Ep 83: My Husband Doesn't Value Me

The LoveWorks Solution Podcast

If you have the experience that your husband/BF/partner doesn’t value you, you probably feel hurt, angry, sad, or all of them in combination.

Feeling unvalued impacts your own self esteem and spills over into the quality of your entire relationship, and you might be questioning yourself, the future of your relationship, and whether there’s something wrong with your partner, your relationship, or yourself.

Feeling unvalued by your partner can show up in a myriad of ways. Perhaps he …

Doesn’t listen to you Doesn’t tell the truth Doesn’t prioritize you Gives you the silent treatment Withdraws Offers little or no connection and communication Gives romantic or sexual attention to other people Belittles you, uses demeaning comments Doesn’t spend time with you and/or your family Speaks poorly of you in public Ignores or doesn’t honor your boundaries Doesn’t include your opinions and concerns Offers little or no appreciation, affection, or loving gestures.

And that’s not an exhaustive list.

If this describes you and how you feel about your partner, what can you do?

Our first tendency when we’re not getting what we want in relationship, is to get the other person to change their behavior. In this case, you might find yourself criticizing and nagging at him way more than you like, in an attempt to get the message across that you want something to change.

When we’re unhappy with our partners, we often come at them with lists of rules for how they should behave. Whereas it’s perfectly understandable that you want his behavior to change, this approach will not give you what you want. Even if you’re 100% right about your complaints and all your friends agree with you. If that approach worked, all we needed to do to have perfect partners was to tell them exactly what they’re doing wrong and how they should behave, and we’d be done.

Listen to the full episode (or watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/-EOXgPZmAu0)

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