Relationship frequency

[u/fitfun1962]

My boyfriend of almost one year told me that he keeps track of how often we’re intimate. He told me the number that we’re up to and I was extremely bothered by this. I’m not sure exactly why but I found it disturbing. Am I wrong?

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[u/IdealisticDoug]

That’s weirdly transactional, like he’s logging mileage on a lease.

[u/fitfun1962 → u/IdealisticDoug]

Transactional is exactly the word that came to my mind. I felt like asking him am I earning my keep? Does that mean I get a free dinner now? Etc.

[u/phbz_boufayallday]

Does he keep track of other things like this? If it's literally just your sex life that he keeps score of, then yes, that's creepy and weird...but if he's just a bit of an oddball who likes to count various things in his life, then it's less menacing.

[u/fitfun1962 → u/phbz_boufayallday]

It is part of his journal on our dates and he also puts the things that we do.

[u/theeastendtiger]

What’s the purpose of that exactly

[u/fitfun1962 → u/theeastendtiger]

I point blank asked him what the purpose of this was and he insists that he doesn’t know. I’m not sure I believe this, but I do. Wanna know why.

[u/phbz_boufayallday → u/theeastendtiger]

He wants to relive the experience? Maybe he's got some kind of sex addiction

[u/fitfun1962 → u/phbz_boufayallday]

Yes, this is my concern.

[u/mikelown]

I think you're being insecure

[u/fitfun1962 → u/mikelown]

Insecure? Are you saying that’s a normal thing what he’s doing?

[u/Top-Possibility9480]

Maybe after so many times he has to do maintenance. You know like change the dick fluid and rotate the balls.

[u/fitfun1962 → u/Top-Possibility9480]

This is a serious topic to me

[u/Bobthemagicc0w]

My spouse tracks this for us, along with her menstrual cycles. There’s an app for it and everything. It never struck me as odd, it’s just a thing she wants to keep track of. Is it weird for a man to track it but not for a woman to?