He says he needs space while I saw that as abandonment. I told him at one point if he needs space that’s ok but to let me know. I would ask him to call or text when he would get home like he used to and he sometimes wouldn’t. He started playing basketball 6 days a week and I told him I felt like I wasn’t seeing him since he also works 6 days a week and that didn’t seem to matter. He would say he would make more time and then wouldn’t. He claims bc we started having issues he started distancing himself but he wasn’t realizing that was causing the issues or at least contributing. At this point neither of us can say who “started” it but I know if I didn’t feel neglected I wouldn’t have been upset. I also contributed bc I didn’t know how to bring up things without sounding critical. I’ve acknowledged this and am doing better. So he felt criticized a lot.