Happily married folks of this sub, what does your husband do frequently to make you feel loved and special?
35M married to 32F for 6 years.
I'm in a marriage that is slowly crumbling. We've been in couple therapy ,but it didn't help beyond a point. It did help us to be more aware of the underlying issues and patterns though.
I'm especially working on learning to provide verbal reassurances to my wife. ( because of ADHD, it does not come to me naturally like most people). OTOH wife struggles with self esteem issues and insecurities.
The tiniest of stuff triggers her (like I being on the phone with parents or friends) and she starts being anxious and paranoid about me not caring "enough" about her. This accumulates over a few days and we end up fighting, No amount of clarification seem to work, they do for a day or two but the cycle repeats.
At this point the only thing I know is that, reminding her that I love her *very frequently * works. So I just wanted to ask happily married folks here- if you can remember small, practical things that work in your day to day life that I can follow, please share. TIA!
TL;DR: Wife insecure about being abandoned, asking happily married folks advice about daily reassurances that help to reinforce their relationships