This is where my confusion came from, Corri.

When I read your original sentence, I thought you were saying that you needed intimacy and for him to bid for sex in the way that you need. This makes perfect sense to me, but I couldn't figure out why sex was in the equation. After all, we are talking about YOUR needs here and what you want from him. So I was reading it and thinking, Does she want more sex from him or what?

I don't know if it is the HD mind that causes this sort of breakdown, but it wasn't at all clear to me what you were asking of him. Intimacy, sharing feelings, yep I got that no problem.
Throw the part in about ML and I thought "Does she want that for herself or what?"

But your last post cleared it up, I think. You want him to want you emotionally the way that I want my H to want me phsyically.

I GET THIS now.

Besides in the sack, are there certain time that your H is more open and intimate with you than others? Just curious..

Oh and I totally agree with you on ILU. I get sick of hearing that saying also. It starts to lose its meaning after a while. I need a little creativity and less reliance on that phrase to smooth over the shortcomings, kwim?

Hang in there, sis.

xo