And advice on getting some space from my husband? He’s a good guy but I’m feeling trapped.

We’ve been married 18 years and have a teen. Our relationship is most certainly in the friendship zone. I’ve attempted for the last 15 or so years to initiate a regular sex life and have failed. It’s been one excuse after another, each one being addressed and dealt with, with no improvement. I’m ready to admit defeat on that but also want to stop pretending and move into the guest room I’ve been fixing up for myself.

My mentions of this have been met with resistance. He says he would hate to wake up without me next to him. I don’t really care but am interested in suggestions of how to make this happen without a ton of hard feelings or animosity.