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posted 2 years ago in Intimacy
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  • poll: Who initates more?
    You : (40 votes)
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    Him : (92 votes)
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    Equally : (43 votes)
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    Not Applicable (ie waiting for marriage) : (6 votes)
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    awakemysoul       Toronto

    Just wondering, in your relationship, who tends to initiate physical stuff more often?

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    ummm that would be me :D i want to "jump his bones" whenever i'm around him.  and he just grins and obliges... (i guess it's hard work when your woman wants you all the time lol)... he only seems to initiate it when i'm asleep :D...

     
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    KMSull    August 7, 2010   Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    Hmmm...

     
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    Ms.Teddy    April 2011   South Carolina

    Definately him...but thats because he is like a 17 year old boy in that department...wants to do it ALL THE TIME. I guess thats a compliment lol...he wants to jump my bones all the time!

     
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    Minutiae    May 2011  

    I'd say we're pretty equally randy. :D

     
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    newbiecici    September 18, 2010   Louisiana

    I'd say equally...sometimes it might be one of us more than the other, but I think we even out!

     
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    tessabella76    September 12, 2009   Ohio

    Him, but I'm trying to initiate a little more often ;)

     
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    tbk041710    04-17-10   Augusta, GA

    me, because he does not like to get denied so he lets me initiate.  i think he likes to feel wanted, who doesn't?

     
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    MsMamaBear       Atlanta

    Me. On or off the pill, my sex drive is HIGH. LOL! (I say off because I went off them recently.lol)

     
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    phedre    August 9, 2010   New Orleans, LA

    Well... it used to be about equal but now it's almost solely him - not because I'm not interested.. It's a long story but he had a medical problem for a while there that made sex very uncomfortable/painful.  He is much better now but I'm still shy about initiating because I got rejected a few times during that period which, honestly, bruised my ego.  Besides, I don't want to hurt him so I would rather him initiate so that I know he's feeling well enough.

     
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    bamm    June 5th 2010/August 15th 2010   Seoul

    I think we're pretty equal, but it depends on the time of the day.  If it's night, it's 100% me, but if it is morning it is 100% him...except when I'm jet lagged...then suddenly I become a morning fiend which makes him very very happy!

     
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    simpleandchic    November 27, 2010   Adelaide, South Australia

    Him Him Him I just don't feel heaps into it these days,

     
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    realeastcoaster    July 11, 2009   Canada

    We're equal on this one.

     
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    redherring    September 11, 2010   Pittsburgh, PA

    Him. I lost my job about four months ago, and this whole being unemployed thing is messing with my mojo.

     
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    AnamCara    April 10, 2010   Ireland/Connecticut

    Me.  Definitely me.  But every once in a while it seems to even out.  He's been away since September so I'm REALLY looking forward to our reunion in February (and he better be too!)

     
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    HereComesTheSun    March 6, 2010   Houston, TX

    Equal. Happily so.

    I was with a guy that never initiated. It was always me and I just can't do that anymore.

     
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    Valhalla    June 26, 2010   Vancouver, British Columbia

    It definitely used to be FI, but now it is more me as he has gotten even busier with work. But he is ususally eager when I initiate, so its not a big deal.

     
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    Rosie Girl    September 18, 2010   Montana

    We both want to do it constantly!!!! So we are pretty equal! :)

     
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    otb    December 31, 2009   Chicago, IL

    We're pretty equal, for a while it was me initiating ALL the time, but lately he has been pretty randy!  I think he's just excited for the wedding!

     
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    Osakagrl    May 8th 2010   Sacramento , CA

    I think most of the time it is him. I initiate it when im feeling extra feisty but he has the drive of a 18 year old boy! Hard to keep up with sometimes!

     
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    CurlyDreamer    patiently waiting   Bay Area

    For straight TMI it's him. He has such a crazy high libido (I sometimes get embarassed to say how often we TMI) that he usually doesn't give me the chance to initiate. For just cuddling and stuff like that, it's usually me.

     
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    AnnieAAA    October 25, 2009   Dallas, TX

    Yeah that would be him, I hardly ever initiate :( But I'm working on it because he complains that I never do!

