Is it possible to live with your partner without communicating?

@IM5688 I thought you were happily married?

@PoetryNEmotion Happily is a relative term. Also, people change, feelings change, etc. Could we survive without each other? Yes, probably. Do we need each other? Yes, I believe so. Do we have a deep communication? Not at all. Are we affectionate with each other? I try to be, but she is not open to participating in any form of affection. Am I happy with her? Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

@IM5688 Sounds sad. I had thought it showed such promise. The age difference mattered?

@PoetryNEmotion I know it sounds sad, and maybe it is to an extent, but it's actually okay. Age difference is only 8 years, has nothing to do with it. I think its more of a cultural thing. I being American and she being Chinese. We have different ways of viewing things and different preferences. For example, I think most women would enjoy their partner to be attentive to them. Not so with her. I think most wives would love to have I love you said to them each day, not my wife. Hugs, morning/goodnight kisses, hand holding, cuddling, etc, just don't exist.
Don't get me wrong, we love each other and take care of each other, but they just have a different way of showing it than we do.

@IM5688 Did you date before you married? You must have known something about her culture and her family? I recall you found her so attractive. It must be hard to have beauty that is not warm.

@PoetryNEmotion We met online, chatted for about a year, then I went to China to meet her and her family. I stayed there about 1 month. We married in China. I came back to the US and started the paperwork, (which took a year,) to bring her here as a legal permanent US resident. We've been married for about 12 years now.

@IM5688 I remember your story. Wish it was happier.

@PoetryNEmotion Yes, me too.

@IM5688 You will not leave. You prefer this to being single. It is on you then.

@PoetryNEmotion I believe that we do love each other, (I know I love her,) but her culture is not known for being affectionate or showing affection. While I do miss the physical affection, she does take good care of me and looks after my well being.

@IM5688 You keep saying that. Repeating it. Who are you trying to convince?