What do I do when my husband ignores me?
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Moderated by Maria Wasielewski, Master of Arts in Counseling and Guidance, University of Arizona
Updated: May 11, 2022
Anonymous
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Jun 24, 2018
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This is hard. I am sorry you are going through this. Sometimes, spouses take each other for granted, not necessarily on purpose but life happens. Is it possible to tell your husband "I feel this way when you ignore me" or "I would love to spend some quality time with you." Dealing with a spouse, if you can tell him how xyz makes you feel in a non-accusatory way and open up a dialogue as to why he has been ignoring you, it might help move your relationship into a better place. Is it possible he is stressed at work? Stressed about bills? Could he feel unhappy for some reason? Opening up a dialogue in a non-accusatory way may shed some light on what is going on and get you to a new place of feeling like he pays attention to you.
blissfulKiwi74
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Jun 25, 2018
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Give him time and space. When it feels like things has calmed down some, try to talk to him. Sometimes people ignore you without realizing they are ignoring you.
Anonymous
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Jun 29, 2018
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He may be in a tough time in his life if so maybe give it a week then reach out but people react to things differently some people cry some people ignore everything around them... You would have to have a discussion with him to make sure evreything is alright
Anonymous
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Jul 13, 2018
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Try talking to him. He may be ignoring you but being completely honest with your feelings could help save the relationship.
Anonymous
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Jul 18, 2018
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I think when this happens, you have to try to communicate with him. Maybe it can be something you can work out together.
Katheryn
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Jul 18, 2018
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I'm so sorry to hear that your husband is ignoring you. There are many things you can do, and only you know what the best course of action would be. However, it seems like it might be important to examine his motives. Is he ignoring you as a way of punishing you? Is he ignoring you on purpose? Does he ignore you all the time or after a fight? It sounds like a course of action might be just to talk about it with him, when he is not in a bad mood or ignoring you. You could try letting him know how his ignoring you makes you feel and try to understand his motives behind it. There may be a better way for him to express his emotions rather than ignoring you and he might be open to finding it.
Anonymous
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Jul 19, 2018
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Every relationship is different- but trust and open communication seem to be essential for a healthy relationship. Perhaps you can talk calmly about how you feel ignored. Perhaps your husband doesn't eve know you feel this way! Perhaps they do not know what you need in order not to feel ignored. You will not know unless you tell him how you feel and open a healthy and calm conversation about it.
Anonymous
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Jul 25, 2018
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Try to speak with him about it. Maybe he's thinking about something else, he struggle with something or he's just bussy.
Anonymous
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Jul 26, 2018
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try to communicate with him to see the reason to why hes ignoring you. communication is the key to ever relationship. if he doesn't feel like talking then let him cool down until he decided t talk.
Sweetieangel
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Aug 2, 2018
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You love your husband much more when he ignores you show your love no one can give love what your love
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