Dear readers
I'm sure this is a hot topic so I'm hoping to get some feedback (and probably criticism) but I'm at wit's end. To start, I love my wife more than anything in the world. We've been married for 8 years and have a 6 year old daughter together. Our sex life was always great but in the last year it has started to fade. She became suspicious that I was having an affair but it was nothing of the sort. Her weight gain has started to make her less attractive and I was less often "in the mood". I worry about our relationship if the attraction becomes lost and I don't want to hurt our relationship with the subject.
My wife was a curvy. When we got married, she was about a size 8. She was an absolute knockout. In the last years she's now a size 16 almost 18.She's not fat, however,she's near obese.I just want her back where she was when we married, and for a brief time after she had our child.
I was terrified at approaching the subject but eventually did and she started working out but her diet made it impossible to lose any weight. I started dieting too to encourage her but shes already complaining that I've lost so much which doesn't fit me
My wife actually wants me to gain weight now. I think it is because she would rather us both be overweight than lose the weight herself.
After months of her badgering me about the possibility of having an affair, I broke down and told her the truth. I basically told her that I've lost some attraction to her because of her weight gain. She was furious and wants a divorce. She says I'm insensitive and selfish. I think attraction is important in a relationship and I worry that if I do nothing, our marriage will struggle. Not just because I might look elsewhere, but because she might as well (due to the lack of intimacy).
Has anyone else encountered this? How have you dealt with it? Am I really insensitive? Please reply and let me know what you think as I'm desperate for guidance. I hate feeling this way. I'm ashamed.