead her to life, the abundant life you have for her and for her family. Lord, I pray for a testimony that you can use for Your glory when this troubled or broken marriage is healed and restored! We will give You all the honor and the glory. Amen.”


Please I urge you to check out this site:

https://sites.google.com/a/rmiewfellowship.org/encouraging-bookstore/marriage-help

https://sites.google.com/a/rmiewfell...g/english/home


And read their book "How God can and will restore your marriage".

I hope you find the answers and the help you need in their site as I did. For nothing is impossible with God. He is the answer to everything. Amen!

To God be the glory,
Faith_Hope_Love