CeMar, I count myself as being reasonably successful at the moment having gone from 3x/year to 3x/month. I know she will never be everything I would wish for but there is actually more to life than sex. Such as great conversation, political argument, shared activities, family life etc. I believe that it will be possible for me to be happy on 3x/month once I get over the excessive enthusiasm/expectation phase I am in at the moment. She is being really nice to me, more so than usual and I am certain that the more sex she has the more she will accept it. I suspect her nice mood today (despite her having her ".") is because she rejected me last night (which was fair enough as it wasn't Friday) and I told her in the morning that I had not slept well. She asked me if I was annoyed with her and (old me would have said "Yes" in a confrontational manner) new me told her I was fine and there was nothing I could be cross with her about. CeMar, you are a lot like me and with a reduction of bitterness you could make huge strides. SD - going to bed now for a cuddle.