Am i the only one

Who thinks that if you love a person you should fucking work hard on your relationship? and the peace and calm and happiness without hard work are just myths in love. There is special quote in my language maybe in yours too it sounds like: “in love it feels same as in war”.

So i am being over critical with my boyfriend and i think its normal to say what i don’t like and what i would like to change in him. Should it be this way? Or you guys just accept them as they are and live happily ever after. By the way we’ve been dating for 2years already. And i just don’t feel the same way. Emotionally like before when it war like spring in my belly and i was kind of drunk. Nom i am rational and we fight, we make up. We make beautiful presents for each other please i need your advice .