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Thank you, nephew. Subject. I cut him off and he stopped asking. Dear Steven Shirley, I'm married to a very stubborn man and out of eight years of marriage, he's ignored me for most of that time.

I'm a charge nurse and I've been really stressed out lately as you can imagine. I come home to my husband and I expect him to listen to me event and console me, but instead he has his head and his phone and he tunes me out.

I have asked him to do favors for me or pick up gross recent dry cleaning and he will lie and say he'll do it. And when I ask him about it, he either says he doesn't remember agreeing to do it or he will say he didn't have time to.

I got so fed up with him that I stopped talking to him. He didn't care because I was still having sex with him so I could unwind at night. I realized he was enjoying the sex and didn't have to deal with my mouth.

So I cut the sex off and he eventually started talking to me and paying attention to what I had to say. I played that game with him whenever I got really irritated with him.

Back in May, I had a colonoscopy and he took me for the procedure and left me there. I had to be put into a holding room because the nurse couldn't find him.

He eventually came to pick me up and that was it for me. I had had enough of him so I went back to ignoring him. He apologized and begged me for sex for the first three weeks and then he stopped.

He seemed to be okay without sex and his mood changed. He let me vent to him and he started helping me out around the house.

I tried to reward him for good behavior with sex and he turned me away. I'm not sure of what he's up to but he will not have sex with me now.

Has my ignoring game backfired? What is up with him?

Well, realistically speaking, either he's getting it from somewhere else or he's playing your game back at you so you can see how it feels.

I know it's confusing to you because in the midst of him now cutting you off, he's still being nice to you.

He's still being nice. What does that mean? You've been with this man for eight years and for the most of that time you said he has ignored you.

I mean, you said that in the letter. So even though there's no proof that he's cheating, he has changed significantly and change in behavior from a man could definitely be a sign of cheating, proof or not.

My question to you is why are you still with this man? You've been basically single in your marriage for all of these years.

You said you he's ignored you for eight. You've got no help from him and the simple things like picking up the dry cleaning or getting groceries and the big one.

Where was he after your colonoscopy? Why did you have to be put in a holding room? You yourself said that was it for you.

Well, apparently not because you're still there and now he's flipped the script on you. He's flipped the game and has you worried about what he's up to.

So I mean, my advice is you've got to talk to him because only he can tell you why he's turning you away and please do not expect him to be honest if he is cheating.

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