Oh please, that's just womenfolk begging for more - steel reinforced, natch.
Plus they're never satisfied anyways, and also love to complain, so,,,
The trick is to give them slightly more than just enough to put the notion in their head and that it came from you (and you alone because everyone else is crud), but only enough to keep them asking for validation of it. Satiate that need, and she won't need you anymore because you have no more pinnacle of affirmation for her to surmount it's downhill from there. (Unless you got good money and a nice car)
There are no signals to read because women are naturally mentally imbalanced and somewhat deranged and thus the signals change on a whim, or rather, on how fluctuating hormonal levels affect the hypothalamus that second.
Looking for instructions is a BIG mistake. YOU have to lay out the instructions, not in words or demands, but in action. You set the parameters, but somehow in a way that convinces them they almost did and that you just knew how to figure it out but in a way that's better than she can because you're her dream come true and thus know what's best because she's not looking for a mumbling beta, she's looking for a man. Just don't overdo it on the caveman bit unless she is that low on herself in which case you're stuck with a whiny sourpuss which why guys with women like that spend their free time at the bar.
And skip the pleasing bit. Even on Valentine's Day you have to come dishevelded, looking like you had to fight for the last box of chocolate in the store because as usual you forgot what day it was and remebered only 20 minutes ago. This goes for birthdays and anniversaries too. Not Christmas tho. On Christmas you have to act like you're too tired to get out of bed.
Think of it this way: You know the carrot hanging from the end on a stick dangling in front of the horse? Yeah, that. That's the correct approach.
You're welcome everybody.
'scuse muh typos.