And I asked to pick your brain because my H has similar issues to yours, a discomfort with getting too close, separating sex from emotion...
You can read my thread to get a better idea.
I think he handled it pretty well during our marriage, but recently all his coping mechanisms fell apart, start of MLC, he has to run away now.
He appears to be looking for someone to be "serious" with who is not actually a real relationship because that's too much intimacy.
It's like "pretend" serious. All the warm fuzzies seem to be in place because it's not a sustainable relationship based on honesty, openness, and real emotional intimacy.
Now I''m just rambling... but I wanted to get back to you before I forgot...
---GGG PS: Oh, and plenty of juicy soul-bearing on my thread, for what it's worth!
Me 54 Him 63 M 23 T 29 0 Kids Funny Farm of Rescues 12/12 OW-- 5/13 ILYBINILWY: A denied 9/13 Proof OW: ENDED 2/14 Got D papers on my BD I kicked him out for my sanity 9/14 He wants to "talk"?