In the opening, instead of professing my love, I said
Thank you for calling twice yesterday just to check on us. It meant a lot to me that you called in the middle of the evening like that. And thanks for handling the checking account crisis. It just freaked me out to think that someone was still stealing from us. I am glad you took care of it.
To invite his feeback, I added:
I pulled some questions out from dialogue to answer for you to help you know how I am feeling about us. I would really appreciate it if you could answer those same questions and send them to me over the next couple days, if you have time. Thanks for reading…
In what ways do I show my love for you? How do I feel about that?
IN THIS PART, TO NOT SOUND OVERCONFIDENT, I ADDED SOMETHING---
I feel confident in my answer. It is a feeling of head held high, shoulders back, deep breath in, standing tall. I feel this an 8 out of 10 when it comes to showing love to you. I was going to say a 9 out of 10 but I realize you need me to be a better listener, which I want to do for you. I do realize that as confident as I am that I show you love, you still want me to show love in other ways.
