Sex File: I can't match her empty-nest energy

"You feel exhausted by your wife's determination to reinvigorate your sex life, but her new-found energy and enthusiasm is not an unusual response to the empty nest."

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After decades of parenting, our kids have finally left home. My wife seems to have taken this as a challenge to reinvigorate our sex life. I'm in the market for some small-scale improvements but frankly exhausted by the prospect of wholesale change. How do we navigate this together?

Most transitions begin with an ending. For you and your wife, the empty nest marks the end of a way of life that has defined your roles for decades. That's a big psychological shift and it can take a while to adjust to a new reality.