I was searching the forum for help with getting my husband to communicate with me and came across this thread. My relationship definitely suffers from lack of communication. I have tried telling him how I feel about certain things (I make sure I wait until I am calm) and his standard responses are "don't be silly", "yeah, whatever". He makes me feel like my feelings are unimportant, but because of the way he reacted in the past I do not feel comfortable telling him this. I have started a few emails to him, but never send them. I want to be able to talk to him, not write to him.
How do I get him to listen to me and then to talk to me so I can listen to him? I fear if this continues, it will mean the end of our marriage.
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