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When You Want More Sex Than He Does By: Kurt Thigpen It is a truth universally acknowledged that men are sex-crazed animals. So when your guy’s libido is more lukewarm tan, red-hot, you wonder what’s wrong with him. And what’s wrong with you. I I’m sure most of you have encountered this problem at least once in your dating lives. Whether you’re in a long-term relationship, or not, there’s usually someone in the relationship who wants to do it more and that can create an imbalance in the playing field! In my experience it leads to overanalyzing every little thing the other person says or does. Thoughts start swarming your head like,”Did I upset him?” “Does he not find me attractive anymore?”. These thoughts can tear you apart on the inside and seriously damage your self esteem, as well as take a large toll on your relationship. This can lead to a lot of resentment towards the other person (I’m looking at you Passive Aggressive Patricks out there). There are a lot of scenarios out there I know you guys have been through or are currently going through. Maybe your sexual life is at an all-out stand still. The fences are up, and you have no idea how you’re going to negotiate your way in. Or, maybe you just aren’t getting enough of it. Once every couple of weeks doesn’t exactly fit your fancy and you wish he’d let you rip his pants off 74 M A Y 2 014 / ARIES more. So, the big question is, what do you do about it? The “I’m tired” excuse just isn’t cutting it for you anymore and if he makes one more excuse you’re going to throw all his shit out the front door. Am I right!? (Maybe not so extreme, but you may feel angry and hurt of course.) Hopefully in this article you will find some helpful tips and not end up killing your boyfriend in his sleep. Communicate I’m sure at this point you’ve at least asked one time if anything is wrong when denied sex and your guy has shrugged his lack of enthusiasm off on work, family, or the chronic migraine. It’s important that you should know that asking is not communicating your needs. Asking more than one or two times can even make your partner feel like they’re being henpecked and, considering he’s not interested in being pecked, I’d take another approach. You need to sit your partner down