That was an issue. One that she has told me recently was a long-standing problem. That I never told her she was beautiful or sexy. I did so with her permission during a recent conversation. She like that.
It's not meant to be a catch-all solution. She doesn't see me as a warm, affectionate person. I want that to change. I want her to know that I am attracted to her and don't take that attraction for granted. I think if I step outside the boundaries of the R as it is now and be an "other man" in a way she will put up fewer walls. She wants to be wooed. There will be obvious objections on her part but the point isn't to win her over as much as show her I'm not that emotionless zombie she sees me as.
Trying to change her would cause her to bolt in the other direction. I want to embrace those changes. She's like the girl I met now and I want to show her that that HER changes are what I wanted deep down all along. She hid the "real" her from me to make me more accepting of her. She thinks I'll reject the real her.
Last edited by M A Holm; 10/03/0910:41 PM.
~Mark
Me: 38 W: 34 Together: 9yrs 1st M: may '03 1st D: april '08 1st bomb: june '08 remarried: oct '08 2nd bomb: aug '09 --(W asked for D one week into 3 mo. trial separation which was meant to save our M)