So maybe he is having trouble seeing you as someone who NEEDS him...?
That is, you are competent, you handle whatever comes your way, you are not sick or petite (I'm not either..Down with petite sweet people!! j/k) or sweet. So maybe he feels useless or something. Maybe he has a need to have a woman looking at him like her hero.
Not that you have to put on a big false act, but are there ways that you can foster that attitude without totally violating your own integrity?
Oh and I didn't mean to say that you aren't sweet...just not in the same way that she sounds. I can perfectly picture the type of person that she is and it doesn't sound like the LL that I know! For the record, I am not one bit that way either and here is the funny thing....I truly believe that is what H was attracted to, in the beginning. That I was so independent and headstrong, etc. It's funny how the very thing that attracts you to your spouse becomes the thing that you despise 10 yrs down the road.
Anyhoo, have you ever done any experiments with the sweet stuff and what were the results? I know I am jumping in with suggestions late..you have probably already tried everything under the sun (I know I have) but there's gotta be a way and I am here to help you find it, my sister.
And YES I heard you screamin "good LUCK" all the way here in the midwest.
And yeah I knew the TP wasn't that big of a disaster. Actually I prefer it to the tooth brushing she was doing out of the toilet a few weeks ago. Oh and did I mention that her sister had forgotten to flush beforehand. Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.