Mary Weir :
I’m a bit scared to answer this, only because of anyone I know that might be a mutual follower, but nevertheless, I feel compelled to speak. I’ve been happily married for 35 years and am madly in love with my husband. For the past several months, we have been under a terrible financial strain (shocking, I know), which has affected how my husband feels about himself overall. He’s the best person I’ve ever known and very well respected and loved in our community, but he does not see himself in a positive light when we are struggling like this. Which leads to him not feeling attractive, despite how much I am always attracted to him. Attempting to discuss this has always made things worse, so I remain silent, despite the sadness I feel at losing that intimacy. I make no overtures myself, just in case that, too, leads to a negative response. So with all that being said—on the very, very rare occasion he decides to be physically intimate with me, I feel a sense of urgency to reassure him that he is still firing on all cylinders and hitting all the right places to make my knees weak. And he is, partly. And eventually we will be on the other side of this situation and my reactions will be fully authentic. I just love him so much and am happy when he wants to touch me at all that for the time being I need to be part of every positive source of reassurance for him as is within my control. Wow. Sorry about the heaviness of my answer. That was A LOT.
2026-06-25 01:19:04