
personally i would tell them that exact thing. say that you understand that intimacy is difficult for them and that you want to respect that but that you also would like to be intimate with them in a way that would make them feel comfortable and that you’d like to try and figure that out with them
i know i’m responding late but thank you, we talked about why it’s difficult, and discussed other ways we could get that intimacy fulfillment without it feeling like this big thing. It will take time to see how we move forward, but this is my person and we will continue growing together 💛