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Tell All: My husband is getting uglier
I admit that it’s affecting our sex life
BY ISTHMUS STAFF
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
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Dear Tell All: My husband was a hunk when I met him at UW-Madison: square-jawed, dark-haired, and muscular. Now, almost 20 years after we got married, he’s none of those things. His jawline has softened. His lovely hair is falling out. And he’s gone flabby from lack of exercise.
It gets worse. He used to be a sharp dresser but now wears ill-fitting outfits that do him no favors. He has hair growing out of his nose. The skin on the back of his hands is starting to wrinkle.
My husband and I used to have a great sex life, but I admit that it’s harder to get in the mood these days. I find myself putting him off more and more, and he’s obviously frustrated. We haven’t discussed it because I don’t want to talk about the way he looks. It would mortify him, and I doubt he’d ever forgive me.
I’m getting older too, of course, but I pride myself on exercising, eating right, and attending to my appearance. I think I look good and wish I still had a partner who did. How should aging couples handle this situation?
Tell All: My husband is getting uglier
I admit that it’s affecting our sex life
BY ISTHMUS STAFF
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
RSS
Expand
Dear Tell All: My husband was a hunk when I met him at UW-Madison: square-jawed, dark-haired, and muscular. Now, almost 20 years after we got married, he’s none of those things. His jawline has softened. His lovely hair is falling out. And he’s gone flabby from lack of exercise.
It gets worse. He used to be a sharp dresser but now wears ill-fitting outfits that do him no favors. He has hair growing out of his nose. The skin on the back of his hands is starting to wrinkle.
My husband and I used to have a great sex life, but I admit that it’s harder to get in the mood these days. I find myself putting him off more and more, and he’s obviously frustrated. We haven’t discussed it because I don’t want to talk about the way he looks. It would mortify him, and I doubt he’d ever forgive me.
I’m getting older too, of course, but I pride myself on exercising, eating right, and attending to my appearance. I think I look good and wish I still had a partner who did. How should aging couples handle this situation?