One of my biggest problems is my growing up without my father and I always vowed to never be like my father and it's killing me inside!
Somehow that sentence doesn't seem to belong in this story. Are you saying that you being so selfish is like your father?
You say it makes no sense for her to leave her dream house for a small apartment, but it makes no sense to me why you could DB the first time around and then go back to your old ways! It doesn't matter how beautiful the new house is, if she is unhappy.
BTW, what you did regarding Valentines was being a jerk. Reminds me of men who wait until everything has price reduction and "then" buys a Valentine gift.
I suspect she is fed up with your self ways and has found OM. Time to start DBing again.
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!