Falling out of love with husband.

So let me start off by saying that my husband and I have been together for almost 9 years, married for 2. He was my first boyfriend and I fell hard, fast. I have never had second thoughts about our relationship before, but for the last 6 months or so I have begun to feel like I am falling out of love with him. I still have love for him, but I no longer feel “in love”.

1) I have always wanted children very badly and used to bring up trying for a baby constantly. But now I have a hard time picturing myself starting a family with him and have stopped talking about TTC completely.

2) I no longer have a desire to or even think of texting him throughout the day while at work or apart. I have also begun to really value my alone time and look forward to it more and more.

3) I am less interested in spending time with his family. He now has to ask me to go and visit them when it used to be the other way around.

4) I have become less interested in having sex and sharing intimacy with him.

My husband is a wonderful man and in no way has he done anything to make my feelings change in this way. I don’t know if it’s because we got together when we were 19, so my whole adult life has been spent with him, but I have begun wishing for a “single life” lately, which makes me feel so guilty. We have a lot of big life changes coming up within the next couple of years - moving across the country for his job and the prospect of starting a family - and the idea of taking these steps if our relationship is on a downward path terrifies me. With him being my first boyfriend, I have never experienced the end of a relationship so I don’t know what that feels like. Are these the signs? Or am I just experiencing that “seven year itch” and these feelings will go away? My husband always tells me I’m the best thing in his life so I’ve been too scared to tell him how I really feel. I guess I’m just looking for advice.

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