How to get DH to take me seriously

Rebekah1021

I keep thinking that we just seem to be very affectionate anymore. I know he's tired from work and has a sleep disorder and I'm tired from dealing with DD all day. I mention it to him and he kind of brushes me off. I really just want to take like 5 minutes and have a nice hug and a kiss.

I tell him this and I just don't think he thinks I am serious. I made an swesome dinner and baked him cookies today just to be nice and he hardly noticed. I just think we need some old-fashioned alone time.

I will see if my mom and dad can hang out with her on Saturday just so we can spend some time together.

shouldbeworkin

Definitely need some alone time!  Little kids are a buzz kill on a relationship.  It doesn't have to be a Sat night and it doesn't have to be something extravagent, but it is really important to have some time together w/o kids every week.  If you make a habit out of it, I bet he will see how important it is after a couple weeks.

Mrs Manners

When I finally had a hysterical come-apart is when dh realized I was serious about needing alone (adult) affection time and needed him to help more with ds. I guess it's because emotional outbursts are pretty rare for me that this one grabbed his attention pretty quickly.