My Husband: A Novel

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Leave a handwritten message in an unlikely place, like under his pillow, inside his shoe, or taped to the steering wheel of his car. He’ll enjoy a sweet surprise. My husband of a decade has not initiated sex once in at least seven years. We are both in our early 50s. The few times we’ve had sex (and I can count those on one hand), I’ve had to beg for it. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the sex issues.

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Thank you for being there for me through the ups and downs of life. I cannot wait to be your wife, love.

I love that you’re so open to trying new things. I would totally jump out of a plane with you (and a parachute). You have that effect on me. Through all these years, you’ve never failed to be my favorite person. Here’s to this birthday and many more to come! Happy birthday, honey! If you're a man affected by domestic abuse you can call Men's Advice Line on 0808 801 0327 between 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. There’s nowhere else in the world I’d rather be than next you. Wishing you a birthday as special as you.You continually amaze and impress me with the way you handle difficult situations and difficult or angry people. I hope our kids inherit that. You mention you’ve already told her you don’t want to investigate for her. Good on you. If she keeps pushing, I wonder whether you could focus on legitimating her feelings, if not her requests and action-items. If he’s already given up on having a close and satisfying relationship with you, he won’t see the work as anything but a waste of energy. 4. He refuses even to consider counseling. I know a few men as shut down and depressed as your husband, around the same age as him, so I know how intensely resistant to vulnerability and change they can be. Is it likely that your husband will change significantly? Many men refuse to change until you walk out the door. Then they change for their next partner, or they change after their relationship with their next partner fails spectacularly in the same ways that their previous relationship failed. Or he might be avoiding the issue out of fear that you’ll point out everything he’s doing wrong and put all the blame on him. He might feel there’s no point in working on a relationship that no longer makes either of you happy.