4. Communicate
Listening to your spouse is very important, but so is communicating. How is she supposed to know what you want or how you feel if you do not tell her? She is NOT a mind reader.
If you’re harboring negative feelings, she will feel it and will naturally distance herself from you if you do not explain what is going on. Whoever said it wasn’t “manly” to talk about feelings was an idiot, and definitely not a good husband.