No, it is Covert because you didn't tell the other person. What your talking about is a unilateral contract. Another word for Covert Contract is "SECRET AGREEMENT".
You make a deal, only you don't tell the other person about the deal.
The important distinction in a covert contract is that it is based on the assumption that the other party will inherently know and understand the terms of the unsaid contract. So an example of that would be: "I'll clean the house and my W will be so impressed that she will want to have sex with me tonight." You feel like you don't need to say what the terms are, because she will inherently know that if you clean the house you deserve to be rewarded with sex. So then when she doesn't want to have sex you get upset, because you feel she's not meeting her end of the bargain. So you pout and mope and then explode over something completely unrelated, like she leaves a dirty towel on the floor. You let anger and resentment build over it. This is distinctly different than saying "I'm going to give it a year and then pursue D myself if nothing changes" because in this case you are not assuming that things will change, and you are not doing something as a "favor" for her expecting something in return.
I'm not trying to beat a dead horse but covert contracts are a huge problem with many people that find themselves here and it's important that anyone reading here grasps what they are and why they are an issue. Because when you identify it as a fault then it's actually not hard to do a 180 on it.
