Every night you wait, she's building more defensive patterns. Her body is learning to associate you with pain. The gap between you grows wider.
She won't ask for this. She's been trained to endure, to put your feelings first, to suffer quietly.
But you can be the man who fixes the problem she won't even admit exists.
Two Types of Men
Type 1: Keeps trying harder, lasting longer, buying flowers. Wife keeps faking it. Distance grows. Wonders what went wrong.
Type 2: Spends on actual solution. Wife stops faking it. Neighbors complain. Marriage saved.
Which one are you?