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I am your age and have just gotten out of a marriage had some commonalities with your situation. I'm going to be very blunt, because being really nice won't help you. YOU can't just take over her body and give her a g-spot orgasm or any other kind of pleasure without her consent. It won't happen. This won't "fix" her or your relationship. It's not that simple. Women withdraw or shut down when they feel unsupported, unsafe, uncared for, unloved or overwhelmed.
You don't say if she was ever sexually enthusiastic. I think CW said it on another thread, that women aren't like a water tap, they can't just be turned on and off, you have to keep it running. Irene is right, you need to work on establishing intimacy, making her feel cared about and for without sexual expectations. Men and women are different. Sex allows men to feel connected and loving, feeling connected and loved allows women to feel sexual. A happy woman is more likely to feel horny. Right now you are on your agenda. You may think that you are wanting to improve your sex life as a way of improving the relationship for both of you, you may be thinking of your wife. But from her point of view this looks like it's all about you and it just one more expectation put on her for your benefit or she may feel that this is your way of trying to "fix" her. The problem is in the relationship, some counseling would be good idea. You've both been through your health trauma, it has changed you both, in different ways. It may have amplified things that were already there, it certainly created other issues. Your unwillingnees to talk with her indicates communication problems and after years of marriage you should know we women need communication, we need to talk things through.
Get a hold of some of John Grey's Mars and Venus books and start learning how to communicate with her and meet her needs, not what You Think her needs are. If you have insurance it should cover some counseling, otherwise contact your county services. Your statement , "We are supose to have a special night out Fri. and she knows we are planning on love making when we get home so I want it to be very special. " Says it all, "she knows we are planning".... That wording? Sounds like YOU are planning. As long as you are trying to decide what she wants, you are getting nowhere.
This won't be easy, it won't be fast. It will take work, you will have to make some changes and you will have to be consistant and persistant. You can't change her, only she can change herself or decide to respond differently. All you can do is work on yourself, you are the only person you control. Work on you and get some professional help. Severe medical situations always create change, only few of us are able to use it positively without some help.
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