I'm about 5+ months into RP. My last OYS is here. I'm posting this in AskMRP because I only assume it would get flagged as a low-value post in the main MRP sub, but I really would like input.
Sitrep: 35M, wife just a few years younger, together 5+ years, married >2. Sex has dried up pretty bad. Pursuant to RP, I try to initiate often, put forth an exterior of OI and absolutely avoid butthurt after I'm rejected, which is pretty much all the time.
I'm caught in something of a dilemma. I don't sulk or act resentful after I get turned down for sex, blowjobs and the like. Maintain OI. I try channeling that energy into my own projects (mostly lifting, coding and a professional cert I'm studying for). Yet Mrs. SP interprets my retreat into other activities as distancing myself from her - which, I suppose, it is. When I don't feel very connected to her, and I'm not getting what I want (i.e. sex), I'm just not putting in a ton of energy into doing the things that she wants. There is obvious growing distance between us.
That distance can have two conceivable effects that I foresee:
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Possibility 1 - it gets her hamster running, and combined with the effects of running my MAP for the last several months, it reignites her desire for me, I get laid and she re-enters my frame. Happy path.
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Possibility 2 - she feels increasingly alienated from me, scuttling her desire for me and generating resentment and suspicion. This is the path towards divorce.
Overall, RP is working great for me. I feel better, stronger, more independent and I'm hitting my goals - this is why I'm doing it. Living life in the "what would I be doing if I were single?" frame has been a huge eye-opener, and overall it's been a net positive. But it has not had a great impact on my marriage, and the side effects of better and more enthusiastic sex are not materializing. So I'm wondering if there are ways I can tweak this approach, or if others have advice on my strategy here. If I can find a way to modify my RP journey to better include my wife and lead to better sex + marriage, I'd love to do that. (And if not, well, then the long-term alternative is clear.)
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