text: how can i get my to-be husband to show more of his love and effection to me? he was never somebody to be expressing anything to anyone and i feel bad sometimes. i love to death, but it hurts at times he also has kidney disease i know its hard, but should i do or say to him? having a kidney disease can not only physically drain but emotionally drain oneself  also, the stress of living day in and day out, i can only imagine, would be overwhelming, what i do know is being emotionally overwhelmed can leave very little normal consideration to share with others..as a matter of fact i am sure he relies on support of friends and family to get him thru the tough times...what may help is for his circumstances that create so much stress be addressed so that his quality of life can be increased to the point where he can feel so good that it can be shared..and i would think you would be the first he would want to shared better days with...it sounds like a tough situation to be in but these are the bad with the good times...do what it takes to improve this bad situation and i beleive good times will follow.