Nice article and believe many marriages are similar to what you experienced.
I am eight years into a second marriage and we ask all the time are you happy? Do you feel loved?
People in general and our friends see it in both of us. Some will actually say they want what we have. What they don’t know is we are now in a female led or wife led relationship that has reignited the passion in the relationship.
My wife feels more confident, and secure. I am more aware of her needs and her words. For us this the change we made in a relationship that was already working. I express my love for her and always ask if I am doing enough to demonstrate my love for her? She ask if I am getting what I need?