Oh, I meant to add something about what you said about lack of sex. If she was doing it every couple of weeks, you aren’t hurting near as much as a lot of people. But now that she's told you her feelings, I doubt you'll be getting it at all. And, that's what you'll be thinking about the most! You may have let it go without saying much in the past, but now things are different. You’ll be wondering and thinking about it more & more. You already are! IDK, maybe b/c men relate sex to.......EVERYTHING? It's your security in your MR. You want it now more than ever to be assured that she still loves you, right? But most women don't feel that way when their hormones are short to h@ll and they're stressed to the gills, unhappy, and want to leave the M. So, just saying......don't be taking the M temperature by trying to touch her when she doesn't want to be touched. KWIM?
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!