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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I need some encouragement. My wife and I have been together for a very long time. We have 2 great teenagers with whom we have strong relationships.  Our life is busy and complicated and challenging, but no more so than most, I think. I love my wife and don't want a life without her. But sadly, she's lately become increasingly indifferent to me.  I think she likes our life, and she seems to see us together in the short/medium term, based on our plans. But once the kids are in college, who tf knows.

We don't really fight and usually get along fine, and to an outsider (and probably our kids) everything looks fine.  But our relationship is not currently something she seems especially interested in.  Any kind of physical intimacy is basically gone -- not just sex, but any kind of overt affection or physical contact beyond a good-night peck or tolerating a brief hug.  We talk, but mostly about the kids. To her, I'm just kind of....there.  If I suggest a date night, she'll either come up with reasons why the timing is bad, laugh it off, or default to inviting friends along (which is usually fun, but kind of defeats the point).  The thing is, it's killing me, but I don't think she'd say there's anything wrong.  This is probably leading up to a really fraught conversation -- the 1-2 times we've had discussions about this sort of thing in the past have not gone well, and leave me feeling worse than when I started.

Anyway - not really looking for the usual "get divorced!" or "open the marriage!" flashmobs here....more hoping that some of you out there have weathered the same thing, and can tell me you came out ok on the other side.  I'm hoping. 
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