W is one of the 12% of women that never get to that happy place during LM or with manual stimulation, she maybe gets about 75% of the way there and apparently that is good enough for her. When I’ve tried to discuss it in the past she gets all defensive, says I’m obsessed about it and changes the subject. Anyway I’m not going to make that the focus of my strides forward, as I’ve got other things going on, but I do concur with your views on wanting to express love through personal intimacy.
I’ve read stuff in the SSM forum but I guess poor sex is a bi product of a poor relationship. So if we can repair the relationship the sex should follow.