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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
As told to Elena Angelides

This is how we do it: ‘After marriage counselling, she no longer wants the lights off and the covers on’

An illustration of two little people lying facing each other along the headboard of a double bed.

Henry, 63

I stopped trying to initiate sex. If it passed the six-month mark, she would initiate. Like she wanted to be a dutiful wife

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