My Husband is Emotionally Lacking

On the Show Today: Her husband is emotionally unavailable, and she feels trapped after starting a family at a young age. Stu and Lisa answer some of her questions.   Email Highlights for today: My husband and I are 26 years old. We have been together for 9 years (married for 5). I was raised in a single mom household with a strict mother who worked 3 jobs so I stood home and babysat my sister (4 years younger than me.) I was never allowed to have friends over or hang out with friends...My mother did everything she could to make sure we were cared for but because she worked so hard I didn’t have much of a personal life. My husband was the opposite. He was from a married parent home, dad worked mom stood home. They gave him all the freedom in the world to do as he pleased but they are a very reserved family. No emotions, no affection...I feel like personally, I felt trapped. I went from not being able to do anything as a teenager to being tied down by the family life with kids and a husband. I felt, and sometimes still feel like, I was never able to find myself and who I am as a person which is why I started to grow in my faith and take the journey with the Lord...But my husband is the “problem” he is an AMAZINNGGGG husband!! He helps out more than I could imagine at home. He does dishes, does laundry, sweeps, mops, makes beds, works 40 hours a week, cooks meals when I don’t have the strength, takes the kids to and forth but he lacks emotionally. I am a stay at home mom. When I bring up my feelings to other women, especially my own mom, she claims I am being a “brat” or a “baby” and whining about nothing, he is great and it's me who has the problem. I have now learned to keep my mouth shut but it is affecting our marriage...my husband is an amazing provider and partner in our home but he lacks in affection, attention and following the lord. Stu and Lisa, please help me. I feel like I have exhausted every angle from praying for us both, sending him little articles or highlights of the articles (neither which he will read), dropping hints, approaching conversations the right way, using I statements vs making it about him, I praise him, I encourage him, I lift him up but I see none of that in return. I overfill his love tank and my children’s while mine is running on empty. Links Acts 2:8 Galatians 6:9 Matthew 13:1-23   Emotionally Distant Husbands: Does your husband Stink at Romance? Mine Too! Fighting for your marriage when your spouse is emotionally distant   Lake Tahoe Couples Getaway! ($100 off with our Affiliate Link!)   TEXT US YOUR question!!!! 1.615.592.1060 Show your Support for Stupendous Marriage! (affiliate link) Check out our new Amazon Influencer Page for Marriage Books To help support the show! Take a minute to comment and Rate us on iTunes! Hop on our email list to get marriage encouragement in your email weekly. Tell your Married Friends about the show! Stupendous Marriage Show on Facebook THANKS! Subscribe: iTunes| RSS|Google|Stitcher Additional Music from Audiohero.com