I've been seeing someone for a few months I met unexpectedly after having been happily single for a long time. Lately I've been finding more and more things about that put me off and I don't know if I'm overreacting.
He needs to be touched nearly all the time - if I'm reading a book, he'll grab my hand (which means I can't read so I pull it away). If he's driving, he'll hold my hand (I pull away because I don't want us to crash - we had a collision recently and while he wasn't holding my hand at the time, I kept replaying it and thinking it was because he wasn't concentrating on the road and on me instead). He bristles every time I mention a male friend or another man platonically.
I also keep catching him looking at other women - he says he looks at everyone but it really winds me up. We went to a new city and he came back saying he looked at every woman and I was the most beautiful woman he'd seen. I know it's a compliment but it just gives me the ick. I feel suffocated as I can't even have a day without him texting me or asking to meet.
There are many nice things about him - he texts me and is good with communication, obviously cares for me, tells me how much he adores me (though he was was very to say the l-word), but I just feel like I'm settling for someone who's this clingy and borderline controlling.
He is charming and everyone is so happy I've found someone, but I think I want to get out but I'm not sure I'm overreacting.