I don't need you to love me. I don't need to be the best partner you've ever had (nor do I think I am). But I do need to know that you enjoy spending time with me, in my company. And even more importantly, I need to know that you value what I am giving you. I need to know you recognize the level of trust I am placing in you. I need to know you view it as a privilege, because it is. And if you don't see it that way, I need to know now, because I don't want to go down this path with someone who doesn't feel the same way as I do about what this arrangement means.

If you don't see it that way, we don't have to stop seeing each other. But I will need to not invest quite as much into this right now.