Tuesday, 09 February 2010

  • Being Sexually Pressured By Your SO?

    Upon seeing this image, I started thinking, and could instantly relate. While I haven't had a threesome, or even planned too, I know for a fact that it would hurt me and harm my relationship. The difference between me and the woman who wrote this postcard, however, is that I've vocally proclaimed my feelings about the matter, and shut the door on the option. It's just something that I would never want to do. 

    I don't view sex as 'just another thing'. The emotions involved during sex, at least to me, directly correlate with my feelings towards the person that I'm having sex with. It's not just physical. I couldn't lay on my back and share my body with someone I didn't love, much less barely even knew. The idea makes me feel sick to my stomach.

    With that being said, I wonder if the woman who wrote that postcard said anything to her husband about her discomfort beforehand. And if she did, I'm shocked that he couldn't let it go, and pressured her into this. I don't see how physical urges and 'fantasies' rate in priority over your significant other's emotional well-being. If she didn't want to have a threesome then she didn't want to have a threesome! Find another way to spice up your sex life. Roleplay. Incorporate toys. Watch porn together. Talk about the fantasies, think about the fantasies, and bring them into the dialogue of sex, if that's alright. I wouldn't mind, so long as my significant other realized that it wouldn't turn into a tangible experience. They are just fantasies, after all. And if the person that I was with couldn't respect my feelings about the matter then I wouldn't be with them. Isn't it a giant red flag when your other half is putting their sexual desires over your feelings?

    So Datingish, guys and girls alike: have you ever experienced this? Have you ever been pressured into a sexual situation that you didn't want to be in by your significant other, and if so, how did it work out for you? Or did you stand your ground?  And if you have been the person pressuring your significant other--why? Is it really THAT important?

Comments (47)

  • frozencherries@xanga

    I've been kind of pressured to do things I wasn't sure about, but if I ever adamantly said no, I don't think the issue would be pushed any further. Any guy who pressures a girl or decides he wants to do something, without being 100% conscious of and accommodating to her feelings on the matter, is a loser. And vice versa, of course.

  • Cest_LaxVie@xanga

    When I was in high school, my boyfriend at the time pressured me into kissing a girl in front of him [they'd cover my eyes and I had to guess which one of them kissed me - as if it's hard to recognize the way your boyfriend kisses and a practical stranger to my mouth kisses]. I kissed her because it wasn't a big deal.

    I've never had a threesome though, and I really don't want to. Maybe if I'm single and drunk - but me being drunk is a rare occasion, and even then I'd still have the senses to say no. My problem with threesomes is that you're letting a stranger into your bed - even if you've known them for years, sexually they're a stranger. How do you know they haven't done this with dozens of other people who could have some kind of disease? I told my ex in high school that I'd need proof that they're ok down south, and even then, I'd hesitate. That was high school, when I was a desperate people-pleaser.

    Of course, me and that guy broke up. Now I've been with my boyfriend for more than two years, and sure we fantasize about things, but both he and I agreed that a threesome is just not the best thing for a relationship. Like the postcard said, it changes things. It has nothing to do with trust or jealousy - because even if I did have a threesome, I'd still trust my boyfriend 100% and I wouldn't get jealous because at the end of the day, I'd still have him, not the other girl. But somehow, I just know it would change our relationship. So yeah. No threesomes for us.
    My boyfriend said threesomes are something single guys should do. And I kind of agree with that statement.

  • Covergirl_For_Sanity_Fair@xanga

    My ex-boyfriend pressured me to have oral sex.  I wanted to wait until I was married for sex.  I can't say it ruined our relationship, because it was a bad relationship to begin with (he was very abusive).  I honestly don't know if he raped me or not, I disassociated.  So obviously, it didn't work out well for me.

  • xSerendipity713x@xanga

    My (now) fiance never pressured me into anything I wasn't ready for. I'm a virgin and always intended on staying that way until I'm married. We've been together over 2 years now, and he's been fine with that.

  • sexncookies@xanga

    ya know...if my BF every asked me if we could have a threesome Id say "with another guy?"


    end of convo. 
    if he was ok with that still, Id still say no because this body is only for him. And him alone. Sex is more than just physical to me. I need that connection. I need that intimacy.......
    I need to feel love.
  • greenglow28@xanga

    been pressured into things yeah. regretted it every day ever since. I hate myself for not standing up for myself. I try to tell myself I was only 15 and didn't know any better

    but maybe the truth is I'm just a weak person.
    again, see: I hate myself for this.

    it will never happen ever again.

  • sleepykidisazombie@xanga

    I had a threesome and it was ok, the world didn't end.

    I got a bit jealous the morning after, especially since the girl we had it with was one of my good friends and previously had sexual relations with my boyfriend before.
    It was an experience I will never forget.

  • melandollic@xanga

    I'm too smart and emotionally stable to let someone pressure me into doing something.

