We've all done it. Faked being sick to get out of school. Maybe called in sick to work when we aren't really THAT sick. But how is one to approach this when a wife is doing it to avoid sex?

Over the past few years, I've noticed my wife tends to come down with something on days that she knows I'm going to be trying to get laid. It's been a variety of things: headaches, back aches, sore throat, cold, upset stomach, she has to shit, she can't shit, etc. etc. Sometimes these things are truly bothering her, sometimes she HAS to be faking it (for instance, it won't stop her from going shopping, eating out at a restaurant, whatever.)

Before Discovering MRP, I would take any hint that she was not feeling well as an excuse to not initiate sex. (She would start throwing these hints out early on days that she knew I would try to get laid - birthdays, anniversaries, etc.). I knew I would be turned down and it bothered me.

Nowadays, I'm not letting it dissuade me. She says she's not feeling well, I'll still initiate. Let her give me the hard no and then go do something else I enjoy.

But today is our anniversary. She's already starting to throw out the sick card. This time it's a combination of (1) "my stomach hurts," (2) "I have a headache," and (3) "I'm tired because the kids woke me up last night" (for the record, she stayed in bed and I was the one to get up and tend to the kids).

This is her typical MO. Throw out excuses to not have sex early on. Then when I try to fuck her later in the night she gives me a hard no coupled with a shit test saying something like "you don't pay attention to me. I said I wasn't feeling good!?!"

Guys. It's my anniversary. I want sex. I've been forward (In a fun flirting way) with her about my expectations for tonight after we have the rare night out for dinner without the kids (we seldom get babysitters - but that's another story). But, as I referenced above, she's already hamstering reasons for the hard no

Suggestions on how to approach this throughout the day would be appreciated.