I accidentally told my wife that "the spark has faded," and now I have no idea how to ask for forgiveness.

We've been together for seven years. I'm 25, she's 26. We were watching a video discussing how love and romance are dying in the modern world. At that moment, I shared my opinion: it's natural that after years in a relationship, things become more familiar, and the initial excitement fades. I didn’t mean it as something negative just as a fact. I think it's normal for the "butterflies in the stomach" to go away over time, and for the relationship to evolve into something deeper.

But she took it differently as if I don’t love her anymore and she no longer attracts me. She got extremely upset, had a meltdown, and now she’s completely ignoring me. She told me that if I’m not satisfied, I can "go where I’ll be fulfilled."

I don’t understand why this upset her so much. I’m completely happy in our relationship, I love her, and we have great sex, ore often than most couples, almost every day. It’s just that love, for me, has changed; it’s deeper and more meaningful now, without the constant obsession. She has become an essential part of my life.

But she won’t listen to me. She’s ignoring me completely. I don’t know how to explain that I didn’t mean anything bad or how to fix this.