LW, I could have written this about 3 years ago. I was one foot out the door and as a last ditch dragged MrsGGB to a marriage encounter weekend (and she darn near backed out before we arrived there). What that did was open the lines of communication enough to get her to get a glimpse of how much I was hurting and how lonely I was feeling. The result was a turning point in our relationship. We've recently run back into some problems, but this time it seems to be more related to depression that she won't acknowlege. Anyway, I highly recommend WWME, especially for someone with a strong Catholic upbringing.
We've got six kids, married 20yrs next month. The only reason we have six kids is that the only time she would even let me near her turns out to be the day in her cycle when she is fertile. Made it seem like all I had to do was look at her to get her pregnant, but the reality of the situation was the times she let me near her were the times she was mostly likely to conceive. The fact we only have 6 kids despite never using any birth control until our recent adoption of NFP speaks to the infrequency of LM here before our breakthrough. It still is at best once every 10 days on average, but that is far better than the once every few months it had been.
