Totally with you, here.

You finally had Buffy admit that her "good idea" was really just a lie. She got fed up with things not being easy for her, and she ran.
And yeah, asking about those simple, little things makes a HUGE difference to most guys, even though they're usually too macho to tell you until you force them to. My boyfriend is tons happier just because I stop what I'm doing when he gets home and listen to him for 20 minutes or so. It helps him decompress from the office, then he goes and does his thing and I go back to my stuff.

Eve! Someone must be feeling really threatened! This is not going to go well.

I'm glad she finally did the right thing where Robin is concerned, and I was also glad to see Spike get those issues out. This is therapy, even if they never do get back together. They can't possibly make another relationship work in the future if they don't understand what went horribly wrong in the past. Buffy never examined it that hard, but since Spike has already been in therapy to get his life back together, I bet a lot of this came up with his psychologist.

I'd love for her to tell Dawn the truth finally, too.

Well, you really left me hanging there. I can't wait to see what Eve has to say.
I happen to like the pace you are keeping with this story. And if others don't, well, they don't have to read it.
Keep true to YOUR story. There are alot of us out there that are enjoying it very much.