When Love and Desire Clash
Balancing love and unmet needs in a relationship, where physical and emotional intimacy diverge.
It is in this kind of complex dance of love that each one reaches a most critical juncture when the hearts and minds are at crossroads between love and unfulfilled longing. Such is the story of this 38-year-old woman whose tale unravels to reach a painful dilemma into her two-and-a-half years with her 33-year-old boyfriend.
They clicked, instantly in tune-the sound and hopeful first connection. He was the best man she’d ever dated, such a partner who supported her through thick and thin. Her anxiety wasn’t a small thing, but he handled it with so much care, never made her feel lesser for it. He came to every single family function without complaint, was integrated fully into the life she so valued.
They then lived together, which shockingly was a pretty smooth process, as she had been on her own for ten years.
But there was only one problem which shadowed their otherwise fairy-tale romance: sexual incompatibility. Their sex life had reduced to perhaps once a month, making her feel unwanted and unfulfilled. She wanted more, not only for herself but also because she wanted to become a mother. Time was not supporting her, and with medical complications arising, it…
