Romance and sex was at an all-time low last year. I was going through a slight depression last year and didn't even realize it. My W was having periods that would stop for a day and continue on for weeks at a time. Which put a stop to sex for the most part. The issue there stopped right before ahe went on that cruise. Apparently my wife feels that I stopped trying to get to know her. But after almost 17 years together, I know everuthing about her. The AP is basically just learning things that I already know. So I believe the excitement is about having somebody new to tell everything about herself to. Communication was bad on her part, because she told friends things that she was upset with me about, but never bothered to tell me until now. So I have made the changes and W has said that she has noticed. But there seems to be something holding her back, which I believe is the AP making false promises I assume.