Dear Dr. Schitslinger,
My husband and I have been married for seven years. We have one child, a 4-year-old boy. My husband lost his job last month, but I work and we are getting by. Our sex life is good, but not like it was the first couple of years in our marriage. I figured it was natural for a married couple to become less sexually active after having a child. But I discovered something about my husband recently, and now I am not so sure about our sex life.
Our boy was at school and I came home from work during my lunch, as I had forgotten some papers. When I entered our house I entered the living room and to my surprise I found my husband masturbating on the sofa. This surprised me (and my showing up surprised him too), but what really shocked me was that he was watching the Golden Girls! He acted as casual as he could, but I guess the look of shock on my face had him feeling embarrassed and making ‘light’ of my catching him. I did not stay to ask any questions, I grabbed the papers I had come for and left returning to work. Later that evening before we went to bed I asked him why he was watching The Golden Girls? I made a light joke about my being too young for him, that maybe he likes older women. He replied he still found me attractive, but that he found Betty White as ‘hot’! Now I thought he was joking, but he was not. A week has passed by and I cannot get over the fact that he was sexually aroused by an elderly lady. To put this in perspective, I am 33 and my husband is 30. My question to you Dr. Schitslinger is this; Do I have anything to worry about? Should we go to counseling? Is my husband sick? What should I do? I guess I have several questions. Please advise me on how I should handle this situation.
Sincerely,
Too Young in Georgia
Dear TYIG,
First off, I would not say that your husband is ‘sick’. He may just have a fetish for elderly women. Now provided you do not have a problem with his masturbating fantasies, and he remains loyal to you, then what is the problem? If you are sexually satisfied and he is sexually satisfied with you (unless he’s masturbating), then why worry? Honestly, have you ever fantasized about a famous person like, Ted Koppel or Andy Rooney, whose big bushy eyebrows push you over the orgasmic edge??! Fantasies, especially sexual fantasies are common as the wind. Maybe you could put on a Golden Girls DVD, dress like Betty White aka Rose and take your husband over his orgasmic edge! Why not?! If you telling St. Olaf stories to your husband gets his juices flowing what harm is there in that!? If you want to keep your man, then let him beat it to Betty!
Now Go Do What I Tell You!
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