MLC? Maybe you can tell me...

[Bird]

[quote=Gordie
You say that you guys are still very compatible in terms of your interests and intellect, but it seems like you've lost the emotional connection and physical/sexual connection. What happened on those fronts? Were they good in the beginning but atrophied with the professional/financial/parental challenges? Were you able to share your inner lives with one another? Was the loss of sexual intimacy the cause or effect of drifting apart? [/quote]

Okay, looks like I must have screwed up my response yesterday. We shared everything with each other. We were truly a team, best friends. We were always close, sex was always good. Not always frequent, but always good. It wasn't an issue of where I wanted more than he wanted or vice versa. I guess neither of us prioritized it because we were doing other things like working and raising little kids. In hindsight I realize how important it was and we both should have worked a lot harder to maintain that intimate connection. Two years ago, he surprised me for my 40th with a family party at Dave & Busters (we love video games) and at the party he surprised me with a trip to Jamaica, just the two of us. It was an awesome trip. We had a private Valentine's Day dinner on the beach, super romantic. Lots of relaxing and fun and (ahem) lots of other things. We didn't want to leave on our last morning there. I think of that trip just two years ago when he rewrites our history. I know that was real. When we got back from that trip, we got the call about the company buyout and that is when everything started falling apart.

Was the loss of sexual intimacy the cause of effect of drifting apart? I don't know. It's like the chicken and the egg. I guess a little bit of both?