It's taken a bit of courage to post this, because I'm afraid of the answers. I've been with my boyfriend 16 months. He's always been a practical person rather than particularly emotional, but he told me he loved me after six months. For a while we had something really very special. He gradually has become more distant. He stopped saying I love you. Stopped contacting me as much. No more passionate kisses. Sex life still ok, but not as frequent. He went through a rough time where he was worried about access arrangements with his son and he became very withdrawn and possibly a bit depressed. I asked him about his feelings and he said he thinks he loves me. He's changed and isn't the emotional person he was before. But he doesn't know he loves me.
What confuses me further is that this man has gone out every night after work this week, driving around picking up furniture he's found for me. He spent all day yesterday doing DIY for me. He is redesigning my dds room so that each girl has their own space. So I don't know what to do. He acts like he loves me in practical ways, but emotionally he is closed and distant.