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Having no intimacy with my wife is making me feel so ugly – we sleep in separate rooms 0 136

Stanley Myrick

DEAR DEIDRE: I FEEL less lonely lying in bed in the spare room than I do when sharing a bed with my wife.

I am 51 and my wife is 49.

I have never felt so unwanted and unattractive than I do right now

We originally got together in our 20s but drifted apart.

Then we reconnected eight years ago at a mutual friend’s wedding.

My wife is my soulmate and we soon realised that we were meant to be together and got married.

I love her so much, but there is no intimacy.

We do get on well, but just can’t seem to connect in a physical way.

We’ve been like this for two years. We now sleep in separate rooms.

Her mum is ill with dementia and her dad isn’t coping well, so I try not to push the issue too much, but I am struggling badly.

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It seems that any stress in life pushes us further apart instead of closer.

I have never felt so unwanted and unattractive than I do right now.

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