I think it's time to consider couples' therapy, and possibly for him to consider individual therapy. Also, has your boyfriend had a thorough medical exam lately? There could be a medical issue that's affecting him.
It seems as if you both communicate, but for some reason he does not fully open up to you, especially about why he does not follow through with what you two have agreed on. There may be something else going on here that he's not comfortable talking to you about – possibly a psychological or medical issue. Especially when the changes in his behavior have been so rapid.
Also, are you two generally physically affectionate outside of sex? Maybe both of you need to step back a bit and concentrate on being physical without sex. If the only time you are physical with each other is for sex, that may be an issue because he feels obliged to perform every time there is any physical affection, and it's causing anxiety. Just a thought.
I agree with you that if he wants a femdom relationship there needs to be a safe-word and some ground rules decided upon in advance. This is not something to enter into lightly, and simply “forcing” sex on him is not likely to improve the situation between you, especially if there's a problem to be addressed.
If she's the one who stopped working or whose career was put on hold, yes. But if a woman is a higher earner, which is increasingly common, she could end up worse off in a divorce. I'm not saying not to marry but the whole protection for women thing is based on making women dependent on men and a far better protection is to ensure that's not the case.
Yes ask him out. Don’t over think it.
I think it's time to consider couples' therapy, and possibly for him to consider individual therapy. Also, has your boyfriend had a thorough medical exam lately? There could be a medical issue that's affecting him.
It seems as if you both communicate, but for some reason he does not fully open up to you, especially about why he does not follow through with what you two have agreed on. There may be something else going on here that he's not comfortable talking to you about – possibly a psychological or medical issue. Especially when the changes in his behavior have been so rapid.
Also, are you two generally physically affectionate outside of sex? Maybe both of you need to step back a bit and concentrate on being physical without sex. If the only time you are physical with each other is for sex, that may be an issue because he feels obliged to perform every time there is any physical affection, and it's causing anxiety. Just a thought.
I agree with you that if he wants a femdom relationship there needs to be a safe-word and some ground rules decided upon in advance. This is not something to enter into lightly, and simply “forcing” sex on him is not likely to improve the situation between you, especially if there's a problem to be addressed.
Best of luck to both of you.
If she's the one who stopped working or whose career was put on hold, yes. But if a woman is a higher earner, which is increasingly common, she could end up worse off in a divorce. I'm not saying not to marry but the whole protection for women thing is based on making women dependent on men and a far better protection is to ensure that's not the case.
You could set up a coffee date, then ask him out for a date (use the word!) at the end if you think things went well.
“Run away, Simba. Run. Run away and never return.”