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Erotic Energy and the Big Mistake Men Make in Trying to Find It

Dan Dore & Steve Horsmon • 3m 44s • 21 October 2016

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Erotic Energy and the Big Mistake Men Make in Trying to Find It
Video overview: If your marriage has become practical, predictable, and flat, you may be wondering where the fun woman you married went — and where the fun man in you disappeared to. This video speaks to the husband who wants the flirting, touching, teasing, playfulness, and sexual energy back, but doesn’t know how to bring it without pressure or awkwardness.

A boring marriage can sneak up on you.

It doesn’t usually happen all at once. You don’t wake up one morning and suddenly realize everything is dead. It happens slowly, through logistics, stress, work, kids, bills, tiredness, resentment, disappointment, and hundreds of little moments where nobody reaches across the gap anymore.

One day you look at your wife and think, “Where did we go?”

You still share a house. You still talk about schedules. You still handle the chores, the money, the kids, the appointments, the repairs, the meals, and the endless practical stuff of life.

But the sparkle is gone.

No flirting. No dirty jokes. No dancing in the kitchen. No footsie under the table. No playful touching. No little looks across the room. No feeling that she wants to be near you just because she enjoys you.

And then sex becomes this heavy topic.

It stops feeling like play and starts feeling like a negotiation, a problem, a disappointment, or a source of tension. You may want it badly, but you also know that wanting it badly makes everything worse. So you either bring pressure, or you stop trying.

Neither feels good.

A lot of men in this place start believing their wife has simply changed. They tell themselves she’s not fun anymore. She’s too serious. She’s too tired. She’s too angry. She’s too focused on everything except the relationship.

Maybe there’s some truth in that.

But I want you to look somewhere more powerful first.

Look at what happened to you.

Where did your playful energy go?

Where did your boldness go?

Where did the man go who could tease, flirt, lead, laugh, touch, and create a little spark without needing a guarantee that she would respond perfectly?

That’s the real work.

Because many men don’t realize how much their own insecurity has killed the fun.

When you’re worried about rejection, every playful move starts to feel risky. A joke becomes a test. A touch becomes a question. A kiss becomes a request. A flirt becomes a way of checking if she still wants you.

And she can feel that.

She can feel when your playfulness is not really playfulness. She can feel when it’s a hidden attempt to get reassurance, approval, affection, or sex. She can feel when you’re trying to get something from her instead of simply bringing a good, alive, confident energy into the room.

That’s when everything gets heavy.

This video is about how to bring back the fun without making your wife responsible for it.

That’s a big difference.

You don’t wait for her to become playful before you become playful. You don’t wait for her to be affectionate before you become warm. You don’t wait for her to want sex before you become a man who enjoys his own masculine energy again.

You start bringing life back into yourself.

Not as a performance.

Not as a trick.

Not as a way to make her do something.

You bring it because you miss being that man.

The man who can smile without needing anything. The man who can make a cheeky comment and not collapse if she rolls her eyes. The man who can touch her shoulder as he walks by without making it a referendum on the marriage. The man who can ask her to dance in the kitchen and let it be awkward, silly, warm, and real.

That kind of energy is powerful because it isn’t needy.

It says, “I’m alive over here. I’m not waiting for life to give me permission to enjoy myself.”

That doesn’t mean you ignore pain in the relationship. If trust is broken, if there’s resentment, if she feels unsafe with you, you don’t just joke your way past that. You still have to be honest. You still have to listen. You still have to take responsibility for what you’ve contributed to the distance.

But many marriages don’t need more analysis first.

They need oxygen.

They need warmth.

They need a man who stops treating his wife like a locked door and starts remembering how to create a moment.

A boring marriage often becomes boring because everyone is waiting. You’re waiting for her to soften. She’s waiting for you to stop pressuring. You’re waiting for a sign. She’s waiting to feel something real. And while you both wait, life gets smaller.

I don’t want that for you.

I want you to see that fun is not childish. Play is not optional. Flirting is not silly. Touch is not just a pathway to sex. These things are part of the living energy between a man and a woman.

When they disappear, the marriage becomes a management system.

And nobody falls in love with a management system.

This video will help you see how to start bringing that spark back in a grounded way. Not by begging for date nights. Not by demanding more sex. Not by complaining that she used to be different.

By becoming more alive, more relaxed, more playful, and more self-respecting in your own body and your own home.

That is attractive.

Not because it guarantees she’ll respond instantly.

But because it puts you back in contact with the part of you that knows how to lead energy instead of waiting for it.

You don’t have to turn your marriage into some big romantic movie.

Start smaller.

A smile. A wink. A touch. A joke. A compliment with no hook in it. A little warmth with no demand behind it. A moment where you bring fun into the room and don’t make her responsible for rewarding you.

That’s how the ice begins to melt.

And brother, even if your marriage has been boring for a long time, you are not dead.

The playful man in you may just be buried under fear, resentment, pressure, and disappointment.

It’s time to bring him back.

Bring The Spark Back Into Yourself First

If your marriage feels boring, flat, or sexually distant, we can help you see what’s really happening underneath the loss of fun. You don’t have to force connection or pressure your wife — you can learn how to become calmer, warmer, bolder, and easier to feel close to again.

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About the Hosts

Steve Horsmon & Dan Dore | Certified Professional Men’s Coach

Steve Horsmon and Dan Dore have spent over a decade supporting good men who are confused, frustrated, and afraid that their marriages and families are falling apart with no idea what to do about it. We've both experienced the same emotions that you're going through now. We know what it feels like to try all the mainstream try harder, be nicer advice while watching things continue to get worse. And that's exactly why Goodguys2Greatmen exists. Since 2012, we've coached thousands of men through some of the hardest periods of their lives; marriage breakdown, emotional distance, sexless relationships, fears of divorce or separation. We focus on practical solutions to help you survive some of the most challenging and painful experiences that a man can go through. This podcast is for men who are done waiting for their life and relationships to improve and are ready to make some bold decisions so that you become more calm and confident and start moving toward what you really want.