I give my SO cards that say "Hip Hip Hooray! You made my day! Good for 1 favor" when I ask him for a favor that involves him really going out of his way for me. It's a good way of keeping track of the favors we do for each other in our relationship and a good way to keep things balanced. But we also do a lot of things for each other "just because".
Relationships are, in the end, about balance. Some weeks you'll take more than you give, and vice versa. The important thing is that when you look at your relationship over time that how much you give and how much you take end up about equal, and same goes for your SO.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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