Fighting to Stay Married [I Am Married But Lonely]

The usual mistake women make (also in my personal experience) is that they want to tackle this kind of issue head on. As a guy hearing "we need to talk" "what is going on with us" "let's talk about our relationship" is like a bomb siren that makes you go to defensive mode by default. It's the signal of an uncomfortable talk where you're likely to be called out on things you do and things you don't even do and where everything you say can and will be held against you worse than in a court of law. So going that route with a man is choosing the hard way every time. It might be easier for the woman but, for the guy, it's hell and we will avoid it at all costs (sometimes dooming our relationships), it's how most of us are wired.

I recommend just skipping the relationship talk and jumping to actually fixing the things that are wrong. Assume that he is willing to cooperate because he probably is, don't ask because you'll probably get the defensive version and he'll lock up like a turtle faster than you can say "incoming!". Don't get too frustrated with him he is probably also massively interiorizing all the worries and stress that this COVID-19 thing is causing him because not dumping your troubles and worries on your woman is the thing we're taught to do "be a man, handle it, solve it" and in such situations where you can't really do anything to help or solve things it can be an enormous psychological burden that we are NOT inclined to share (and which usually doesn't even help us out if we share because it makes us feel weaker if we do).
So exceptional situations create exceptional hardships and you will have to take exceptional measures to survive it. Even so there is no guarantee that your marriage will survive, even if you both try. Sometimes the right hit at the perfect time can kill any relationship. The perfect storm can hit any marriage and screw it up.
Hope you find a way to approach your man and find a way to adapt to how things are now and find affection again even if it means having to find each other as the new people that you are now.

Good luck and i hope what i wrote makes sense :)

We all go through periods where we feel lost. Things have a way however of working themselves out and often the best thing to do is just let them.

Covid has been a bitch to relationships. Try to hang in there and perhaps seek some family counseling.

I know what this loneliness feels like. I can't say what to do, except that you can't wait for long for things to get better. If you don't have kids and you are both miserable then there is no reason to stay. It would be better to leave and start fresh than to waste years of your life. You don't want to look back 10 yrs from now with regret

That’s a tough one !!!! Well stay in prayer and Give it up to God I mean your relationship because you have a husband because God blesses you with one and vise versa for him I don’t have the answer to your question right but that’s what my heart wanted to share and I’ll stay in prayer for you my friend God bless your kind heart!!!!

I really miss having someone to initiate affection too. I show physical affection all the time. A kiss on the neck just because I see her. A rub in the shoulders. But I rarely get a random physical gesture.
I think in our case it's an age related thing. Physical desire wanes with older women much more so than with men. It's not jeopardizing the marriage but it's a constant absence. Not sure if that's what you're talking about but it made me think about it. I think I'm feeling some of what you are.

Pray the rosary. Mother Mary is a specialist in resolving desperate cases. That's a grace her Son has given her.