My wife took the kids and spent a week at her parents’ house as part of her vacation. I still had to work, so I stayed home and had the house to myself during that time. It’s been good to have this time to myself and not have to worry about taking care of meals, doing laundry, picking up after others, acting as a chauffeur, etc.

But living as a “bachelor” and not having those distractions also caused me to spend too much time in my head and think about how much I really miss physical intimacy in my life. It’s been a dead bedroom for so many years, and I thought I had moved past being so angry and sad about it. But this week really caused those feelings to come roaring back again.

Not looking for advice or anything; just needed to vent.