Is my [28F] marriage over to my [27M] husband?
Hey guy I am looking for some advice and some outside opinions. I 28F have been with my husband 27m for almost 4 years. We have been married for almost two. We got married, had a baby and bought a house all in the same year. It was a lot on all of us. We moved really fast. I knew that our relationship was not perfect but I thought that we were okay. But 2 months ago everything went downhill. I noticed that we were not spending any time together, not sleeping in the same bedroom. He spends hours in the office gaming. I see when I wake up and bed time. Our intimacy was non existent. So I brought it up to him. He was dogging all my questions, so I just straight up asked him if he wants to work on our relationship or if he was done. He told me that he kind of wants out of our relationship. He said that he has not felt wanted for almost two years. Now I am not making excuses, in those two years I was pregnant and had a baby. My pregnancy was rough, I was miserable. I had asked him why he did not say anything to me. Our son was almost a year, there was time. He told me that he did not know how to talk to me. So we stared to work on some of our issues. We spent more time together, went on dates. He told me that I never planned anything, so I did. He told me that he hated that I was on my phone when we were watching a tv show together, so I made sure that it was away. We also tried to communicate the things that bugged us, something’s that bugged me is that we have been together for almost 4 years and I have never once gotten a birthday, anniversary, Christmas, mother days gift. I feel shallow saying that I want these things, but I just wanted to know that he was thinking of me. He said that I was hard to shop for because if I wanted something I got it. Another issues I have is that he has never said that he loves me. We are still working on that. I know that I have neglected our relationship. I am the bread winner in the house hold and he has spent most of the year without a job. I am burnt out because I pay the bills, take care of the household and spend as much time with my son as possible. I thought everything was going good until I noticed that he was hiding his phone and ignoring me when he was out with his friends. So one day when he was at work I went into the office to get something for my son and on his screen was hundreds of messages with some girl. He was cheating on me with some girl in another state. I immediately packed all of mine and my son’s things and left him a note on the bed saying I am done and my wedding ring. He found the note when he got home and freaked out. We talked things through and am working on our relationship. I can tell he is sorry but I am not as trusting as I was. It has now been a month and things are better but our intimacy life is still now exciting. I will try to bring it up and initiate things but I just get ignored. He won’t he cuddle with me or hold my hand. I try to bring it up and he just shuts down. He also it was more snappy with me than he used to be. I can tell that things are better between us, but no physical touch is a deal breaker for me. So Reddit, is my marriage over?
Posted Dec 11, 2025, 9:33 AM UTC