I’m in love with a girl who isn’t ace, but due to trauma, still doesn’t want to have sex. I’ve been in love with her for almost eight years.

Tonight I finally told her that I would like to grow old with her if she’ll let me, even if sexual intimacy is never an option. She doesn’t believe me that I would actually be happy with her, because she can’t imagine anyone loving her that much.

I don’t know how to convince her, and I feel so vulnerable from having confessed my love to her, and so helpless trying to figure out how to make her believe her that someone, I specifically, could genuinely love her unconditionally. My mind feels like it’s on fire.