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My husband and I have been married for 4 years when we first met I was able to openly be flirtatious with my now husband and he would flirt in return. Slowly over the years, the flirting slowly went down to a minimum. I miss those days of flirting and joking. I try to flirt with my husband but am met with a total brick wall in my face or a look of 'are you kidding me?' I like to show that I care through flirting but didn't know if it made him uncomfortable. So I asked one day when I got a brick wall response to my flirting if I made him uncomfortable and he said no. So every once in a great while I would flirt or am hinting that I would like something more (sex) and am now met with excuses, lack of any sort of enthusiasm and or a brick wall. It is really making me feel inadequate as a wife if I can't get any sort of response from him. To the point where it is weighing on our marriage and my self esteem. I am beginning to feel anger towards him. It feels like If he is rejecting my love and want for spontonaety (he also has told me he wants more of). I just don't understand. Is there something I am missing??

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Have you stopped your IB?

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Yes to both of those.

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HelloB, this sounds very suspicious to me. Men don't usually throw up a brick wall to flirty wives, unless there is something BIG distracting them.
Having been burned once, and now with my guard up, I'd look for evidence, and opportunity.


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Originally Posted by hellobubbles
Yes to both of those.

How are you spending your time alone together each week? And how are you measuring how much it is?


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