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How to ask for emotional attention without seeming demanding

He never asks how my day was and when I bring it up he says I am being needy but I just want to feel like he cares about my life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Basic curiosity about a partner's inner world has been pathologized as neediness.

Ideas that help explain it
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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.