The problem is that she still lives with her husband, whom she says is abusive and continuously undermines her, but she will not leave.
She will not even see me for a coffee in the local village, meet on the beach nor go to the theatre, which we used to do regularly when we first met.
I shower her with gifts and loving kindness and she says she loves me, too – that I bring her joy and make her feel better.
They argue all the time; she says they have no relationship, never go out nor do things together.
But she lives in a state of anxiety and is always sick with something, which I tell her is predominantly due to stress.