A difficult situation

sorry, i don't know if this is the right place on the forum but i will just come right out with it:

(i don't expect this one to be posted because of the general content, but i will try to be as *unoffensive* as i can, in the hopes this will be posted because this is very difficult for me)

 
I am the one with ASD: My wife is *normal*
 
Before we had children, we were very loving and very sexual with each other, after our first child it *kind of* stopped (let me explain)
 
I have always seen sex, *making love* F***ing (call it what you will) as the deepest act of love and companionship there is.
 
Me and my wife have now hit a rut (as we most often do) in this department. we have not done anything at bed time now for at least 6 weeks (4 weeks were due to her *women troubles*) the other two has been *im too tired... im not in the mood* etc (i also think we havent done anything for a previous few weeks prior to her women stuff), i am now feeling deeply horny (sorry), and aggrivated because im not getting the companionship i *need*.
 
Tonight she has said to me (promised) that we could have a bath, go to bed, and be *close*... The bath went well... we went to bed, i stayed up for 10 minutes writing a very important report due to *professional* involvment which i do not want to discuss here (although it involves the children and is also stressing her out), i then put the pen down, turned out the lights, rolled towards to her to *instigate* it, and she completlyy brushed me off *im too tired* etc.
 
What i am trying to ask, is how do i approche the matter as a *normal person* should, without upsetting her, or myself?
 
The thing is, as i have said, i need the physical love making, sex play; because it makes me feel loved and also chills me out.
I have and never will force it upon her (although i have been close a few times and this has always upset me). I can garuntee i will now be awake for the rest of the night (because that is how my body works)...
 
The reason i am so sexual is because my previous *successful* relastionships always have been (instigated from THEIR side) and so it it what i have always been used too... we have had this conversation with each other quite a few times in the past, and she says she completly understands (even though it is apparent she does not)
 
I also feel like shes using me as just a *baby machine* because, after our son was born, we didnt *do it* for quite some time... and then she says to me *let's have another one, i don't want him being an only child like i was*... i leaped at the chance, because it gave me that companionship that i needed, and once again, since our daughters brith 18 months agao, it has been very *dead*
 
Sorry for circulating, im just very confused and stressed out, we have been together now for 5 years (married for 3) and i just don't know what i should do about the situation, has anyone else with ASD experienced this, or knows what i am going through?
 
Again i hope this will be posted, and if it is needed, would the moderators please ammend this mail as they require, as i really would like an answer to this... Sorry for being unappropriate if i have been
 
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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Hi Barney,

    OK, let's look at the time table thing.

    One of the problems we have with ASD is not coping very well with ambiguity and guidelines and the greyness of the real world. I think your timetable needs to be viewed as a guide rather than an absolute black and white thing. You absolutely don't have the right to play WoW according to this timetable if there are more important things to do.

    On the other hand, you absolutely do need to have quiet time away from the demands of screaming kids, etc etc. If you don't get enough quiet time then you will get stressed and the whole thing falls apart.

    Can you try and combine some of the chores with quiet time? When I cut the grass I can listen to my mp3 player, nobody comes to interrupt me and I can zone out and focus on the grass and the mower and nothing else. I regard this as slightly therapeutic and at the end of it I can be a bit pleased with myself for completing something.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Hi Barney,

    OK, let's look at the time table thing.

    One of the problems we have with ASD is not coping very well with ambiguity and guidelines and the greyness of the real world. I think your timetable needs to be viewed as a guide rather than an absolute black and white thing. You absolutely don't have the right to play WoW according to this timetable if there are more important things to do.

    On the other hand, you absolutely do need to have quiet time away from the demands of screaming kids, etc etc. If you don't get enough quiet time then you will get stressed and the whole thing falls apart.

    Can you try and combine some of the chores with quiet time? When I cut the grass I can listen to my mp3 player, nobody comes to interrupt me and I can zone out and focus on the grass and the mower and nothing else. I regard this as slightly therapeutic and at the end of it I can be a bit pleased with myself for completing something.

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