Thanks to everyone who has made me feel welcome here. I already feel a lot better about my situ and I believe I'm better off than some people I've read about!

I haven't yet found the guts to bring up the subjects of our mismatched desire problems and weddings in the same conversation but I'm quietly being cool about wedding plans right now. I've said I'm concentrating hard on finding new work so we can afford a decent wedding.

Recently she's developed this strange teasing attitude. Whereas once she was totally cold to sex, she now invites me to have a shower with her and asks me to shave her legs or rub on body cream. There's still a very strong line where anything intimate is involved and its almost like she wants a eunuch-slave. Sometimes she'll touch me in my trousers for a brief moment, like young guys do to woman's 'hooters' and then run off not allowing me to respond.

Does this sound like we're making improvements? The teasing is more frustrating than being given the total cold treatment. for a moment I think something's going to happen and then nothing, so I develop a bad mood. I know I shouldn't do this but it's a natual reaction.

Alex.