It’s this craving for how I need to feel loved, which he just won’t/can’t do, no matter how many times I have explained it to him. It shouldn’t have been this hard. I feel unimportant and rejected, unloved. That’s truly what it is. This isn’t a partnership. This is just two people hanging in there who have a lot of friendship in common and coparenting well together, but not really a love connection.

I’m not going to set myself up for that rejection anymore...easier said than done, though.