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"I'm not sure if I'm imagining it or not but I have the feeling that my husband tries to get me tipsy before we have sex. He keeps refilling my glass and insisting for us to share just one more drink on nights leading up to sex. For the most part I don't think that's a logical conclusion for me to draw because it's not like it modifies my consent in any way - I would still agree to have sex if I wasn't drunk and he knows this. And he isn't pushing for different kinds of sex when I'm drunk, that maybe I wouldn't normally agree to so it's all good. But I still find it awkward and uncomfortable that I have this feeling that he really wants me to drink before and I can't shake the feeling off. And another thing that makes me uncomfortable is that many years ago on a vacation we had through Italy he did it again but then he also didn't really take no for an answer when we got to the hotel. To be fair I didn't really reject him, only verbally, because I felt like I'm too tipsy to enjoy it - alcohol numbs my sensations so I can't really feel much if I drink. But then I tried to address it the next day and he said that 'alcohol lowers my inhibitions' so I don't know, it felt somehow off. I haven't thought about it in a long time but I still have this frustration that I need to turn down one more glass at dinner frequently and he seems disappointed every time I refuse drinks even if we still have sex after. And recently we were discussing trips and where to go on our next travel and he references that trip in Italy and that particular night as 'the best sex he ever had'. That made me really quietly angry somehow so now I feel like I'm questioning this entire sex dynamic we have but I don't know if I'm crazy or not. What do you think?
For context, we’ve been together approximately 17 years (since early 20s) and married for 15.”...
