Is it time to stop DBing? Nope. Its time to stop treating it like a game and rise to the next stage."
I assume you are starting out at that next level when both partners are satisfied with things as they have pregressed through that level? In other words, both spouses must 'agree' to "....really build your R." and not just go along as if nothing ever happened?
I hope I'm not taking the defeatist attitude here, and I know how good I got it, but the little voice in my head still talks to me, sometimes on a daily basis, and I think in some ways, holds the real key to me getting to that next level - and believing I belong there.