# I'm needing, but hubby isn't giving. What to do?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-needing-but-hubby-isnt-giving-what-to-do/287618>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 31, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-needing-but-hubby-isnt-giving-what-to-do/287618 "2005-01-31T17:07:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-needing-but-hubby-isnt-giving-what-to-do/287618/81 "2005-02-04T04:49:24Z")

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> [@Anaamika](#):
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> And this makes you think God has a sense of _humor_?
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> Clearly we have reached different conclusions.

Hey, nobody said it was a _nice_ sense of humor.

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-needing-but-hubby-isnt-giving-what-to-do/287618/82 "2005-02-04T04:53:20Z")

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> [@CrazyCatLady](#):
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> Hey, nobody said it was a _nice_ sense of humor.

Touche.

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**Author:** ![sweetfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sweetfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweetfreak)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-needing-but-hubby-isnt-giving-what-to-do/287618/83 "2005-02-04T04:57:25Z")

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> [@featherlou](#):
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> I have noticed that my libido is higher now that I’m in my thirties than it’s ever been before - you may be experiencing this, **AFG**. It might not be that he’s losing libido, but you’re gaining it! (Or both.) I think it’s proof that God has a sense of humour - give men a sexual peak at 18, and women at 35.

It’s called population control. 😉

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-needing-but-hubby-isnt-giving-what-to-do/287618/84 "2005-02-04T14:59:40Z")

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> [@featherlou](#):
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> I have noticed that my libido is higher now that I’m in my thirties than it’s ever been before - you may be experiencing this, **AFG**. It might not be that he’s losing libido, but you’re gaining it! (Or both.) I think it’s proof that God has a sense of humour - give men a sexual peak at 18, and women at 35.

I’m 43 and I gotta say that I have not noticed a lessoning of my libido. Of course, some ex-GFs have said I am oversexed, so maybe I am atypical.

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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-needing-but-hubby-isnt-giving-what-to-do/287618/85 "2005-02-04T15:49:12Z")

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> [@Khadaji](#):
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> I’m 43 and I gotta say that I have not noticed a lessoning of my libido. Of course, some ex-GFs have said I am oversexed, so maybe I am atypical.

I’m MORE that willing to admit the lessening of libido in my case might not be age but a bio-chemical attempt to keep from going crazy at the lack of sex.

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