Dear Queenie,
My husband and I have been married for 30 years and he just doesn’t talk to me anymore. He’ll sit there watching sports or politics on TV or reading a book or the newspaper and act like I’m not even there. He likes to chat with other people but not with me.
Queenie, how can I get him to notice me?—Ignored wife
Dear Wife,
People, especially couples, who spend most of their time together sometimes find that neither of them has anything new to say – “same old same old” – so they just do not talk to each other.
Find some new interests or activities apart from your husband so you will not feel so isolated and will have new things to talk about.
And, you might want to consider professional counselling, with your husband if you can persuade him to go, or by yourself if he will not.
