Karen,
Mrs GGB will do the brief affection in the kitchen IF SHE REMEMBERS that I like it, which she most of the time does not. When she does, it is usually very sophomoric rather than intimate and just comes across as "OK, I did it, you happy", which I know is not her intention but still it is the way it is done and comes across. I don't think she has a clue as to how to be seductive, and any attempts to gently clue her in get met with hurt feelings. The social ineptness, as HP put it, is something I just have to get used to because I don't think it is going to change. SIGH, so this is what we get married for