I’m desperate for physical attention, but I don’t want a divorce and cheating is out of the question.
DEAR ANNIE: I have been married now for almost 23 years. Soon after the wedding, I found that my wife had virtually no interest in intimacy of any kind. Three therapists and many months later, the situation is the same. She does have admirable attributes, and I have made an effort to love her for those. The truth is that any kind of sexual relationship has been out of the question and I just have to live with it.
DEAR LONELY: Therapy is not a silver bullet -- disappointing, but true. It will likely take longer than the “many months” you have already invested to get to the root of your wife’s intimacy issues. Keep trying -- in couples therapy and in individual therapy, for both of you. It might take years, and it might take trying more therapists, but you deserve to receive love and affection in your marriage.
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