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Relationship Trouble Distant BF

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Paulabyrne · 11/08/2022 10:14

I’ve been with my bf for nearly 4 years now and I love him more than anything. I know he really loves me too but sometimes it doesn’t feel like that. He can be incredibly distant when it comes to his feelings. He’s had a tough year so I know that’s getting him down. Sometimes it feels as though we’re just friends. It’s like he forgets to be romantic with me. I can’t remember the last time he went out of his way to do something kind for me. I’m all about affection and touch but always need to instigate it. We used to be so intimate at the start of our relationship, every time we got the chance. Now it could be weeks without it. We don’t live together and work 40 hour weeks but he’d stay over 1-3 times a week. I’ve also put on some weight since we met, as has he, and he always reassures me that he still finds me attractive and sexy but we just came back from a 2 week vacation and I can count the times he complimented me on one hand. Im not the jealous type but recently when I see him liking pictures on Instagram it’s breaking my heart and it consumes me. I really want to believe that our lifestyles are just taking a toll on our relationship. I suffer a lot with anxiety and I don’t know if it’s my anxiousness that’s making me question and over analyze everything he does and says or it’s my gut. Please help.

OP posts:
Adelaide66 · 11/08/2022 10:52

Reminds me of my DH. Please don't overthink. The only person you can change is yourself. You can control your over anxiety to an extent but you sound lovely and need afew kind words like us all.

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