  • raedium@xanga

    @xSerendipity713x@xanga - Sounds like you've got a good one. :D

  • raedium@xanga

    @greenglow28@xanga - It wasn't your fault, and that definitely doesn't make you weak. You were young. I think at that age, we were all pretty much pressured into things. :(

  • Cest_LaxVie@xanga

    @raedium@xanga - You brought up a good point. Like I said me and him have been together for over two years. At this point, it really is not just sex, it may sound cliche, but it's just something more. And even though the sex is really good, the best part is what comes after the sex. The feeling of love in the air, the cuddling, the sleeping, the talking, the playing with each other's hair, etc. Some girl who gets the honor of touching us would ruin that "after sex" moment and she would taint it. 

  • mrs_manson999@xanga

    I would never let him pressure me. He knows where I stand. 

  • sarahzthoughts@xanga

    I had to tell my last boyfriend who pressured me into sleeping with him: "If you have to pressure me to sleep with you to show me what I mean to you, then I think that shows exactly what I mean to you."

  • PMFoutofwater

    My hand is ALWAYS pressuring me into sex. Seriously though, there are some real jerks out there. But it works both ways - I was once with a woman who pressurised me into letting her lick my face during sex.
    http://plentymorefishoutofwater.blogspot.com/

  • raedium@xanga

    @PMFoutofwater - That, sir, is strange. xD

  • JennyGee@xanga

    well, i've only been overtly pressured once, and that was by my first boyfriend who i dated for a looooong time.  i'm waiting to have sex till i get married, and didn't even let this guy touch me over my clothes for over a year, so when he asked for oral after two and a half years, i did understand- however, the first time i said no, but was so put off by his pestering me about it that eventually i gave in- was it pressure, or did i just see that it meant that much to him?  not sure, but i felt ok when i said i would do it, and liked it a lot less than i thought, so i only did it once :-/  we dated for another solid year after that, and i never did it again.  but it certainly didn't harm our relationship.

    i think the really sucky pressure, though, is the sort of latent pressure- like, the guy doesn't actually ask you for anything, but the more passive aggressive things a guy will do to make you feel bad if you don't do something, like shutting you out, or moping and sulking.  that really got to me in my last relationship, and i wound up going farther faster than i should have

  • HollowTendencies@xanga

    Just thought I'd say I COMPLETELY agree with your viewpoint on threesomes. I couldn't have said it better myself.

    I have never really been pressured to do anything sexually, but he kept implying certain things, so I felt I should do them, but they were little things, nothing detrimental to the relationship. But either way, if something like the threesome situation were to happen to me, I'd definitely dump the guy, that's ridiculous.

  • JennyGee@xanga

    @HollowTendencies@xanga - yeah- i think if someone even suggest it, i'd break it off, because it would show me that they have a very different view on what sex is about :-/

  • soyeahthatswhathappened@xanga

    i agree, sex and sexuality is more than just physical and is meant for two people in love.


    my boyfriend and i aren't having sex, but i would never share him with anyone, nor would he let me be shared.

  • raedium@xanga

    @HollowTendencies@xanga - Thank you! I thought I was a bit of a 'stickler' about it, but it's nice to know that a lot of other people feel the same way.

    As long as it's something just between the two of us, I have no problem taking subtle hints and trying new things. But I really don't understand how people stay with people who push them so hard to try things that they're completely opposed to. It's disrespectful. Standing up for yourself is MUCH healthier than sacrificing the quality of the relationship.
  • music_of_the_heart08@xanga

    @Covergirl_For_Sanity_Fair@xanga - Like you, I was pressured into giving oral too. Guys can be asses. I told him straight up afterwards that it was NEVER happening again.

  • music_of_the_heart08@xanga

    @sarahzthoughts@xanga - Nice reply!! I will have to remember that one!!

  • music_of_the_heart08@xanga
  • GtSugacane@xanga

    I've never been pressured to do anything in my relationship and vice versa, that includes sexual fantasies. My boyfriend and I are very open with each other and we can discuss any and every single topic we come across, we've been good friends for years before we started dating so that might attribute to that. In regards to sexually fantasies, we've discussed what we wanted, were interested in, curious about, and even those things we were uncomfortable with and never want to try. When it came to a threesome, sure he's thought about it, but HE wouldn't feel comfortable sharing me with anyone else else regardless of gender. I think that when you really find the right partner, you'll never have to worry about any of those things. I hope I didn't come off as bragging, I'm just happy with my relationship. 

  • FoxLisk@xanga

    I was never particularly pressured into anything, but there have been times I've had sex with my girlfriends (in the past, not in my current relationship) when I wish I hadn't. My second girlfriend, particularly, wanted to have sex very early in our relationship. I spent a solid two days talking myself into it, and later realized that I never should have done it.


    But oh well, what's done is done.
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