Dh had to leave for work again yesterday. I felt sad and called him later in the day.
He never seems sad when he leaves, just very matter of fact and cheerful about his job and what he needs to do.
To me, this translates into: he just is not as into me as I am into him.
He called me back (had been in a cell phone dead zone) and was surprised to hear I was upset, and that I thought he just did not care very much about being away. He told me he did not feel that way at all.
He said that while it is true that he does not express his feelings, it is not that he does not have feelings. He assured me he does have feelings.
I went to talk to my neighbors about this, and they said this is true, that men often have feelings, but do not show them, or not in the same way women do.
Has this been your experience, too, that you have interpreted a lack of expression for a lack of feeling? Or for men, that your wife misinterpreted your lack of expression?
He never seems sad when he leaves, just very matter of fact and cheerful about his job and what he needs to do.
To me, this translates into: he just is not as into me as I am into him.
He called me back (had been in a cell phone dead zone) and was surprised to hear I was upset, and that I thought he just did not care very much about being away. He told me he did not feel that way at all.
He said that while it is true that he does not express his feelings, it is not that he does not have feelings. He assured me he does have feelings.
I went to talk to my neighbors about this, and they said this is true, that men often have feelings, but do not show them, or not in the same way women do.
Has this been your experience, too, that you have interpreted a lack of expression for a lack of feeling? Or for men, that your wife misinterpreted your lack of expression?
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