Dear Abby: My Wife Has Kept Me in the Roommate Zone for 12 Years

Dear Abby: I love my wife, but I can’t live without affection anymore

We've had absolutely no physical relationship for the past 12 years.

Dear Abby: My wife offers no affection, but won’t go to counseling to fix things

She blames it on having been molested when she was a child.

DEAR ABBY: Marriage hasn’t been the same over a decade

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 22 years. It was a normal relationship, and I was very happy.

Dear Abby: At 64, I don’t want to start over, but wife is suddenly withholding sex

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 22 years. It was a normal relationship, and I was very happy. However, over the last 12 years, my wife has changed. There is ZERO affection, no hugging, holding hands and nothing sexual. We are like roommates. She blames it on having been molested when she was a child. Our level of intimacy was normal for 10 years.

Dear Abby: My wife has shown me ZERO affection for a dozen years

... no hugging, holding hands and nothing sexual. We are like roommates.

Dear Abby: My wife has kept me in the roommate zone for 12 years

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 22 years. It was a normal relationship, and I was very happy. However, over the last 12 years, my wife has changed. There is ZERO affection, no hugging, holding hands and nothing sexual. We are like roommates. She blames it on having been molested when she was a child. Our level of intimacy was normal for 10 years.