Increasingly annoying, plus it seems like she has distanced herself from me emotionally, said that she does not hate me anymore and does not think of me as a person in her life.
Wow! That must feel pretty degrading to hear those words and then she turns around and asks for sex. Tell her to buy a sex toy. You are worth much more than being an object for her personal pleasure.
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!