feeling neglected in a relationship theme

Someone is in a relationship where they feel their partner doesn't pay sufficient attention to them.

11 total · 6 major · 5 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ahh2x12 major Each of Gerald's three different wives longed to spend more time together with him because he spent so much time in other cities on supposed "business trips".
ahh2x20 major Doris was motivated in part to seek out a lover on account that her psychologist husband was preoccupied with his research.
ahp7x31 major Louise felt Stanley was neglecting his husbandly duties by being preoccupied with his business. She confronted Stanley about it and later confided in Dave about how she felt.
talesoftheunexpected9x02 major Eve obviously felt neglected by her unfaithful and brutish husband.
tftc1989e3x13 major The housewife Janet turned to the cable guy to fulfill her carnal needs because her husband was consumed with his groundbreaking medical research.
voy7x03 major B'Elanna felt Tom was neglecting his boyfriend duties by canceling their vacation on short notice
ahp2x16 minor Norma complained to her husband that he didn't even notice what she was wearing anymore. And because of that neglect she took up with Miss Elliot's boyfriend.
apuleius180tgainset1 minor One of Psyche's wicked sisters complained that was too old and arthritic to satisfy her in the sack.
blackmirror6x03 minor David deduced that Cliff's marriage was hanging by a thread because Cliff was unempathic and dim, and because he hadn't touched his wife in ages though she was craving intimacy.
movie: The Lawnmower Man (1992) minor Caroline walked out on her husband, Dr. Angelo, because all he could think about was his research project.