The short answer: Don’t. It’s nobody’s business but yours.
There is probably more to a husband’s rejection of intimacy.
Make sure they know you’re thinking of them without making them feel pressure to respond.
He says that he wants to gradually let the new girl know about their past relationship.
He isn’t honest about social distancing and disregards her concerns.
Now that one sibling has a boyfriend, the dynamics of their weekly meet-ups have changed.
He wants a yes-or-no answer, but she sometimes gives a contextual response.
Some of her friends think he’s taking her for granted.
She’s a teenager now, and everybody knows the truth but her.
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