I know this is a little late but I'm curious: how did you sex life fade away? Your post made it seem like maybe you gained weight. Was that most of it or was there more? I ask because losing that sexual attraction is probably my biggest fear of a long term relationship so I like to hear other people's experiences.
I'm not sure. Honestly, the first few years of the relationship I was annoyed at how much she wanted to screw. Multiple times a day, every day, for years. It's not as fun as it sounds. It gradually slowed down, but we were still regular, a few times a week, up to the birth of my first son. When she got pregnant with the second, she was so sick and miserable the whole time we just totally stopped. After he was born.. it just never started back up. I made a thousand efforts, and I don't think I'm far off saying there were hundreds of times I was confident it was happening, only to get to bed and have her say "is it alright if we just cuddle tonight?". Eventually I mostly stopped going to bed with her, I would go tuck her in, lay with her for 10 minutes or so, give her a kiss, and go sit on the computer. And for the most part, thats what our relationship has been the last year or so.
So yeah, it wasn't really an overnight thing, it just kind of happened.
On another note, I'm filing the divorce paperwork tomorrow. We got married on a Friday the 13th, so it's kind of fitting. We are still very co-operative, and fine with each other. We went to my sons daycare concert last night together, then went to dinner, and went to bed together. I got home today and she proposed something very risky for herself. The child support is supposed to be $247 according to the courts calculator, and so the plan was that I would just pay $250 until my first son was 18, and $125 for the second. Well, she was looking at health insurance, and a couple of things today, and everything wants her income + child support income, and unfortunately, with the $3k increase, she is actually pushed into a higher bracket, where things cost more/are unavailable. For example, she was looking at some really nice apartments, but it turns out that they have a max income clause, due to benefits they receive for housing people with lower incomes. With child support she makes too much, without it, she's in. So, her question was, could we file with no child support requested, and in exchange, I pay $250 worth of kids expenses per month. So yeah. To some degree it's gaming the system I'm sure, but on the other hand, it's super risky for her, because as far as the courts were concerned, I would owe nothing, and there would be nothing but my word to her causing me to pay. Also, it's way nicer than any place she has looked at, and right in the center of town.
So yeah, I know everyones' worried about her screwing me, but seriously, we are still just functioning like really good friends. Knock on wood, but I'm really optimistic.