FINAL UPDATE: Husband married out of duty.

Alhmadullilah thank you everyone for your advice.

So again at Fajr time I spoke to him. This was two days after the initial conversation, and I asked him what it would take for him to say he loves me. He said it would not take anything because he does not want to say it. He said his actions show that he does, and there is no need to say it. He told me that if this is what I am complaining about, I really need to have a hard look at myself. He reminded me that there are people out there with no house, no food, no intimacy, and no children, and that I am complaining over something so small.

I went back to sleep, turned the light off, and was really off with him for the whole day. Then yesterday I woke up for Fajr, did not talk to him, and went back to sleep. To my surprise, before he left for work he kissed me on the cheek and told me he loved me. Before I could react, he ran off. This made my day, regardless of whether he meant it or not, I think he did. I could tell because he showed some emotion.

When he came back from work, he said hello to me and gave me a hug. Today as well I told him that I never wanted him to overdo it, just to let me know here and there because it means a lot to me. He said ok, and now we are fine he also apologised for what I heard with his parents he said he struggles with his emotions because in his household he wasn’t comfortable enough to do that and he still isn’t so I apologised for pushing him because he really is a good husband.

He said in his family he wasn’t brought up to love anyone he was raised to do a job and he said to me I need to work on accepting people for who they are sometimes because I just caused him excess stress on top of what he’s already dealing with.

Jzk everyone for your advice I felt brave enough to talk to him about it may allah bless you all!