It's not reasonable to expect someone you're in a relationship with to give you exactly what you give them. In any case, how the hell would you even measure that? Use a stop watch during conversations? Take videos and count how many compliments she gives you compared to how many you give her? Assign a number to the emotional value of particular words and keep track using a spreadsheet?
That would clearly be completely bonkers, so it all comes down to a matter of personal perception, and your perception now is that you're getting less from this relationship than she is, and you feel that's not fair. Your perception may or may not be correct, since it is a fact that none of us can be completely objective about such things.
Real love is not giving to someone else in the expectation of getting the same in return; real love is giving with no expectation of getting anything in return. That's not to say you should aspire to be a doormat and stay in a relationship with someone who gives you nothing. If someone treats you like shit and gives you no sign that they care about you and respect you, then they are not worthy of your time, energy and attention. You may continue to love them and wish that things were different, but continuing to give them those gifts is damaging to yourself and you need to recognise that staying in the relationship is harmful.
You have a choice: continue to give her what you believe you should give her and accept that what she gives you in return is as much as she can, or accept that she's not able to give you what you need, and go look for someone else who can do that.
Finally, I see in one of your comments that you say you have no friends. That suggests your only real emotional involvement is with this one woman, and you're expecting her to give you absolutely everything you need from another human being. That's a ridiculously heavy burden to expect her to bear, and it's just not realistic or fair. People in healthy relationships value their time together, but they also need time apart, and they need to have emotional connections with people outside the confines of the relationship.
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It's not reasonable to expect someone you're in a relationship with to give you exactly what you give them. In any case, how the hell would you even measure that? Use a stop watch during conversations? Take videos and count how many compliments she gives you compared to how many you give her? Assign a number to the emotional value of particular words and keep track using a spreadsheet?
That would clearly be completely bonkers, so it all comes down to a matter of personal perception, and your perception now is that you're getting less from this relationship than she is, and you feel that's not fair. Your perception may or may not be correct, since it is a fact that none of us can be completely objective about such things.
Real love is not giving to someone else in the expectation of getting the same in return; real love is giving with no expectation of getting anything in return. That's not to say you should aspire to be a doormat and stay in a relationship with someone who gives you nothing. If someone treats you like shit and gives you no sign that they care about you and respect you, then they are not worthy of your time, energy and attention. You may continue to love them and wish that things were different, but continuing to give them those gifts is damaging to yourself and you need to recognise that staying in the relationship is harmful.
You have a choice: continue to give her what you believe you should give her and accept that what she gives you in return is as much as she can, or accept that she's not able to give you what you need, and go look for someone else who can do that.
Finally, I see in one of your comments that you say you have no friends. That suggests your only real emotional involvement is with this one woman, and you're expecting her to give you absolutely everything you need from another human being. That's a ridiculously heavy burden to expect her to bear, and it's just not realistic or fair. People in healthy relationships value their time together, but they also need time apart, and they need to have emotional connections with people outside the confines of the relationship.