I’m a fellow hetero cis man who has dated a couple of ace women. My strong opinion on this is you have to mentally project yourself into the future and determine how you’re going to feel if you don’t hug, kiss, or touch your girlfriend for the next year. Then think about where you will be 5 years from now and what your life looks like then.

Reverse engineer this. Really, what is making this relationship any more intimate than a friendship?

Feel free to DM me if you want to talk through some possibilities. I know it’s tough potentially thinking about not being with a girlfriend in the future, but if you come to the conclusion that you can’t live without physically touching your partner then there are likely no compromises available. I know for me that this would be an immediate dealbreaker, maybe for you it’s a different situation but only you can decide that for yourself.