QATARIANA1 said "... He talks less...mostly when asked and proded upon and it is exasperating when you always have to squeeze him to speak up."

Ok. There are always more than one way to skin a cat. Instead of directly nagging him, did you try other proactive ways? (eg. like what was suggested above).

Nagging - he probably just shut down. 1-2 times of repetitions is enough. More than that makes many people (not just men, but women as well) do the opposite or stonewall - ending open communication, at any rate. Good luck in sorting your issues.

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