The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.
I love my wife. We FaceTime and we talk on the phone and she travels to come see me when she can. But she works as well. But we see each other a lot more than people would think, though, because we make it happen and we love each other so much.
Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.