Hello all,

I posted here last week about adapting red pill theories to a lesbian relationship. Specifically, how to cut Lesbian Bed Death off before it becomes an issue. First off, THANK YOU to all you folks who took so much time to write me detailed responses.

TL;DR: I'm a lesbian starting to apply TRP to my relationship. I'm starting small, but hoping small changes now will help me avoid a dead bedroom in the future, and overall improve my ability to have a healthy relationship. Input greatly appreciated.

LESBIAN BED DEATH

For those of you who don't know what lesbian bed death is, allow me to explain. Every single lesbian I have ever met has either experience this themselves, or knows plenty of people who have. Here's what happens: sometimes as quickly as a few months or a few years in, lesbians will get trapped in a cycle of non-initiation of sex. Each one is waiting for the other to take charge, and it often just never happens. It lacks the crushing resentment or disgust of when a woman stops fucking her man. The lesbians will often still be VERY attracted to each other, but completely paralyzed to act on it. Obviously other dead bedrooms are related to a partner getting lazy and unattractive--those are not what I'm addressing.

What I intend to investigate is how appealing to red Pill theories can help with this power struggle, and eventually lead to more consistent sex between lesbians.

Be clear: I'm not saying that dead bedrooms necessarily happen more often to lesbians. But this type of non-initiation rut is SO COMMON for many lesbians. Where both know they "should" be having sex, but breaking out of a rut requires acknowledging the rut in the first place. And acknowledging the rut seems like it'll just be more painful than ignoring it. PLEASE let me know if any of you guys experience this so I can amend my theory, but I've never heard of this exchange happening in a heterosexual relationship long-term.

THE DETAILS

I'm 26 Femme, athletic and dominant, and she's 28, butch, chubby and much less dominant. We don't follow a typical "butch/femme" paradigm, but when push comes to shove, I'm the rock. She doesn't like making decisions at home.

Work: I work in college athletics as an assistant coach on an all-female staff. I plan on applying these skills there as well. My other two coaches are typical "I can't make a decisions what do you think" women. And I'm done letting their indecision and poor leadership slow me down.

Reading: NMMNG. Fascinating stuff. I feel like he's narrating my life.

Fitness: I run, play sports, and occasionally do body weight workouts. I'm already objectively have higher SMV than my partner, but I plan on continuing to be in shape. Never let yourself get comfortable right?

Relationship: we've been together a while, but we're currently long distance (1200 miles) for the next 7-8 months. We see each other every weekend however, so it's just a mild annoyance.

I absolutely adore her--she's a wonderful partner. But I see some red flags of lesbian bed death, and I want to cut that off before it becomes a real thing. Sex is somewhat inconsistent. When we're having it, it's 8-10 times a week. When we're not, we might go an entire half a month without a passionate physical moment.

My few qualms with our non-physical relationship, as I see now, are simply stemming from me failing shit/comfort tests. It's her getting a little needy or a little bitchy (PMS and otherwise). Me letting myself mirror that behavior. It's nice to have some answers on that front. Overall no real complaints other than the inconsistent sex.

I believe red pill will help me uncover some of the inner workings of why some weeks I can't keep her off me, and others I can't get her legs open with pliers. It will also help me own my shit better, help me get my needs met without being a twat about it, and help deal with her when she gets fussy.

SELF IMPROVEMENT AND RESULTS

Behaviors I've adjusted in the past couple weeks:

  1. No more apologizing when getting my needs met or giving directions.

  2. Tease her more.

  3. Be available on MY terms during the week when we aren't together.

  4. Use more direct language when speaking to her. Less qualifiers and qualifying statements.

  5. Be slightly less verbally affectionate during the week when we are apart.

  6. Starting to take note of and identify comfort/shit tests. I am not actively doing anything about them yet...just not feeding into them or off them like I used to. STFU, self, STFU.

  7. I planned our date next weekend from top to bottom without asking for input, which is very outside the box for me. Small victories, guys!

Results:

  1. She has been putting way more effort during the week to reach out and connect. Lots of sweetness.

  2. She's been asking for my advice on things almost every other day.

  3. She's been flirting a lot more, uninitiated by myself.

  4. I feel less crazy haha

  5. I am WAY less anxious.

  6. I'm sticking up for myself more. Good results had.

  7. Shit at work is running much more smoothly. The team is performing really well, unknown whether that has anything to do with me. More data needed.

CONCLUSIONS

Me embracing that I'm more dominant is resulting in a lot of great things in my relationship and at work. Much appreciation to you guys for taking the time to talk things out with me.

I'm really interested to see how TRP has to be modified (if at all) to suit a relationship where no one who identifies as a man. If you have any ideas about this, throw them out! I have a couple of ideas:

  1. Dread game may have to be adjusted. I'm thinking the emotional might be more effective than the physical. This is very situation-dependent, but mildly withdrawing affection might make a bigger impact than starting to lift. Especially if the partner is into feminine women. But I suspect most of it can remain the same.

  2. If I were a butch, I think I'd be able to "man up" more in order to be more attractive. But I'm not, so that ideal may have to be adjusted accordingly. We're lesbians for a reason--we LOVE women. So either of us trying to un-woman ourselves would probably not be advisable.

  3. I am wondering if shit/comfort tests will change, based on the different gender dynamic.

I look forward to hearing your ideas and feedback--both positive and negative. Thanks!