When you don't get this - along with zero physical intimacy or sex - it destroys your sense of worth, confidence and relationship. women simply don't think about men's needs. The way marriage therapy and counseling is so geared towards the female approach of talking, talking, talking without any accountability or enacted change - it simply serves to further provide emotional ammo to use against men when they actually DO communicate their needs.
When you don't get this - along with zero physical intimacy or sex - it destroys your sense of worth, confidence and relationship. women simply don't think about men's needs. The way marriage therapy and counseling is so geared towards the female approach of talking, talking, talking without any accountability or enacted change - it simply serves to further provide emotional ammo to use against men when they actually DO communicate their needs.