Actually I can see where he is coming from. If H tells me I look nice then that's good...but he always tells me that (even now). If someone else told me I look nice...it would probably be a bigger ego boost. Granted, what happened shouldn't have happened....but I guess I can see why it did. Especially in his state of low self esteem. I do think it was more to do with his state of mind and self esteem than it was our marriage. I don't think any part of it was unhappy or bad.