I have to understand..he finds it hard and difficult to express his love...he's not good at these things..etc etc..I did for 10 years.Isn't that long enough? What about me? I need to be appreciated and cared for, I am his wife and yet he is starving me to death of his love and affection. I need to belong...and my self-esteem needs powerful boasting as well but I dont get it from him. My husband is a very smart, respectable man, ideal father to our children and a great provider as well...but when it comes to me...in a scale of 1-10 I'll give him a 2. I feel that he considers me as a superwoman yet at the same time a robot.Are you suggesting that I have to understand him all the days of my life without him amending his ways? Well, I can but I'll do that with so much unhappiness and just for the sake of our children. Why can't we do that for each other? After all loving is the essence of living..that's what we are here for.