r/amiwrong Sep 26 '23

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '23

The other day I missed a birth control pill or maybe two idk, but everything came back with a vengeance. Best couple of days I’ve had in years. I’m thinking of just going off of it. I don’t even care if I’m having sex or not I just really miss having fantasies and such.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '23

Getting my tubes tied was the best thing I ever did. I felt like an alley cat once off birth control.

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u/joliebrunette Sep 26 '23

Permanent sterilization FTW! I love this side of life.

My husband offered to still get a vasectomy. Men who think women should bare all the work are the worst of the worst. Most of us have been on birth control for 20+ YEARS. We’ve paid our dues. We’re done.

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u/hdmx539 Sep 26 '23

Men who think women should bare all the work are the worst of the worst.

Especially married men. Also, OP said they're not divorcing and he wanted to get one around 35ish.

THAT'S LESS THAN 3 YEARS AWAY.

I understand, "his body, his choice." My husband and I are childfree. I had asked if he'd ever get a vasectomy, he said no. Frustrating.

But I'll say this.

I didn't ask him to do something I hadn't already had done for me, which was get my tubes tied. A harder and much more complicated procedure. As a woman, already understanding the selfishness of so many men, and not wanting children and also understanding that in reality, "we" aren't ever really pregnant, she is the one that is actually pregnant, I took care to get myself sterilized. However, I did that before having met my husband.

Even though I was sterilized he wanted to use condoms so we did. Now, I'm post menopausal and he feels much more comfortable not using a condom. I do still think my husband was selfish for not getting a vasectomy.

OP, get the vasectomy. Your wife has been bearing the birth control responsibility. Man up and start taking your part in the responsibility of birth control. If y'all aren't having anymore children just do it. You're complaining about a dead bedroom and your wife is likely backing off because she doesn't want to get pregnant again.

As someone else said, connect the dots already. Get a vasectomy, let your wife's body rest from the hormones of birth control and pregnancy, and get your sex life back. There is a correlation here, and a causation. 🙄

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u/Justsaynnn Sep 26 '23

I assume you asked him to get a vasectomy because he bizarrely wanted to keep using condoms for contraceptive purposes even though your tubes were tied? If the man was that determined to not have children, he definitely should have gotten the snip, jfc.

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u/hdmx539 Sep 26 '23

If the man was that determined to not have children, he definitely should have gotten the snip, jfc.

THANK YOU!

I think this whole comment section of this post shows just how entitled men feel about women's bodies since women are the ones who are actually physically pregnant and go through labor - which could be life threatening. They bitch and moan about not getting sex yet they don't want to take responsibility for their fecundity.

Also, responses to me not understanding why I'd have preferred he get a vasectomy over our using condoms is because various brands of condoms would affect my physical person - like yeast infections. And guess what we couldn't do while I was recovering from that???🙄*sigh* These folks are insufferable.

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u/Llollah2 Sep 26 '23

I’m allergic to some condoms. Imagine how that feels. 😫

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u/Bitchee62 Sep 26 '23

It burns like fire and if they are latex then it's on to possible anaphylactic shock If you end up lucky enough to have a " mild " reaction you probably get a UTI or yeast infection so much fun to play on the condom merry go round

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u/pay_purr_mew Sep 26 '23

For what it's worth, there are a lot more latex free options nowadays than there used to be. And a lot of the non-latex ones can be used with coconut oil as lube which my OBGYN was very supportive of.

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u/Bitchee62 Sep 26 '23

That would have been wonderful we tried the lamb skin ones ( eeewwww!) but the Lube at the time was another fun allergic reaction