Quotes I never heard in my marriage

My focus at the moment is trying to remember if I ever heard "What are your needs now, David?" during my marriage.

 

I'm pretty confident that I never heard those exact words from my life partner.  I think I would have remembered.

 

I recall many comments that I didn't have any needs that were unmet.  Most typical of that genre was "it's impossible to buy gifts for you because you have everything you want or need."  I would always agree and offer "please don't get me any gifts…just being together is more than enough."

 

I meant that.  It was enough.

 

Now I don't have that, either.  I'd love a lot of gifts now!  Large ones, and maybe expensive ones.  I don't care what's in the box.  Just that my name is on the outside somewhere.  And it's really for me.

 

Perhaps my ex, if she were available to me, would be able to remind me of the many many ways she asked what I needed. 

 

I can't recall a single one by myself.

 

Now I need compassion, physical touch, and silence.   Someone to cry with.