On the intimacy issue front, one other thing that I pointed out to W in response to her saying she's never had affection without sexual advance from me is that over the past few months she HAS gotten that from me. She looked like she had to think about it a second. I told her that I had NO hope of sex in that time but wanted to express my love for her in the way that I hoped to continue to do it even after we resumed having sex. I assured her that while I still had issues to deal with, I WOULD deal with them but some would have to wait until things were a little farther along before WE could address them. She seemed to understand and be encouraged by what she heard AND saw over the past couple months. I think it was around this point that I managed to get in my little kiss...
