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When Your Husband Doesn’t Look at You anymore
Is Divorce an option or the only way out?
When I met my husband, anytime was a good time to stare at each other eyes and whispers words made of pure love and respect. We daydreamt for hours looking at the globe, pinpointing destinations we wanted to explore, or even move to. We made love in the most unusual places, public and private, and at the craziest hours.
Fast forward to 10 years and 2 babies, I can parade my naked body in front of him while smiling and applying tons of fresh smelling frangipani cream, and he doesn’t even look up from the iPhone, his green eyes fixed on the latest news, a random message or a Strava run. I’m, basically, the most uninteresting thing in the room.
It is frustrating and saddening at best.
From the beginning of our relationship, I “trained” him to go to sleep together, and to wake up with a tender hug, or a brief smile. Now, I can’t even remember the last time we cuddled to sleep or woke up in the same room. For some reason, I seem to need 8 hours of broken sleep, while he thrives on 5 hours in bed, and plenty of hours glued to his computer or phone. Sometimes I wonder what’s so exciting behind that screen.
Unless I’m working or writing, I get bored of scrolling through my newsfeed after 10 minutes…
