4d ago
49 and I honestly don't know how I'd even start the sentence. Like, do I just casually drop into dinner conversation that things have changed down there and I'm dreading intimacy now? My husband is lovely, genuinely, but I have said nothing. For months. Because I don't know how to say "it hurts and I've gone completely off it" without him thinking it's about him or about us. I've been writing things down before my GP appointment next week because I know I'll go blank the second I'm in the room. Dryness, discomfort, the UTI feeling that comes from nowhere, the way I just feel sort of... shut down in that part of myself. It's harder to write than I thought. Has anyone actually managed to talk to their partner about this? Not a big emotional sit-down, just... said it? I'd love to know how you found the words. x