How do you really know if / when it has run it's course? Have you ever made the leap and wished you hadn't?
DP and I have been together 14 years. I feel like I do love him at some level, but a lot of the time we irritate and annoy each other, even though we don't spend much time together at all. Quite often I feel really angry with him; resentments which build over time to do with money / sharing of workload etc. I feel we are rubbish at communicating, our conversations quickly become defensive / accusatory. I am not sure if there is really much mutual respect. It seems like it's just erroded over time. Is this just 'normal' in a long term relationship? For what it's worth, our sex life is still very good - when we do do it, which is not that often, it's as good as ever. Does it sound like a phase, or should I be questioning the long term future? I am worried I would miss the occasional intimacy and sense of him 'having my back' in a practical sense (e.g he fixes things) even though I am pretty independent in most ways. How does one know when to call it quits?!