Cat only purrs for my girlfriend and chews on her shirt :(

So my girlfriend and I got a maine coon kitten a few months ago, shes the sweetest most adorable cat and we love her to death. When we first got her she slept a lot and was extremely cuddly with both my girlfriend and I, she would purr a lot of the time that I pet her. However now that she is a few months older she doesn’t like sleeping on me the same way she did as a kitten, she only lays on my girlfriend for extended periods of time. When I try to have her lay on me she lays for a minute then goes back to lay on my girlfriend. Kiwi (our cat) also does something to her she doesn’t do to me, she chews on my girlfriends shirt whenever she lays on her chest. I suppose Im a bit jealous as ridiculous as it sounds, especially because of how much attention I give her and how I got used to her sleeping on me while I did other things. Kiwi seems to still love me but whenever my girlfriend is around I feel like I become chopped liver and she just wants to lay / purr for / chew on my girlfriend. Even right now my girlfriend isn’t around I just tried to put her on my lap with a blanket (like I used to a few months ago) but she wont lay on me for long even if shes tired, she just ran to go sleep on a chair next to me instead. My girlfriend ended up feeding her more as a kitten so Kiwi got used to that, Im not sure if that has anything to do with it but Ive been feeding her more recently and she’s becoming more used to that.

Does she dislike me now for some reason? Why wont she purr for me or chew on my shirt? Kiwi is a female so does she just bond better / feel a more maternal connection with my girlfriend (even if I love her unconditionally)?

Any insight / reassurance would be helpful, I miss when she would sleep on me the same way she does with my girlfriend. Obviously I can’t make her want to cuddle but Id like to understand why she seems so comfortable with me yet only wants to for long periods with my girlfriend, especially if it’s something out of my control.

Thanks in advance!

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