So I've been with my boyfriend for about 6 months now and everything is great. He compliments me all the time, tells me I'm the most beautiful girl he's ever seen and generally treats me really well. No qualms. He's quite traditional so there's not an inch of me that doesn't think he has good values. A few months ago we were watching a video together and he randomly blurted out this (in my opinion, quite unattractive) woman was cute.
I let it slide even though it sort of hurt. We then were watching some crappy reality tv show together and two different times, he said two of the girls were really pretty. I kind of questioned what he meant and then he said "I just think she's really good looking" I told him in a non-threatening/controlling way that I didn't particularly like him commenting about other girls like that in front of me. Especially because of the way he said it. He was kind of apologetic and said he didn't realise it would upset me.
The other night we were briefly watching some other tv show and some girl had a tube (probably due to an eating disorder) and he mentioned that a lot of girls do it for attention and then had to add in that it's usually the attractive ones.
The other day I was dropping him at work and along the way was a girl sitting at the bus stop, I swear from my memory he had to almost physically turn his head to have a look at her. I just thought it was quite weird.
As a result, this has sort of seared some form of anxiety in me. I now look at his female FB friends and see if he likes their photos, usually, he does. They're not really scantily dressed girls.
Now, I understand these sort of comments may be completely normal.
What do you suggest? Are my concerns ridiculous since we're happy together? Do I start doing the same to him?