<human>: We've been dating for a year and a half. This is my third relationship in my life and my longest was 2.5 years so I have been in serious relationships before. 

It's nice to have my boyfriend around, but not every day of every hour. I would say I need space, but I don't have a lot of friends anymore so my boyfriend being around is like the only thing I can do as my social life. 

I may be selfish and demanding, but after dating him for a year, I don't feel like talking to him every hour of every day. He became extremely predictable with what he wants to do besides sitting at home (I had to drag him out of the house several times for the last month). 
I had to initiate if I actually want to do something else besides sex and watching movies. 
 
I was not happy with my recent birthday because instead of him surprising me with something, I had to say "I want to go here on my birthday" and he didn't get me anything else. 

You would think "Why don't you tell him that?", let me back you up with something about him. He has depression and he is still in progress with stabilizing his moods. 
He almost dumped me at the beginning of this relationship because he thinks he's not good enough. I got him out of that thought.......temporarily. 
My point is, if I had to be brutally honest with what I personally want to tell him, there is a high chance of him going back to depression. 

I don't want to dump him, I really don't. I just want to know what can I do if I want to improve this relationship, or a way for him to have the effort to do something besides me doing every thing.

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<bot>: I had to lower my expectation for my boyfriend to be happy with him, I had to initiate and do everything for him to do something and I want him to care about this relationship.