Hey everyone - i'd like to hear from people in solid, healthy relationships on a problem i am experiencing.
i am currently living a dream. i met this girl a few years ago and after losing touch a for a couple years, we are finally together in what could be the healthiest relationship i've ever experienced. we have fun, go out often, and play a lot. we are constantly discussing theoreticals and always trying to learn and grow together. we go ballroom dancing (which i enjoy) and have good relationships with both her parents and mine. serving her, following her around and doing anything she wants is a joy for me because my heart just melts whenever i look at her.
here's my problem:
my sex drive is apparently much higher than hers. actually, i don't even think it's a drive thing so much as a comfort thing. i'm not sure. on the most basic level: i want her constantly. would gladly make love to her all day every day until our bodies gave out. maybe more. i am very attentive- and she agrees- and my main focus is almost exclusively her pleasure. i am very good at satisfying her physically and that makes me very happy.
she, on the other hand, is a little more sporadic. sometimes she wants it- sometimes she doesn't. days will go by where i am consistently late to work because she wont let me go but then she just shuts off and says she doesn't want to or isn't comfortable or unhappy with herself. this morning- full disclosure, i apologize, we were in bed and i was playing with her breasts. she was grinding on me and generally making me crazy. we were both very happy at this moment. but when i asked if we could have sex she flatly refused. this happens pretty regularly and i just don't get it. i give her so much sexually and she rarely reciprocates. i am usually ok with this but when she just says "no" for no apparent reason and doesn't offer an alternative or try in any way to give me any sort of release i feel like i just want to throw a tantrum. i am a pretty harsh person to deal with- probably from living and working in pretty harsh environments. being rejected at the peak of arousal will almost definitely make me grumpy. this in turn makes her all kinds of not OK and she almost always starts crying and we end up on the verge of giving up the relationship. i do not want to lose her because of sex. but i do not want to be in a relationship where my desires are ignored or denied or are somehow repugnant to her. i know this is all a little fuzzy, i apologize for being disorganized but i need some help here. i always feel like the bad guy. sometimes i feel like a total creep just for wanting her. where is the healthy middle ground? why is she so wishy-washy? i do everything i can to make her happy, comfortable and feel loved. am i expecting too much in return? help!