When I was married, my ex-wife frequently said "no" to sex. It could be due to a variety of reasons, which I am sure most of you have seen or heard. It could include...
"I'm tired"
"On the rag"
"Just went to the gym"
"Stinky"
"They could hear us"
"We could get caught"
Funny story, I worked in baggage handling for an airline for some time, and would sometimes come home late at night. She would say "No, youre dirty. you just got home from work. Go clean up." I would take a shower, come out, and she would be snoring. Any attempt at that point was disturbing her sleep... pathetic Roober... but I digress
Then we divorced, and I dated a woman for a couple months. At first, everything was good. Then the "no" started free flowing, for many of the same excuses as my ex-wife. A new one was she dated some guy, and claimed he raped her, even though she stayed with him several months afterwards. It was then my fault for making her feel like that man did... I ate that crap up... and submitted... sigh...
Fast forward to my current lady, whom I met after finding SS...
We have been together about 3 years, and she has yet to tell me "no". And I will say that I have attempted to get a "no" under many reasonable circumstances. We have had sex in the woods on a hiking trails, no showers for two days, during her monthly cycle, with my boys in the room next door, with my mom cooking dinner in the kitchen down the hall, in my dusty grimy garage, late at night (2am/4am/12am), in every area of the house, near open windows, when I was wasted, balconies, in my yard with goats walking around, camping, tents, public bathrooms, etc. In some instances, there was a bit of a resistance, but always a smile while I pulled her pants off. I won't go into my tactics here, because I think that could warrant a thread of it's own.
However, this concept has been bugging me for a while. What causes a woman in a relationship to say "No" to sex? And is it okay for her to say "no" to sex? IF it is okay, when is it acceptable and why?
NOTE: I am referring to two people in a relationship (LTR or FWB), not random encounters which could qualify as rape.