I don't really think him needing you to be more direct is very demanding. My bf needs the same things from me. I have learned that he will not pick up on cues I give so I have to flat out say "I am so mad at you right now" or "come here and give me a kiss". If he says he will try harder if you make the effort to be more direct then that still sounds pretty 50/50 to me. And you have to realize that it's not going to be 50/50 all the time. You each will make sacrifices for the other at certain times. He moved to PA from Wyoming to be with you. That sounds like a pretty big sacrifice to me. And, in turn, he has had trouble finding a job so you are doing the supporting right now. It's give and take.

I have learned that it is A LOT of work to be with someone. No one has a fairy tale relationship. Everyone goes through ups and downs. Every relationship goes through the same things: feeling insecure, feeling left out, jealous whatever. What makes a relationship worth it is when both want to work through it.

I have posted a lot about how horrible my bf can be sometimes. And, truthfully, even though all the stuff he has said, I still feel in my heart that it is worth it. And he feels that it is worth it. So even though we are going through the same things I have gone through with every guy I have ever dated, what is different now is that I WANT to do it. I WANT to learn my flaws and his flaws and grow together.

So don't go thinking that if you leave him, you will find another guy that wont do the same exact things cause they all do lol. Men are just brought up that way and biologically are "programmed" that way. They are problem solvers and direct. Pretty much every guy you are going to meet is going to have some kind of problem listening or showing the right affection or whatever. You have to decide if you WANT to work through it.