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Here's the deal: the only way to live successfully with another is to make no demands on the other. That's NONE. 95% or 98% or 99% don't count; it has to be 100%.
Obviously the BF has a way to go here, but there are two things you can do:
1. Make no demands on HIM. That's how he is. Accept it, and him.
2. Don't try to change to suit his demands. In fact, don't even get upset by them; that's just how he is. He will, of course, have a conniption fit; that's his problem, not yours. Explain point #1 enough times and he might get it. If not, there's no hope.