Should We Break Up?

"Me and my boyfriend ahve been together for 2 and a bit years. we met in france and while i am english he is french canadian. we had alot of trouble witht the distance and we have both made massive efforts to be together by getting visas and taking it in turns to live abroad. at the moment i live in canada. the problem being is theat i was so intensly attracted to him when i first met him that i fell straigh in love with him, and him the other way round, but i think that i always thought that some of his character flaws that didnt like could be chaged (mistake) like he is not very good at communicating what he feels, he stays very much inside himself and is a loner. much more so of late. i used to get quite upset about why he didnt want to talk or be with me or even show me normal amounts of affection like a card for our 2nd anniversary, but he always replies that im too senesetive, that it isnt because of me, he is just like that, and for the anniversary, that we dont need material things and that i should know that he loves me.
its just that sometimes 'knowing' isnt enough. Now i believed that i was too sensetive first of all, but then my friend came to stay and was surprised by how he can snap at me sometimes, or just the lack of communication he gives. now i dont want to change him, but i feel like i have the choice either to be really unhappy, or to talk to ghim about the things that bother me, but when i do that he says im too sensetive, which is possible, and then i think i will just push him away more. i love him, i think he is so gorgeous and i love so many things about himand the things he loves and how bohemian he is, but he doesnt make me feel loved. Do i break up with him over things that i might be too sensetive about, but which make me unhappy,and then risk losing the love of mylife, or do i stay and just accept that i cant change him and 'settle' for not being made to feel special. because i suppose there are no fairytale relationships are there?

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"i realise that i annoy him when i get upset by these things and especially if it depresses me then i know im making myself less and less attractive to him. bu then if i feel im pushing him away then it just makes me more upset...its a vicious cycle! but then i dont know how to deal with it. do i just keep my feelings inside as maybe i am too sensetive, or tell him, be honest and risk pushing him away? the thing is, instead of annoying him, iwant him to see that im upset, feel bad, and try and make it better, when you love someone, you dont want them to feel bad do you? i want him to want to give me affection! and its not like he doesnt give me any, sometimes he is so lovely to me, but if i feel unhappy, then am i just being too demanding?

thanks for all the comments guys, they are really helping, good or bad, keep em coming!!...view more"