ZenMan, so good to hear from you! What are you up to now?
I'll see what I muster up in the next few days or week. I'm a little hesitant to jump him, in the past I haven't had good response. Or, he'll respond with what he wants and I end up frustrated. And yes, then there is the distance and withdrawal after that. H seems to have willpower of steel.
So ZenMan, theoritically speaking, if your stbxw came and wanted to jump your bones, how would you react? What I'm asking is can you have sex with emotion? Is my H holding back from the physical pleasure of both of us because his emotion is mixed with sex? We used to talk about sex, making love, what it meant to us. He's had numerous partners prior to me, he wasn't explicit but did tell me that much of it was just sex. That was when he was high school/college, many years ago. I told him that for me it was the emotional attachment that made sex good, and he knows my buttons. Last year when I was trying anything, I asked for just sex, just for physical pleasure, it didn't happen. And now still, at the level we are currently at, it's mostly for him and he won't reciprocate.
Whew! all this talk, I get so anxious to see him. And then something goes all wrong before I even open my mouth and I cower in mind.
Live your life while you are still living. Riding the trail less traveled.