     
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    caitlanc    September 12, 2009   Western Slope of Colorado

    Definitely him but I wish it was more equal.  I pretty much just get frisky for a few days every month.  (At least predicting my cycle and getting pregnant should be easy!)  But I know he'd really like it if I initiated more often as well.  I make a point to say yes whenever possible, even if I'm not in the mood, and that definitely helps keep my drive up.  "Use it or lose it" is so true in this situation! 

     
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    jwinnings      

    my guy is always touching me and that typically leads to things, i dont mind because i love how attacted he is to me.

     
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    Jaxx317    July 17, 2011   Brooklyn, NY/wedding in the Hudson Valley

    it's pretty even, though at times it's all one person, and at other times, it's the other person, but it all balances out i think.

     
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    CorgiTales    February 1, 2011  

    Umm... for me to initiate there would have to be a time that he was NOT initiating... which is pretty much never. lol. 

     
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    Nlmiele    July 3, 2010   Pa

    him.. im a prude nowadays. as in.. i've lost my mojo

     
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    butterflyjessica    August 27, 2010   New Mexico

    Me....he is always on Xbox or playing games...Hell I'm lucky to even see him at bedtime or before 3 am...

     
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    rainbow    January 1, 2011   Tampa

    I'd say we're pretty equal!

     
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    scissors    June 19, 2010   Atlanta, Ga

    I think we're pretty equal, but maybe him a little bit more. I do it at night/in the middle of the night, and he does it all day. :p So he gets more hours of it.

     
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    verosara    March 27, 2010   LA, California

    I feel like it's more equal lately, but for the most part it's him.  I've been trying to be better about it since I know that he wants to feel wanted too, which is totally understandable.

     
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    galacticpony    December 11, 2010   NYC

    At the beginning of our relationship, I was definitely jumping him much much more than he jumped me. He told me the reason why he didn't initiate was because he was still completely shocked I was a "lady on the street, and a freak in the bed," bwahahaha. Once the shock wore off, he started to initiate more. Now we're 50/50.

     
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    veganglam    January 5, 2013   Philadelphia; Wedding in NYC

    i'm pretty much always the one to initiate, i just have a much higher libido than him.
    no, that's not true. it's how we handle stress. while we're at school, we're both very stressed out, but stress kills his sex drive whereas it doesn't kill mine. when we're on breaks, we initiate pretty equally. 

    i wish life were one big long break. :/

     
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    prettylizy    November 24, 2010  

    My FI is an "always ready" kind of guy.... he's almost always the one to initiate.

     
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    Miss Lily    August 1, 2008   TX

    crebre-wish I had that problem. Apparently I am more than he can handle lately :(

     

    Anyone else have that problem? Any advice? I guess maybe I feel a little unwanted. Maybe once all of this crap we've been going through lately blows over it will be better...

     
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    3M    June 5, 2010   Mt. Morris

    Oh Miss Lily, i feel you.  I was wondering if I was the only one in this situation.

    Mr3m used to always initiate in the beginning and it seems the last few months have been just eh...

    I mean, we have alot going on, i lost my job in Oct. and we bought a house the same week and with moving and financial caution and holidays, maybe its just stress. Now we are both sick.  

    Feeling unwanted here too.

     
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    tammyt112    May 29, 2010  

    HIM because I want it all the time now that i'm in my prime (almost 30), and if it was up to me he would be worn out! So whenever he initiates which is almost every night, I jump right on the gun, lol

     
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    Danish_Student    July 31, 2010   Denmark

    It used to be him, but the last months it has been me mostly... So I voted equally.

     
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    Mrs. Dee to Bee    January 30, 2010   Louisville, KY (Wedding in TX)

    He USUALLY initiates more, but I find that if I've been working out recently, then my libido goes CRAZY and I end up initiating more...

     
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    brendamar    December 24, 2011   Puerto Rico (live in VA)

    It's mostly him, but I don't know what it is about playing hard to get that gets me going.  I trick him into it sometimes by purposely undressing right in front of the bedroom tv, or bending over to grab something in my undergarments.... it's my way of initiating it but since he makes the move first, he says it's always him.  silly boy!

     

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