Struggle with husband

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I am a married woman, and I am submissive to my husband. Here lately I have been really wanting to have him submit to me. When I mention it, he brushes it off like a joke. I don't even know how to approach him to seriously discuss it. I want to know how some of you may have approached this subject in the past.
 
I think you may need to be cleared, what do you mean by submit? Do you mean a D/s, where you are the domme, in control? Do you mean during play you want to take on the dominant/top role? Domination has different meanings, so it would be valuable to know what you mean.

As far as your husband goes, if you are serious about this, and he tries to make a joke out of it, don't let him, that is pretty rude and inconsiderate. I suspect he heard what you said and blew it off as a joke because it made him uncomfortable, but you have the right to talk about with him and have it discussed. If you are in a lifestyle Ds how you approach this would be quite different then if it is in the playroom, but in either case he should take you seriously, not joke about it.
 
Our relationship is something between husband/wife and D/s. I would want to just start by trying on the role of top because it is something I have not experienced. Even those rare times I am not submitting, I am not running the show if you know what I mean. I just want to see what it is like. I just don't know how to address it.
 
The best way I can think is to sit and talk to your H about your feelings. Explain to him how you are curious about topping in play. If you want to try out being a domme with him, you could suggest something like for a day or weekend, you guys live out where you are the domme and he the sub, and see what he thinks. Before doing that, see what you want out of it..would you want only to be in control of certain things? Would you only want to be in charge let's say of what you do in bed, or watch on tv , or which movie to watch, or is it something else? I think before talking to him, you need to decide for yourself what you want and go from there. If it is simply to try topping, or more D/s stuff, think about what you want, and sit down and talk to him about it. If you go in with concrete ideas/suggestions, it is a lot harder to laugh at it. BTW, I would also tell him that it bothered you he laughed it off and didn't even try and ask about it, that was pretty rude IMO.
 
Read the essay in my sig, for another way to think about it
:)

Also, yes, people change over the years, women and men both.

Unfortunately, I do not have advice for you on how to get your partner to change along with you... Relationships are not my strong suite
 
As a male dominant with a submissive wife, I can offer that he may or may not have any interest in submitting. He may or may not fear how it may alter your current D/s relationship. However, I assume you have open channels of communication. You simply need to tell him this is something you want his assistance with exploring. He should take you seriously. He may see how bottoming for you is not submission, it does not alter his position as dominant and can begin the exploration you seek. Whether he ever submits is an unknown, submission is in my perception more complex than bottoming and thus highly individual. For example, I could bottom, I doubt I could submit. Good luck out there.
 
My advice may go against the norm, but I would suggest you approach him sexually from the top without talking about it beforehand.

I have a dominant husband, and in our early marriage we switched roles quite a bit without really talking about it beforehand. I'd just show up with a strap-on - or take initiative that put me in positions of control - or roleplay authoritative character/positions. He almost invariably went along with me because it surprised, entertained, excited him, etc.

In time, we have settled into a relationship that reflects our more comfortable roles. But we would never have done all that experimenting if we had talked it out beforehand, and planned it consciously - we were both too shy and/or too fixed in what we thought we were supposed to be.

It's true that if you don't talk ahead of time, your advances may be rejected. But don't take it personally. I can tell you from experience that rejection at first suggestion doesn't necessarily mean rejection over time.

I know that verbal communication is important . . . I'm just suggesting that we can include this kind of spontaneous play as an element of communication. It is one way of bypassing the knee-jerk "I don't do that" reaction, because sometimes I do the things I don't think I'll do. :D And so does he.
 
My advice may go against the norm, but I would suggest you approach him sexually from the top without talking about it beforehand.

I have a dominant husband, and in our early marriage we switched roles quite a bit without really talking about it beforehand. I'd just show up with a strap-on - or take initiative that put me in positions of control - or roleplay authoritative character/positions. He almost invariably went along with me because it surprised, entertained, excited him, etc.

In time, we have settled into a relationship that reflects our more comfortable roles. But we would never have done all that experimenting if we had talked it out beforehand, and planned it consciously - we were both too shy and/or too fixed in what we thought we were supposed to be.

It's true that if you don't talk ahead of time, your advances may be rejected. But don't take it personally. I can tell you from experience that rejection at first suggestion doesn't necessarily mean rejection over time.

I know that verbal communication is important . . . I'm just suggesting that we can include this kind of spontaneous play as an element of communication. It is one way of bypassing the knee-jerk "I don't do that" reaction, because sometimes I do the things I don't think I'll do. :D And so does he.

Or that could break the valuable trust that comes with D/s couples. I'm not saying one way or the other as I think that the trust between the two would allow the husband to at least give it a shot but I also know that some people will always stay doms or subs. If the OP just surprises him, she could face rejection of his trust and any chance of try as well as a possibly damaged marriage.
 
I'm a dom

but I switched with my ex because she wanted to know what it felt like to be in control. I loved her as I have never loved anyone, so I switched to please her. It didn't do anything for me sexually, not personally, but she loved it, so I enjoyed it vicariously. And I don't think it does any dom harm to know what it feels like to be on the receiving end. It rather expands one's understanding of what a sub accepts. So I have absolutely no regrets.

