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| Rowan Pelling gives advice on what to do if you find out your partner is secretly not happy with your sex life. Pictured: Stock image |
QUESTION: My husband and I met two years ago and I thought
we had great relationship. But last weekend I was alone and discovered his
diary. I was shocked to find he writes about our love life in detail and is
sometimes critical of ‘dull’ sex. Should I confront him?
Answer: It’s hard
to decide just who’s the worst behaved here: your graceless man for
writing about your sexual encounters or you for reading his private diary.
You are quite old enough
to know that no good ever comes of reading someone else’s journal and, indeed,
that it’s a breach of trust.
If you confront your man
about the diary, he may never trust you again. I mean, where will your snooping
end? How would you feel if he read your texts? Let’s have some mutual
honesty here. Has there never been one occasion when you thought
sex was a bit below par?
It’s unkind to commit such a thought to paper, perhaps, but
examine your own conscience.
You need to ask yourself which couple has thrilling, adventurous
sex every time they go to bed.
Sometimes stress,
tiredness or alcohol turns things into a damp squib. For that reason, I think
it’s a blessing we can’t read our lover’s thoughts.
Bear in mind you didn’t
find any key relationship blunders in his diary. He didn’t write about flirting
with other women or finding you unattractive.
I can’t help wondering
whether your man is guilty of anything more than painful honesty. And if that’s
the case, can’t you turn this to your advantage?
Why not simply say to
your partner: ‘I’m worried we’ve got into a bit of a rut with our sex life. How
can we make things more exciting?’ This should erase any ‘dull’ factor.
The final thing I’d say
is that if you want stay sane and happy you must realise that having the last
word is futile — and that reading the diary is a mistake.
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