.... I kiss my dogs and bunny more than my husband, and he laughs more with his macaw than with me lol we're just animal lovers with mutual respect for each other, and we KNOW without a single doubt that we both love each other, when I want to go to museums he'll roll his eyes and say fine, when he wants to go to car shows I'll pout but I'll go without a complaint. thats a stable and equally balanced relationship(inmy eyes :))
you have to have those things to make a relationship work and if you have respect and love for him and the relationship, then its HIS problem and not yours so don't feel bad about that!!
I know that kind of heart break after putting several years into a relationship, took me 8 months to get over it but I did! and now I'm married, cared for, with a very easy life :) Life ALWAYS gets better, sometimes you just need a little bad luck to get you to realize it.