I had seen my GP. He had sent me to the gynecologist.
"Physically, my dear Mrs. Meier, you are all right, you may rest completely reassured. The problem probably sits between your ears. I will recommend you to a good therapist who will be able to help you for sure."
And so I found myself now sitting in the therapist's waiting room. On the soft crème walls hung a few paintings, landscapes with vague, naked people.
"You may enter now, Mrs. Meier," the receptionist announced.
"Good day, ... Mrs. Meier, my name is Martens, please sit down. " I sat down on one of the two chairs that stood diagonally next to a sofa.
"Now please, tell me, with what can I help you?"
"With what you could help me? Why does one visit a sex therapist?" He cringed a little at that.
"I know, it is not easy for you to open yourself, but you have to tell me about your problem, if we have to chew through the whole range of sexuality, you may be old and wrinkly before we come across your problem."
"How do you want to know it is not easy for me to me to open up?"
"Dear Mrs. Meier, here is a comfortable sofa, but you take a chair. You answer my question with a question. Believe me, people just like you have sat on that chair before you. Give yourself a push, tell me what hinders you."
"I cum only once in a while."
"Not an unusual problem. We will find a solution. Do you orgasm easier when you masturbate or when you are with a partner?"
"Once in a while."
"Do I understand you right: in both situations you orgasm only infrequently?"
"Yes."
"But you know what an orgasm is?"
"Yes."
"You have often experienced one?"
"Once in a while."
"Do you want to experience orgasms more frequently?"
"Hm." In the office my eyes had discovered a well-known statue, "The Kiss" by Rodin.
"Well, let us talk about in which situations you had one."
"During sex!"
"Okay, Mrs. Meier, your problem is quite common and not really a novelty to me. I meant what exactly did you or your partner do when you had an orgasm?"
I shrugged my shoulders.
"I had one!"
"Mrs. Meier, do you enjoy sex?"
"Yes."
"Would you describe yourself as willing to experiment?"
"Well, actually, yes."
"Then please tell me what different methods and positions have you tried?"
"With my first boyfriend, different variations of the missionary and 69. With a one -night-stand, anal by accident. With my second boyfriend, doggy and standing against the wall, bend over a table. With the third, feathers and hot oil massages. During another ONS a sandwich. With my fourth boyfriend, half of the Kama Sutra. With the fifth, the other half."
"Always hunting for your next orgasm?"
"They, not me."
"Do you tell your partners that you orgasm only once in a while? With these words?"
"Sometimes. Yes."
"And then some of them do concentrate on giving you one?"
"Most of them almost always."
"If you masturbate, do you work towards an orgasm?"
"Once in while."
"So you enjoy to caress yourself without having an orgasm as a goal?"
"Yes."
"During sex with a partner, the same applies? You enjoy it, even if you don't get an orgasm?"
"Yes. Only ... "
"Yes, Mrs. Meier?"
Again I shrugged my shoulders.
"Do you mean that you do not enjoy it when the partner tries trick number whatsoever he has in his box on you?"
"Yes."
"You feel pressured then?"
"Yes."
"If you masturbate with a satisfying orgasm as a goal, do you feel the same pressure?"
"No."
"Do you always manage to get one?"
"No."
"But that does not bother you?"
"No."
"You say something like: "Okay, I enjoyed myself," if you don't reach an orgasm?"
"Yes."
"With your first partner, did you have more often an orgasm percentage wise, than with the second or third?"
"... No."
"I have to ask you again in more detail. What exactly do you mean with the "different variations of the missionary" you tried with him?"
"I on my back, he on his back, my legs around his waist, me pulling my legs up, he pushing my legs up, me stretched out on top of him, me lying on my stomach. Is side to side also a missionary position, or is that another one?"
"Do you mean spooning? Your partner lies on his side behind you, penetrates your vagina that way, maybe even stimulates your clitoris with his fingers?"
"Yes."
"Did you mean by : "he on his back me on top" the cowgirl position?"
"I think so."
"In which of the positions you got an orgasm easily, are there positions you never orgasm in?"
"Not really, the positions didn't matter, I came if it wasn't important I came."
"As soon as he felt he needed to give you an orgasm and started to concentrate on it, it would be very difficult for you to really enjoy yourself?"