Thanks Spyder, for your insightful reply , what you said deeply resonated with me! , it's the "Law Of Diminishing Marginal Utility"
Also I tend to think about the free ride she is enjoying and in the process I tend to forget, that she too gets stressed out (it's just that I tend to think of her as a perfect human being without stress etc ). When I actually see her as a person who is susceptible to stress etc, then I go easy on her, and then things begin to improve .
There are a lot of complicating factors, being the only child, being and academic, lack of real world experience etc but I am learning.
Thanks again for being so generous!
JF
P.S. since I've been in this monogamous relationship, I haven't been interested in any other LBs or GGs. Which is weird, because usually I need to be exploring all options, in order to keep my self esteem high
P.S.2 > I tried to LIKE your reply but "You have reached your quota of positive votes for the day"