Post by maxlonely on Dec 19, 2023 18:43:20 GMT -5
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I’ve tried initiating but she’s just not interested and has actively said she doesn’t want me to touch her.
She doesn’t ever want to talk about the lack of sex and I feel she just has turned off me and sex altogether.
I would like to ask the group if I should just give up and move on. I’m starting to disconnect due to lack of affection.
Our family life is stressful and our kids are a handful. I can see the impact of my wife and I’s relationship is not good on them.
Is it better to move on for the sake of my wife and kids. I have lost all connection with her
What do each of you think a marriage is? What did you sign up for?
What kinds of things differentiate a married relationship from other close relationships - romantic or otherwise.
Consider: Parent/child, friends, roommates, amicable ex-spouse/co-parent, business partner, boyfriend/girlfriend.
Yes you had a wedding - but what would you both agree differentiates a marriage from those other relationships? Do you have those things?
Would you agree that whatever you have now is not really a marriage, based on what you agree a marriage to be?
If that's the case, where did it go off?
Is it that she knows something about you now or has seen something that she didn't before - something that has made her withdraw to the point that she no longer sees you as a viable sexual partner?
Is it more that she finds herself in a situation (marriage) that she doesn't actually want to be in, so it's the circumstance itself that makes her feel trapped with you as the jailor? Where did things fall off? 3 years ago - did something happen then? Think back to maybe 4-5 years, or even to the beginning of the marriage.
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Whats strange is that my business has really taken off and I have become alot more succesful with money and relationships. I almost feel like shes jealous in some ways. She always thought that she is smarter than me (shes a lawyer but stuck in a role she doesnt like).
I thought couples like when their partners do well. I feel I I'm getting the opposite of what this is..