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Why are all the comments so upset? He genuinely loved her in the first life as well, they’re from different time periods and he showed his love differently than her. Back then a husband wasn’t to be too affectionate with his wife or he was seen as a pushover or incompetent. He also was under strict surveillance as he was essentially a slave to the government who were the ones who put them together and they actually had power over him. He couldn’t be as close as he wanted.
Not only did he fall for someone who love language was affirmation and he didn’t understand that his little actions weren’t being understood enough, he also had to balance the fact he was lied to and was in a whole another universe. He went from people pissing in the streets, and horses to get around to telsas and toilets that squirt water on your ass. That’s a lot to balance.
He quite literally died because he blew up from grief of losing her. I can see why she’s upset though, because she doesn’t get to see his POV like we do. I feel they both are bad with communication, he probably would’ve changed if she brought it up the first life and she would be more open to listening (possibly not) if he told her what happened in the first life.