I Can’t Be Attracted to Mothers. Not Even My Own Wife.

BY ALLISON PRICE

I’m not attracted to my wife since she had our son two years ago. It’s not that her body is radically different—she’s within a couple of pounds of her pre-baby weight—it’s just impossible for me to look at her and think of her as a sexual being and not just a mom. Maybe part of it is that our son is still nursing and so my wife’s body is literally being used for mothering purposes all the time. Maybe part of it is that her only interests right now are her job and our kid (understandably; she doesn’t have time for anything else). I’ve never found moms attractive in the past. If I thought a friend was cute, the minute she had a baby she became unattractive to me. But everyone said it would be different with my own wife because, of course, we had a history together. It’s not different. I feel like an asshole and I don’t know what to do.

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