Incompatible but sticking it out
I just want to say that purity culture and the indoctrination the church pedals really does have negative impacts on believing and non-believing members
To make a long and painful story short I married to the same wonderful woman for 22 years, of course married in the temple, of course virgins, of course extremely naive We are highly incompatible sexually.
And to clarify, I'm not asking for anything wild, insane, inappropriate or degrading
Of course we didn't realize this for several years because both of us really knew nothing about sex and really felt uncomfortable and dirty talking about it
I'll just say this, the frequency is probably less than 10 times a year, missionary is the only position allowed, absolutely no oral ever, it literally took 10 plus years for her to allow me to actually touch her vagina and clitoris with my hands, she feels extremely guilty if she orgasms without PIV, she continues to feel ashamed and embarrassed of her body even though she is absolutely gorgeous, any attempt to spice things up or try new things is met with anger and accusations of viewing pornography almost immediately
Frankly I've just stopped being upset about it, so many countless nights not sleeping, angered, upset, things have gotten better over the years but mostly because I've stopped trying or caring. Like a street beggar, I take what I can get
No she hasn't been sexually abused, just highly indoctrinated by sexually repressed parents and brought up to believe that sex was mostly for procreation
Besides the sexual incompatibility, we're great friends, we laugh, we are a United team and raising our kids, overall really fun
If there is a god, I don't think this is the type of relationship he had envisioned for a husband and wife. I place the bulk of the blame for this situation solely at the feet of the church.