A difficult situation

sorry, i don't know if this is the right place on the forum but i will just come right out with it:

(i don't expect this one to be posted because of the general content, but i will try to be as *unoffensive* as i can, in the hopes this will be posted because this is very difficult for me)

 
I am the one with ASD: My wife is *normal*
 
Before we had children, we were very loving and very sexual with each other, after our first child it *kind of* stopped (let me explain)
 
I have always seen sex, *making love* F***ing (call it what you will) as the deepest act of love and companionship there is.
 
Me and my wife have now hit a rut (as we most often do) in this department. we have not done anything at bed time now for at least 6 weeks (4 weeks were due to her *women troubles*) the other two has been *im too tired... im not in the mood* etc (i also think we havent done anything for a previous few weeks prior to her women stuff), i am now feeling deeply horny (sorry), and aggrivated because im not getting the companionship i *need*.
 
Tonight she has said to me (promised) that we could have a bath, go to bed, and be *close*... The bath went well... we went to bed, i stayed up for 10 minutes writing a very important report due to *professional* involvment which i do not want to discuss here (although it involves the children and is also stressing her out), i then put the pen down, turned out the lights, rolled towards to her to *instigate* it, and she completlyy brushed me off *im too tired* etc.
 
What i am trying to ask, is how do i approche the matter as a *normal person* should, without upsetting her, or myself?
 
The thing is, as i have said, i need the physical love making, sex play; because it makes me feel loved and also chills me out.
I have and never will force it upon her (although i have been close a few times and this has always upset me). I can garuntee i will now be awake for the rest of the night (because that is how my body works)...
 
The reason i am so sexual is because my previous *successful* relastionships always have been (instigated from THEIR side) and so it it what i have always been used too... we have had this conversation with each other quite a few times in the past, and she says she completly understands (even though it is apparent she does not)
 
I also feel like shes using me as just a *baby machine* because, after our son was born, we didnt *do it* for quite some time... and then she says to me *let's have another one, i don't want him being an only child like i was*... i leaped at the chance, because it gave me that companionship that i needed, and once again, since our daughters brith 18 months agao, it has been very *dead*
 
Sorry for circulating, im just very confused and stressed out, we have been together now for 5 years (married for 3) and i just don't know what i should do about the situation, has anyone else with ASD experienced this, or knows what i am going through?
 
Again i hope this will be posted, and if it is needed, would the moderators please ammend this mail as they require, as i really would like an answer to this... Sorry for being unappropriate if i have been
 
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  • To quote "However your comment that you don't even get a thank you when you help her sounds rather childish." i did mention that i understand that it IS a thankless task (meaning i dont expect to get a thank you anyway...)

    To quote "Saying that you have 45 mins of free time when she asks for help .. what's that about." you said yourself, would having a time-table help? well if that time is on a time-table IN BLACK AND WHITE, then  what is wrong with it... and if its only to change a nappy or to get the kids a drink or snack, of course i do it... im not *Glued to my seat!*... its just that when she asks me to do something BIG... like mow the garden... wash up... go to the shops... When its my time (as on the time-table) then of course i will refuse because , as it says in black and white, it is MY TIME... (i have tried agreeing with her various times, that if she asks me to do the BIG stuff, and it eats into my time table, then would she extend that time (give it back) later on... she refuses because it eats into the important time and responsabilities (of course i UNDERSTAND THIS but i don't like it, so thats why i wont give up MY TIME in those situations...

    But i do, as i have said; say to her that i WILL bath the kids and put them to bed and go shopping and every thing else ON MY OWN so she can have HER TIME, she always (as i have explained) said no, because she does not think i can COPE with it... the thing is, she has never let me off the leash (even before my break down)

    so i don, t know where our misunderstanding came from (my discussion with you i mean) and i appologise if i missed a point or something


    *EDIT*

    As far as counsiling and that stuff goes, she used to refuse there was ever a problem and bottle it up, now since we have been assessed as a couple but adult services social care team, she has actually admitted that SHE needs help too, and of course i am very proud of her finally admitting that there is a problem with me and her (sorry, i did not mean it to sound like THAT i have no other way of explaining)

    that you everyone for all your advice, some is applicable and some isnt, i will try to work on the stuf i can work on (and the stuff she allowes me to do) the other stuff i will TRY to discuss with her about


    *EDIT 2*

    She is always constantly on the go (almost ADHD like) she never sits down (even when she is ABLE to do so)... its almost as if she HAS to be buisy 24/7 (yes she has been like this since i met her)

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  • To quote "However your comment that you don't even get a thank you when you help her sounds rather childish." i did mention that i understand that it IS a thankless task (meaning i dont expect to get a thank you anyway...)

    To quote "Saying that you have 45 mins of free time when she asks for help .. what's that about." you said yourself, would having a time-table help? well if that time is on a time-table IN BLACK AND WHITE, then  what is wrong with it... and if its only to change a nappy or to get the kids a drink or snack, of course i do it... im not *Glued to my seat!*... its just that when she asks me to do something BIG... like mow the garden... wash up... go to the shops... When its my time (as on the time-table) then of course i will refuse because , as it says in black and white, it is MY TIME... (i have tried agreeing with her various times, that if she asks me to do the BIG stuff, and it eats into my time table, then would she extend that time (give it back) later on... she refuses because it eats into the important time and responsabilities (of course i UNDERSTAND THIS but i don't like it, so thats why i wont give up MY TIME in those situations...

    But i do, as i have said; say to her that i WILL bath the kids and put them to bed and go shopping and every thing else ON MY OWN so she can have HER TIME, she always (as i have explained) said no, because she does not think i can COPE with it... the thing is, she has never let me off the leash (even before my break down)

    so i don, t know where our misunderstanding came from (my discussion with you i mean) and i appologise if i missed a point or something


    *EDIT*

    As far as counsiling and that stuff goes, she used to refuse there was ever a problem and bottle it up, now since we have been assessed as a couple but adult services social care team, she has actually admitted that SHE needs help too, and of course i am very proud of her finally admitting that there is a problem with me and her (sorry, i did not mean it to sound like THAT i have no other way of explaining)

    that you everyone for all your advice, some is applicable and some isnt, i will try to work on the stuf i can work on (and the stuff she allowes me to do) the other stuff i will TRY to discuss with her about


    *EDIT 2*

    She is always constantly on the go (almost ADHD like) she never sits down (even when she is ABLE to do so)... its almost as if she HAS to be buisy 24/7 (yes she has been like this since i met her)

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