Lately, my partner likes to criticize me a lot, especially when we're being intimate. Tonight I finally had enough and told him I'm not going to be giving anything up for a while! We've never had major problems before and I believed we had a healthy relationship where we would discuss our lives outside from each other. But now I'm questioning that.

Anyways, do you have a suggestion, whether short or long-term, that you think would help? less

Of course there are no magic words but try to talk to him. There's always the possibility that he isn't emotionally mature enough to even realize that he's hurt you with his comments. We all make mistakes, help him to understand that he's been making some that need corrected. I wish good luck to both of you. less