I am in a sexless marriage and have tried everything but don't want to leave

[Pandrm]

Hi. A while back I posted about how my wife of 28 years addmitted she doesn't fancy me anymore. Nothing has changed of course even though I continue to try to do all the right things - including some of the advice given last time ( thank you). However I feel bitter that my wife is witholding sex from me ( actually she would let me her but I don't think it unreasonable to expect her to want me to do it). I have heard people advising women in her situation to 'set their husband free to have a normal loving and sexual partnership. The trouble is this kind of freedom would mean, for me, poverty and misery and the idea of not seeing my children every day tears my heart out. I feel I am heading down into a depression that I am not sure I will get out of, nor will I even want to. I would welcome any helpful thoughts. Phil

Thank you all for your comments. Its great to get alternative viewpoints on a very hard to talk about topic. I wll end the conversation with this post. Best wishes to you all. Phil

Phil I note your message is 5 years old. What did you do? I feel in a similar situation and would appreciate the benefit of your experience over the last 5 years. Did you manage to turn things around?

Beechboyl you need to start your own thread - it’s unlikely you get response from a five year old thread.

I agree but I can hope. A new thread won't give me the benefit of his experiance