I just need to be loved

@HumanEarth he's the one who causes all the pain

@Lilliesandlight Work on yourself first. Can't control others, but you can control yourself to heal better emotionally and to solve the things that make you sad. Although you can't command change in others, you can express how you feel. Deeply.

Talk to him. Somewhere alone - a calm place, no distractions. Just you and him. No rush. Speak your heart calmly. Explain all the things that make you cry. Keep the tone down and try to not be accusatory but rather introspective. Some people just can't take critique easily (they want to be perfect and when you point out something that can make them better, they get all defensive... you don't want that, you want his heart open and attentive in that moment.)

If you don't know how to begin you can start with, I know I don't tell you this often enough, but I love you very very much, you know that, right? Do you still love me too?
I try to love you the best I can but... I may have not noticed, my mind being always occupied with "what we have to do/solve.. did I do something that hurt you? (he could tell you why he gets angry - anger is often sadness in disguise). If he critiques, take it in and say thank you for explaining to me, I will try to be more understanding.

But some people respond with what are you talking about, it's all good (out of uneasiness).
You can follow by - Sometimes I feel unloved and it hurts me. I thought maybe I did something that makes you always mad sad indifferent ( you name it). and It makes me feel so alone... but I still love you, as day 1 and even more. I need to know because if I feel this way... you might be feeling it too. I do want us to revive our love. I want you to remember that I love you and I also want to feel loved but among all the challenges we went through, I feel that we have grown apart because we don't give enough attention to that love, still alive between us. It scares me that it may fade if we don't do anything.

Something in the lines of, I want us to have a better marriage life. Please tell me how you think we can make it better and I will tell you how I think we can make it better. Let's work on that.

*Also plan out tracking your marriage goals and readjusting your "marriage strengthening" strategies as you go.
It sounds so technical and I knw it is hard... but given that your love for each other is still strong... a renaissance is totally possible and I wish you that! :)

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On the other hand, if you both feel that your love is gone (or one does but one doesn't)... and especially if you feel threatened or in danger in any way... divorce might be in fact, better.

If you can't fix it, accept it as is or walk away to give both of you the time to have another chance for something that will work. But don't skip the "attempt fix part". Just don't get lost in it - keep records of what is better and what is not and have timed "where is all this going" talks every moth or so to know if things are really better or the same. during these talks "blame" is unaccepted. You have to think that you are one team solving everything and not two separate entities at war. If you can do that, you can solve everything. Best of luck for your marriage to get back on its feet. But if it doesn't, you will still do just fine because you always give your best in everything - you must remember that.

Stay strong and beautiful :)

@Busybee333 That was a nice thing you wrote. She needs a friend like you

@Busybee333 thank you for you kind advice