My hot take is that some families have never had a graduate in their homes. NYSC is practically a milestone for the first child to break that pattern. Let them celebrate their small wins. 🥹
No matter how much you love someone, if you don't love them in their love language, they might never feel loved.
Appreciate your gestures, YES. But they'll see it as you simply being KIND and not LOVING them.
Honestly, I feel like this generation doesn't let their partner have time to socialize outside the relationships. The world does not revolve around you. Allow your loved ones meet new people.
He can go on dates, he should just make sure he does not come back.
If he's really nonchalant, he will ignore you, and it will pain you so much that you'll come with more paragraphs & he'll keep ignoring you until you run mad.