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Fiancé told me he doesn’t love me right now

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Bluejumper2 · 02/11/2020 20:06

My fiancé and i have gone through a tough year (hasn’t everyone?) with little personal space or time to relax. We’ve argued a lot and I haven’t been my best or kindest self because of the stress and also because of our clash in communication styles and ways of working. I’m more driven and anxious whereas he is laid back. I think we are both in the wrong to some extent, as is the case with most relationships. We’re now in a better situation (have our own space and a bit less stress) but falling into the same patterns of behaviour (me being too critical and highly strung, him constantly disengaging and not doing things proactively with passion and energy). At the weekend we had a big row and he said he no longer loved me and had no residual feelings for me. We made a tentative peace on Sunday where he said he wants to get back on a stable footing and be happy again / work at it he has loved me in the past, but I don’t feel that can be true love if you can switch off those feelings. I feel so lost right now about what to do. He’s very stubborn and not particularly emotional, doesn’t care if I’m crying, and we’re struggling to communicate with one another at all. If backed into a corner I think he can be defensive and aggressive and lose all of the bigger picture. I feel so sad. I’ve not been perfect, but I am finding it hard to be kind and supportive or act as a team when someone has told me they have no feelings. It doesn’t feel like a good basis for a future marriage. Would welcome any advice. Thank you

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widespreadpanic · 02/11/2020 21:17

Any person that can’t comfort you when you’re hurt is cold hearted. And I know cause my ex was like this. He sounds cold and uncaring or maybe he’s checked out of the relationship so your crying doesn’t move him. Eventually you will end up resenting him anyway. I think you should move on.

crimsonlake · 02/11/2020 21:18

I think the advice posters are giving is probably not the advice you wanted to hear. To be honest it sounds as if the love has died on his side and yes from what you have described you do not sound compatible. Neither one of you is right for wach other and there is no point clutching at straws, sorry.

Griefmonster · 02/11/2020 21:23

Have you or your partner had any counselling before? Together or separately. My DH and I went through a really tough patch about 10 years in.

I didn't have any feelings of love for him anymore but wanted to see if we could salvage anything. Counselling worked for us as a couple but we were both committed to it and uncovered all the love we had for each other. So yes you can work through a tough patch but only if you both work at it and there's a base to return to.

Dery · 02/11/2020 21:25

“... honestly a few months lockdown as a couple with no children is a breeze compared to other things you can go through as a married couple.

If lockdown has nearly broken your relationship it really doesn't bode well for the future and I agree with PP that you don't seem compatible.”

This. It’s really hard, OP, and IME things can be said in the heat of anger which are not truly meant, but it does sound as if you’re just fundamentally incompatible. Believe us all, if him being laid back winds you up now, it will almost certainly drive you to distraction if you have children.

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