Thank you all for your comments and support. It's been a couple of days since I last posted and I'm sticking with my latest decision to make the best of my marriage regardless of the lack of intimacy. I'm much more comfortable being able to tell my wife that I love her and not trying to punish her in hopes of her changing. I even did a fantastic job washing her car today without being asked.
I stated before that I was going to post more about the decisions I've made, but I've actually forgotten what else I wanted to say. I plan to continue posting regularly, but for the most part my questions won't be about how to get my wife to change as much as they'll be about how to keep myself from blowing up when the lack of intimacy really gets me down. I've realized that my wife does love me, that there's little I can do to change her desires, and that my best hope for eventually having the marriage I want is to stop pressuring her and give her the time she needs to sort things out. Unfortunately, I've realized that this will likely be more than a couple of weeks.
I'm off to bed, and for once I'm actually not thinking about sex (well, not much anyway). Between taking my daughter fishing three times over the weekend, hitting golf balls at the driving range (I'm thinking about starting to play), mowing, weedeating, edging, and car washing, I'm beat!
I sure appreciate everyone's advice and always welcome more.
