Sugar&Spice, thanks. I've done that, too (accidentally posting under my boyfriend's nick)...
And I guess you might be right about the def. of attention whore, but at the same time I feel a bit like one, at least with my boyfriend...
I have told him how I feel, probably TOO often! I think he gets a bit tired of hearing my insecurities all the time, though he loves me through those moments as best he can. He knows that I feel neglected sometimes, but he is trying pretty darn hard to express his feelings and yet I still don't get "full" from them, and he told me I should just try to accept him the way he is and not ask him to change too much. And this wasn't always while we've been apart... we lived together for 5 months, too, and I got needy at times then, too. I just feel very frustrated with this pattern in our relationship right now.