New to DB

[MrBond]

" I've felt for a long time that I get the short end of the stick and would let H know about it."

Then this needs to be changed. Did you ever think that maybe you can't be so sensitive? I'm sure he didn't maliciously do things in the past on purpose. Do you honestly think he goes out of his way to tick you off? He probably doesn't even notice it, which I know p@sses you off, but it can't be helped.

" And I believe stroking his ego is something that she probably does do that I am not good at."

Again, it's not stroking his ego. Let me put it to you this way. When you first were dating him, you probably complimented him on his clothes, cologne, car, how hard he worked, etc. And you did it because you were genuinely interested in him and not to stroke his ego.

Then somewhere along the lines those compliments changed into criticisms on your part. And soon, the compliments stopped and the criticisms remained. That's what needs to change.

"Dropping compliments is fairly easy to do."

Yes they are.