Your spouse stopped making love to you because each time your spouse touched you or made sexual advances at you, you pulled away or made excuses.
Your spouse stopped praying with you because each time your spouse requested you to pray together or asked "Is there anything you like me to pray for?", you brushed it off.
Your spouse stopped asking you out for dates or making plans for just you two because each time your spouse did so, you claimed to be busy.
Your spouse stopped telling you "I love you" because your spouse realized they were the only one saying it.
Your spouse stopped dressing sexy for you in bed because when your spouse did so, you rarely noticed.
Your spouse stopped sending you photos and videos of themselves to share with you the events of the day because when you received the photos and videos, you didn't bother to appreciate.
Your spouse stopped cooking your favourite meal because when your spouse did so, you didn't even see it as special or you came home late already full.
Your spouse stopped chatting with you or calling you up because you kept blueticking your spouse, ignoring the messages and calls, replying with cold and short messages or assuming your spouse.
Your spouse stopped opening up to you and talking heart to heart because when your spouse did so, you looked disinterested or you used the sharing against your spouse.
Your spouse stopped waiting for you in bed before sleeping because you seemed to not care about joining your spouse in bed or you kept finding reasons to go to bed late.
Your spouse stopped telling you goals and dreams because when your spouse did so, you wrote your spouse off and belittled his/her desires.
Your spouse stopped wanting to go to the public with you because you showed clearly you don't want to be seen with the one you are married to.
Stop discouraging your spouse from loving you. Be careful you don't discourage your spouse to the point of no return
© Akello Oliech and Dayan Masinde
