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My (M34) wife (F33) is afraid of sex because she has lost weight and is now feeling self conscious due to that. I'm not sure how much longer we can continue to be intimate together.

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My wife is not overweight, but she's not skinny either, and she has always had a problem with that.<br><br>Long story short, while she never had any significant problem with her weight, she has always had a problem with that.<br><br>After we started dating (back at 2014), we had some issues regarding her insecurities, but we were able to overcome that.<br><br>However, since we got married at 2016, the self confidence and insecurities started to affect our intimate life.<br><br>She started losing weight, due to stress and not eating well, and it has affected our intimate life.<br><br>We went from having sex multiple times a week, to at least once a week, to maybe one or two times a month.<br><br>She still loves me and we are still on good terms, and she's always telling me how much she loves me, but the self confidence thing has affected our marriage, and I'm afraid that if she doesn't get over that, things are not going to go well for us.<br><br>So, I was wondering how can I help her overcome this, and not lose my wife, as I am very much in love with her.<br><br>PD: Sorry if there any grammar mistakes. English is not my first language.<br><br>**Edit:** I am very grateful for all the comments, and I'm going to try to have a conversation with my wife. I did not know that she has some medical conditions that can influence her self confidence, as she's never told me about them.<br><br>**Edit 2:** I never mentioned that she got skinny or anything like that. She's still overweight, and I have told her not to make such drastic changes to her diet so she can get better.<br><br>**Edit 3:** To answer some questions.<br><br>- We have talked about having therapy, and I'm going to make an appointment with a therapist, and maybe couples therapy can also help, as we do have some communication issues.<br><br>- I can tell when she's hungry, but there have been occasions where she has gone from early in the morning until almost midnight with only water.<br><br>- I have told her that she does not have to be skinny in order to be beautiful and attractive to me. She still loves me, and I can tell that she does, as she's always telling me how much she loves me, she's always being caring, and she always expresses her love for me. Only thing that she has lost is her self confidence.

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