What to do about differing libidos? We’re a straight couple together 20 years. No weight gain, no radical changes in appearance. We are loving, and I am cognizant of her needs and feelings. Yesterday, I read an interview with Joan Sewell, author of I’d Rather Eat Chocolate: Learning to Love My Low Libido, and handed it to my wife. This is the new ideal? Women laughing at their male partners about women’s general lack of desire? My spouse can now point at this book and say, “I’m normal, live with it…” While I want sex daily, I get it maybe 5 to 20 times a year—and I am lucky compared to some men! Where are the women who want sex constantly?
Not Giving Up
I haven’t had a chance to read Ms. Sewell’s book, NGU, but I devoured Sandra Tsing Loh’s review of I’d Rather Eat Chocolate in the current...