How to deal with my inconsiderate partner when he ignores me? Why doesn’t he care about my feelings?How often have you yelled it in arguments, or complained to your girlfriends, that he makes you feel such a low priority?He is so inconsiderate of your feelings… and it’s not just the things he says, it’s the things he does, or doesn’t do, that leaves you feeling like the bottom of the list, time and time again.It feels just SO disrespectful, yet he doesn’t seem to care. And he never apologizes. You have to wait until the time is right to talk to him about how you feel and he just usually pleads ignorance, and tells you he never meant to hurt you. Or that you’re … [Read more...]

My wife wants to leave me as our marriage is falling apart When your wife tells you she wants to separate, she will not have made the decision overnight. Yes, you will be shocked and distressed. However, telling you she wants the marriage to end will also be causing her a considerable amount of distress.A woman’s identity is formed around the success of her relationship with her man. Therefore she does not make her decision lightly. In the USA, more women file for divorce on the grounds of emotional neglect than of physical abuse.A woman who says she wants to separate is feeling emotionally neglected (at worst) or taken for granted (at best). For probably many … [Read more...]

My husband and I are drifting apart Have you ever felt that you and your husband are drifting apart? Have you thought to yourself that your husband doesn’t love you now the same as he did when you first got together, even though you still love him?I guess we have all felt that fear at some time in our relationship – the fear that we love our partner more than he loves us. Ever wondered why it is that you felt safe and secure in the relationship before, but not now? Why you are feeling more distant?Did he bring you flowers before you married – but never since? Perhaps he doesn’t hold your hand or cuddle up to you in bed like he used to? Or maybe he is more … [Read more...]

She withholds affection and avoids intimacy Men crave and need physical affection with their wives. When their wives constantly avoid intimacy, it wears on them.Often women interpret the man’s need for physical affection as their husband “just always wanting sex”, or if their husband is nice to them, “it’s only because he wants sex”. If the wife is tired, let down, feels unsupported or irritated with something that her husband has done, she will likely not be interested in his sexual advances and push him away.When she withholds affection, he interprets this as a rejection of him.Men know, or soon learn, that their wife wants emotional connection, wants to be … [Read more...]

How do I fix my sexless marriage?Do you feel like your life is stretching out before you, devoid of lust or passion? With a man you love, and have great companionship with, just no intimacy?Do you wonder why your marriage is sexless, where (once upon a time, just like in the fairy tales) you shared lots of fulfilling and regular sex? You still dream of it, and even ask for it occasionally. But you can only be rejected so many times, before you stop asking, right?Most men want sex all the time, so why does my man withhold sex?You so often hear from girlfriends that their husbands want sex all the time, and they get sick of it. But you are hurting when THAT topic gets brought up, because you … [Read more...]

Sally asks Karen why her boyfriend won’t commit to herQuestion: FROM SALLYI want to get married but it seems he doesn’t. We have been going out for 3 years now and are seen by friends and family as a couple. He assures me that I am the only girl in his life. But he won’t speak to me about getting married. If I bring up the topic he just goes quiet. And if I insist, we end up arguing.Many of our friends are getting married, but not us!So it makes me wonder sometimes if he has someone else. Why won’t my boyfriend ask me to marry him? Is he a commitment-phobe? Am I fooling myself to think we have a future together?Answer: FROM KARENIt sounds like you are in a relationship with a great guy… you … [Read more...]