However, I very much doubt that I'll ever again meet any woman I love enough, to switch for.

Our relationship is something between husband/wife and D/s. I would want to just start by trying on the role of top because it is something I have not experienced. Even those rare times I am not submitting, I am not running the show if you know what I mean. I just want to see what it is like. I just don't know how to address it.
 
Might as well demand that he sprout horns and hooves. Real dominance aint about wearing the school colors. IRL relationships dont usually survive change, and if you push it youre likely to get change you didnt want.
 
I think I might try a combination of these suggestions.

Over the course of our marriage my wife has gone from being very submissive to being the dominant one on many occasions. I'm sure I could have resisted when it began but I was fascinated to see her sexual evolution. I'm a much better dom now that I know what being submissive feels like.

There were several moments that I started to see her wanting to be more in charge, one specific one was when I was teasing her orally, bringing her to the edge of orgasm and then changing rhythm, position, angle, etc... all to keep her on the edge as long as possible. Her body was shaking, trembling, it seemed as if every cell in her body was ready to explode and as I backed away one more time she reached down, grabbed the back of my neck and with a surprising amount of strength, clamped my mouth against her clit, grinding herself to an orgasm. It was so sexually arousing to me that she had just taken control like that, that we started talking about other ways she could take control. It's been an amazing journey since those many years ago.

In terms of advice, people and relationships are so different it's difficult to know what will work with your partner, but my suggestion would be to explore the topic with a "I really enjoyed it when" or "You seemed to enjoy it when I" type statement or question. Has there been anytime when you've taking control, even in a small way?

For me, I told my wife how hot it was when she grabbed the back of my head like that. (Of course, the really hot sex we had right after probably gave away how I felt :) ) I told her it really turned me on and I asked if she enjoyed it. After a few seconds of acting embarrassed, and feeling safe that what she had done I had truly loved, we talked about the idea of her being more in charge. It was a slow process, but our sexual life is much better because of that initial conversation.

Good luck.
 
I would have a very hard time bending my ass over for anyone who thought submitting to me was somehow a joke, but that's just me.
 
I mentioned again to him that I wanted to be more dominant in the bed, and I pretty much got the same reaction as before. It really feels like he doesn't trust me. I am planning on trying a more seductive approach, but I may just have to let this rest for a little while.

On a different note I am excited because I just got a new corset. There is nothing quite like feeling sexy to boost my mood a little.
 
I mentioned again to him that I wanted to be more dominant in the bed, and I pretty much got the same reaction as before. It really feels like he doesn't trust me. I am planning on trying a more seductive approach, but I may just have to let this rest for a little while.

On a different note I am excited because I just got a new corset. There is nothing quite like feeling sexy to boost my mood a little.
Try telling him you want to try topping him in bed. And you might need to be more specific about what you want to do, for instance; Tell him to lay back and let you edge him for twenty minutes. No cumming until the clock rings. It doesn't seem like a long time, not too scary-- and he can hang on to the headboard if he doesn't trust you with the rope.

What's not to love about that?
 
Try telling him you want to try topping him in bed. And you might need to be more specific about what you want to do, for instance; Tell him to lay back and let you edge him for twenty minutes. No cumming until the clock rings. It doesn't seem like a long time, not too scary-- and he can hang on to the headboard if he doesn't trust you with the rope.

What's not to love about that?

I feel like this is doable for me. I am sure some of my troubles with communicating all of this is I am hesitant to ask him to do anything. This would feel safe for me as well.
 
Perhaps he simply has no interest whatsoever in being a bottom or submissive and is just trying not to to hurt your feelings with outright rejection.

I know that my response would simply be "No". If my hypothetical partner insisted, then I would serious doubts about the viability of the relationship.
 
Perhaps he simply has no interest whatsoever in being a bottom or submissive and is just trying not to to hurt your feelings with outright rejection.

I know that my response would simply be "No". If my hypothetical partner insisted, then I would serious doubts about the viability of the relationship.

As she may also. Her response could be "You know where the door is, please close it on your way out".

Edited to add:I just hate arrogance. Being dominant does not mean being arrogant.
 
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I have the opposite situation. Partner is submissive and will on very, very rare occasions dominate me. Unfortunately, it makes her very uncomfortable. I would like to be able to do it more often, but I don't push in the interest of peace in our time. ;)
 
Perhaps he simply has no interest whatsoever in being a bottom or submissive and is just trying not to to hurt your feelings with outright rejection.

I know that my response would simply be "No". If my hypothetical partner insisted, then I would serious doubts about the viability of the relationship.

Pretty good way to guarantee you would never get bored in a relationship, since they are likely not to last long. Hate to tell you, but someone who talks about what they want, even in the face of 'no', means the relationship is more viable, because it means the other person is not afraid to talk about things, and if someone gets their nose bent out of joint because the other person expresses them,it isn't good.
 
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