Quote: I know that if she were to have sex a few times with me, even under the duress of obligation, it would be OK for her and might erase some of the bad memories she has of previous sex.
M&K, I understand your thinking here, you are coming from the perspective of the HD spouse, though. I've been both the HD and LD spouse at different times of my life.
Unfortunately, asking to sleep together, meaning sex or not, will be viewd as pressure by W. Better to act happy and play hard to get. People want what they can't have. The help you gave in the real estate deal means you are trying to hard, in my humble opinion.