I don't want W to think that I think everything is OK between us that I can just do these things...
Thus the reason so many WAW's are cold to the H's touch. If she let you do 1, then you want to move to 2, and if she had let you do that without objection...you would have proceeded to 3. She knows that and she's not ready.
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!