Neglected husbands of the world, unite!

I can't say I'd handle this problem the same way, but I can definitely sympathize. A Michigan man has started a website to complain loudly to the world about the lack of attention he gets from his wife. I'm betting the effect probably isn't what he was looking for from her (her response? "He'll live.") but he certainly isn't the first guy to deal with this. From his site:

All I want my wife to do is stop spoiling our children and allowing
them to wreck our love life! Husbands have feelings too!
Husbandonstrike.com is home of the National Association of Desperate
Husbands, and I'm not only the CEO and Director, but I'm also a card
carrying member!

Married women, hear me now. I can't tell you how many times I've heard women complaining that their husbands don't want to pay any attention to them after they've had a couple of kids and put on a few pounds. If you asked me, I'd say the woman ought to consider herself lucky she got a husband that really wants her instead of some jackass who'd rather go find some college co-ed to play with. Not having kids my opinion should be taken with a grain of salt, but for what its worth, your life as a married couple shouldn't end with the birth of your children. You're still adults in an adult relationship, and if you want to make that relationship last, you have to treat it as such. Hire a babysitter for a weekend and go to a hotel for a nice getaway weekend. Have your (gulp!) mother-in-law come sit or something. Hell, send your kids packing to a friends house for a sleepover. Whatever it takes--do it. the way I see it, if it was worth getting her knocked up (or getting knocked up!) you ought to at least try to preserve it!

Of course, that's really probably not what's going on here. Most likely she's the one who isn't interested in keeping their relationship anymore. Maybe he's let himself go, or she's just without passion for him or whatever. I have, on occasion, found myself in those relationships where the sex has left the building, and without exception, those long, long, long "breaks" in your sex life herald the beginning of the end. There's not usually any blame to hand out--sometimes it just doesn't work, and that's the way life is. If you're a decent person you still care very much about your partner, even if you don't want to jump their bones every chance you get. All the same, my advice to this guy is to A) get into marriage counseling soon, and B) get a good divorce lawyer and do his best to make it an amicable split. The irony is that in doing so, he may very well save the relationship he's prepared to let go of altogether.