You're right, it is easy to see where his passions lie - in his business. Honestly, that's such a big reason I was and am so attracted to him. But I feel that I didn't properly illustrate how our time is spent together - nearly every single night together after work and together in the morning before departing for class/work. He doesn't just not fit me into his schedule as I may have implied earlier. We love being together. It's not that he's a bad partner. Which is why I don't feel that you or I should vilify him by saying his passion doesn't lie without me. He truly does do what he can for us to have a "normal" relationship. Despite being completely blasted after a 12 hour day of work on his feet, he does always want to hang out and will come out to meet me with friends even though I know it's not what he'd ideally be wanting to do and that he's doing it for me. When I'm with him and the young one, he's always thanking me for being so understanding of his life and appreciative. I'm not "the" caretake of his kid, I just help out where I can. I don't think that I'm making career sacrifices for his sake, being that being in a relationship with him has given me a level of independence that I'd never known before. I just don't want the attitude of this issue to be a blame game on him - I'm not mad at him or resentful about us not being able to do "typical" couple things, because we get to do a lot of other awesome things together like go to midday wine tastings and share this passion of an amazing, fast paced, creative industry. Indeed, he hasn't said those three little words, but I do feel a lot of love between us.

My problem doesn't lie with him - it lies with me trying to come to terms with the fact that he and I can't and don't have everything. And I'm not sure if that's a valid reason to end a relationship. This is my first real, adult relationship, and I'm just not sure how much is too much to expect, in reality.

Thanks for your reply. I just don't want this to be some victimization of me as his partner. I have no problem with him as a person, I'm only trying to figure out if this is the right thing for me at this point in my life.