Long time married. Many ups and downs. He was an alcoholic, now sober almost two years. At one point we were splitting up, I had taken advice from a solicitor. Two ish years ago there was police involved. Lots of resentment on both sides probably at one stage.
Fast forward to now, we are still together but it feels like flatmates. There's no deep talking, no affection, no time spent just us. We haven't been intimate in over 5 years.
I want to give it a go, otherwise I wouldn't be here. I gave one of those books where you scratch of surprise dates to try and get some time alone together, do something to rebuild connection back on Valentine's day. It hasn't even been touched.
I brought it up and it's because we have money issues. Fair enough but alternatives haven't been discussed, it was the spirit of the gift that mattered- to spend time together.
We are skint, massively so, but others in our position are still connected to each other so I can't see why we can't get through this.
Is there any way we can turn this around? Get back to being a happy normal connection? Any tips?