I just read through these posts. I really cannot relate to this attitude toward sex. I'm astounded. Any heterosexual man should be jumping on his wife at the first chance. The problem seems too obvious. It sounds to me as though he is gay. And the two of you were raised in an overly-protective environment with very little open communication about sex. Hopefully I am wrong. You two need some professional help.
i think you are just generalizing here. just because you cannot relate to his attitude does not mean that "any heterosexual man" relates to yours. granted her situation is very bizarre and tragic for the both of them, it is not fair to say that any man who does not immediately jump ontop of his wife has to be gay. sex can be an incredibly daunting experience to even think about for someone who is easily made uncomfortable in situations which contest with personal space or even self control. a person who has achieved complete confidence in themselves By themselves, is naturally going to feel uneasy when that becomes compromised by the introduction of another person, whom youre therefore expected to trust as much as youve come to trust yourself. the reason intimacy is so easy for some people is because some people suffer certain insecurities in themselves which makes them better able and willing to trust others. privacy becomes a tremendously important virtue (physically and emotionally) for people who have forever been totally self sufficient and self motivated. my point is that if you trust yourself entirely, it is then an enormous task to trust someone else to do the same kinda right by you that you know yourself capable of doing for yourself. if that makes sense. heterosexual man here, speaking from personal experience.