Love has always been a difficult concept for me. I've dated several women that I had no emotional connection with. I began to think falling in love would never happen. And then my wife and I found each other about 6 years ago. I found somebody I could love and loved me back. We've been married for nearly 5 years and it has been a fairly happy marriage. Our only problem seems to be the economy has been down almost all of the years we've been together. But through it all, I've remained employed and we've never gone without essentials. We don't seem to ever fight, although we've both vented our frustrations from time to time. But there is one nagging problem that plagues me...
There is no doubt that my wife loves me more than I love her. Why is that? What's wrong with me?
Certainly growing up as a JW in an environment that was lacking in love has stunted my ability to love, but there has got to be more to it than that. And I don't mean to make this post sound like my marriage is in trouble, because for now, it is not. But I can see the possibility of potential problems if I do nothing. We can't afford a vacation and I think it is time for more than flowers, a card and a box of chocolates. So for those of you who have several years invested in a relationship... give me some words of wisdom.