My Husband Says He is No Longer in Love With Me. What Can I Do?
Dear Neil: I would like to know whether my husband is having a midlife crisis. He keeps saying he loves me but is not in love with me anymore, and that I am not the person he married. Can you […]
Read MoreThe Most Common Ways People Disconnect From Each Other
There are so many ways of detaching and disengaging in a relationship that we’re not always conscious of when we are doing it. Here is a list of some of the most common ways people disconnect from each other: Making […]
Read MoreHow Do I Get My Husband Away from the TV?
Dear Neil: My husband spends most of his free time in front of the TV, and he hates it when I try to talk with him while he is watching something. I earn more money than he does, and I […]
Read MoreHow Important Am I to You? You Have to Show Me.
Dear Neil: I’ve been married for 37 years. My husband no longer notices me. For Christmas, he bought me a book I’d already read, the same calendar I’d already purchased and a lovely pair of earrings. I had told him about […]
Read MoreDo I Wait Around for a Man Who Can’t Commit?
Dear Neil: Me and my partner have been a couple for 3 years. In that time he has left me and come back eight different times. He came back to me 2 months ago, telling me he loved me and […]
Read MoreReader Asks: Is it Possible to Revive a Dead Marriage?
Dear Neil: Before marrying my husband, I was concerned with his inability to communicate his feelings, but I hoped that once he left his family he would come out of his shell. After four years of marriage, I found myself […]
Read MoreReader Asks: What Do I Do When My Expectations of Marriage Are Not Being Filled?
Dear Neil: I read your recent article about willful blindness, and it brings up an issue I am grappling with in my marriage. I have expectations which are not being met, and I’ve been ignoring a variety of behaviors. My […]
Read MoreWhat Can I Do to Save My Marriage?
Dear Neil: My husband and I have been together for 19 years. The last ten have been horrible. I was sad, dysfunctional and felt lost, unloved and unworthy. Now my husband has had enough, has lost his passion for me, […]
Read MoreHow Do You Disconnect?
Note: This is the first of a two-part series. Click here for part two We all know that it feels more intimate to be connected to the person (or people) we care about and love. Much less understood is how […]
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