Boyfriend and Sexual Freedom?
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:32 pm
Hi guys~!
Looking for a little advice. Me and my boyfriend have been in a committed relationship for about 8 months now. We are sexually active, and we are both each others first partner. I grew up in a really liberal environment and I'm a big feminist, while my boyfriend grew up in a super religious Christian environment, and while he's become really liberal and kind of distanced from the church as he grew up, he still holds a lot of Christian values. Some of the stuff he says strikes me as really strange/clashes with my feminist ideals, and i'm confused as to if it's ok for him to say some stuff, or if he's being controlling.
One example is that he told me he doesn't want me to use a dildo, or an insertable vibrator because "he want's to be the only person who can make me feel that way", or because he's "uncomfortable with something else being inside me". I told him it's kind of controlling of him to be saying that, and he just respond like "I'm not saying you CAN'T do it, I'm not gonna stop you, but I'm not gonna be happy about it either.." When i told him it sounds like he's guilting me, he just responds that he's not gonna lie to me about being uncomfortable about it, but he knows he can't stop me from doing what I want anyways. I tried suggesting the idea of going to the sex store and buying something for both of us, but he's super uncomfortable with the idea of anything like that, even if its a toy for him.
What can I do in this situation? Is this an okay way for my boyfriend to be talking to me? On one hand, I'm really happy that he's being honest with me and we're having open conversation, but on the other hand, I feel like he's trying to control what I do, or being selfish.
Looking for a little advice. Me and my boyfriend have been in a committed relationship for about 8 months now. We are sexually active, and we are both each others first partner. I grew up in a really liberal environment and I'm a big feminist, while my boyfriend grew up in a super religious Christian environment, and while he's become really liberal and kind of distanced from the church as he grew up, he still holds a lot of Christian values. Some of the stuff he says strikes me as really strange/clashes with my feminist ideals, and i'm confused as to if it's ok for him to say some stuff, or if he's being controlling.
One example is that he told me he doesn't want me to use a dildo, or an insertable vibrator because "he want's to be the only person who can make me feel that way", or because he's "uncomfortable with something else being inside me". I told him it's kind of controlling of him to be saying that, and he just respond like "I'm not saying you CAN'T do it, I'm not gonna stop you, but I'm not gonna be happy about it either.." When i told him it sounds like he's guilting me, he just responds that he's not gonna lie to me about being uncomfortable about it, but he knows he can't stop me from doing what I want anyways. I tried suggesting the idea of going to the sex store and buying something for both of us, but he's super uncomfortable with the idea of anything like that, even if its a toy for him.
What can I do in this situation? Is this an okay way for my boyfriend to be talking to me? On one hand, I'm really happy that he's being honest with me and we're having open conversation, but on the other hand, I feel like he's trying to control what I do, or being selfish.