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Now, I know that whole point of this is not to 'bribe' him into good behavior, but it would be nice if I felt like he at least appreciated that I'm making an effort.




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He finally cuddled in, put his arms around me, and thanked me for this afternoon.




uhm? did I miss something? he did say thank you right? but when he said thank you, you said..

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I told him I'd love to thank him for putting me first tonight, but wasn't able to because he didn't put me first




Are you keeping score? How is a response like that to his effort to show appreciation going to get you closer to your goal?

LL