phoenixtears89 Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 I've been having a feeling of emptiness in my relationship lately. I've been dating my boyfriend a month short of four years and the past few months he's been less verbally affectionate to the point that I'm always the one that says "I love you" first. If I don't say it, no one says it. Lately I've stopped saying it to see if he ever will, but so far he hasn't. Before, he would (sometimes) say it first when we're together, or I would get a few "I miss you," or "I love you" text messages from time to time. Basically, verbal affection hasn't been something he's doing even though I've been going through hard times family wise and I just feel like I could use more support. He's also never been one to compliment my appearance very often unless I'm obviously dressed up. The catch is, the sex is still great, he's always been very attentive in bed and when we're together we still have fun and he's always physically affectionate, he's just stopped saying any endearing things, with the exception of my birthday this weekend. He called me a few pet names on my birthday and we went out for it, but he still hasn't said I love you in awhile, even then. I have mentioned that verbal affection is important to me to him, but he just says he didn't grow up that way and in past relationships women have found how "mushy" he was annoying. I don't understand this because he was previously more verbally affectionate to me, but then there's this sudden drop off.
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