my boyfriend and i have only been dating for two months and i already feel like it might not end well..
in the beginning he was super on top of planning dates, or randomly getting me flowers, being attentive and interested in me. but as time passed and we’ve spent more time together, i think he’s gotten comfortable or maybe bored?
we’ve had a few arguments, 1 being because i had set down boundaries before we even started dating, i told him i don’t mess with any exes being in the picture at all, whether that be on social media or irl, he AGREED to it. but then a few weeks after we started dating i found out that on one of the nights he was coming to pick me up for a date, he stopped by his exes house to “drop off a phone case” all while telling me he was stopping at a friend’s (mind u, i had alr set the boundary) i also then found out she was still all over his socials and had even spoken two weeks before i saw. i confronted him and we put it behind us.
then he had asked me how i felt about female friends, i told him im good with it as long as there was no feelings involved ever, he told me one of his close friends used to have feelings for him but he didn’t, i told him please only hangout in groups when with her if that’s the case. a week ago, i see that she had texted him to hangout 1on1, he said he would but couldn’t because he was leaving for a trip the next day.
now besides girls, let’s focus on us. He’s my first real relationship, Im not experienced in dating at all. He has been in two serious and long term relationships, so naturally he’s more experienced. i don’t know if im holding him to unrealistic standards or if im right and he’s genuinely not even doing the bare minimum for me anymore:
I have to ask him to go on dates, for example, i said we should go on a date to the aquarium, he said it was too far. then i said we should go paint pottery together the next day, he said sure, but when the next day came, his legs hurt too much from the gym so i canceled it.
He doesn’t do little sweet things like how i do for him, i’ll leave him little notes or drawings of us, i do his laundry for him, i clean his room, i just ordered him $170 basketball shoes bc he has mentioned he wanted them once, i bought us matching shirts from a popular brand, he mentioned skincare he wanted once so i bought it the next day, i make his plate for him, i show lots of physical affection, etc.
i feel just unappreciated.. and it’s not like im asking him to buy me things, i couldn’t care less about that. but i wish he’d return the physical affection, or maybe write me a paragraph or little message while im at work, i wish he’d do little things for me sporadically, doesn’t even have to be all the time.
i’m also kinda sad bc he games A LOT. from the moment i get home til the moment i wake up in the morning for work, he’s on the game. he spends no time with me, i think he thinks that just being in the same room is quality time but it’s not.
although, he has done some sweet things for me, like he learned how to make my fav starbucks drink and brought it to me once, his nana recently passed and he said he feels like she sent me to him, he surprised me with souvenirs from his trip, he got me flowers once.
tl;dr overall, i don’t know if im overreacting or what. i do confront him and he apologizes and changes for like a day and then it’s back to before like nothing happened.
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Your standards are NOT too high at all! My boyfriend and I are the same way. No past romantic people (we also don’t have opposite sex friends but that’s us). It’s been a year and a half and he still plans dates and gets me fresh flowers every week.
If you feel like this after only two months, imagine how shitty he’ll be in the future when he thinks you won’t leave.
There are better men out there who won’t make you feel weird for setting boundaries!! Ditch this loser and get yourself a real man
It’s been two months and you’re making his bed, buying him $100+ shoes and doing his laundry?
I don’t know if he’s doing too little to be honest but you’re doing too much. I would feel overwhelmed with the amount of gestures of affection you’re giving, and you seem almost competitive about it.
It’s hard to say from here whether or not he’s doing enough for you. You’ve only been together for a very short time so he should be in the honeymoon phase still and want to spend a lot of time with you. In that sense the fact that he’s playing games a lot instead of paying attention to you is a little concerning. But on the other, it really does sound like you may be a bit too intense.
i just feel like i shouldn’t have to tell myself to hold back my affection, or to be less. but with him i feel that way. i feel like i need to match his energy.