Well...my husband kept saying "I want to put my family back together" "I want my family"....I finally asked him to define family...at first is was me and the kids...then I said....well someday the kids will be gone....will you still want ME then...he said yes....then I said....what if the kids were already gone now.....would you have come back?....he said, yes I think so...
So maybe you need to ask your H to define "family"....sometimes it is hard for them to say "I want you"...but if you really reach the heart of the matter you might find out they want YOU too...