I will say this and please don’t take it the wrong way. It’s very true because I’ve lived this for a long time. You are a good wife and a submissive dominant Right now. You do everything for him trying to fulfill his needs while yours go unfulfilled and even at time cause resentment. I can’t tell you how to make it work it’s different for everybody. What I can tell you is that a lot of us are addicted to this, think about it all the time, and as long as you keep fueling his desires it it will never end.
He is, like I was very selfish and At times is only looking for his own enjoyment. I’m sure he’s a great husband and a friend and a father, but when it comes to this stuff some of us are addictive and we can’t see the nose in front of our face.
If it continues in the long term it’s going to cause you to resent him and the lifestyle and nobody wins. I wish I could tell you what to do but after reading your post I do know that what you’re doing now is not working. He has to come to terms With the idea that you were not at 24/7 Dom. I’ve had to come to terms with it and many others before me, it’s not easy but it’s realistic. Read your post, your not happy with what’s going on yet you’re still trying to make him happy, what a great person you are. You guys need to talk there has to be something in it for you! It can’t be considered work, and you don’t want to be on the clock all the time. It’s doable but he needs to change not you. One thing that seems to work is to totally cut him off. He’ll be OK for a while but if he’s truly submissive he’ll come crawling back and begging. Me and my wife had to actually go through a few cycles of this before I started to get it through my head.
Of course this is just my opinion and It could be totally meaningless.
Thank you for your reply - it's really insightful to see it from the other side. I think we're going a through a similar thing in that there's a lot of trial and error, I have given up a couple of times and he does always come back, slightly more improved. I think I will get there - talking about it definitely helps!