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Is your boyfriend really blissfully happy in your relationship? Or have you just conditioned him to do what you want, when you want and believe that makes him happy? Here are 14 signs your boyfriend isn’t so much devoted as he is straight up terrified.
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He calls you ten times a day
He calls excessively, and the majority of each phone call consists of him asking you about your day and checking in on a detail you mentioned earlier. Essentially he’s checking in a lot because he expects you to get angry if he doesn’t call enough.
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He consults you before accepting an invitation
Before giving someone even a tentative answer to an invite, he says, “I have to ask my girlfriend.” And when he does bring it up, he always adds the tag, “But I don’t have to go if you don’t want me to. It’s no big deal.”
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He asks, “Are you mad?” a lot
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Throughout the day, sometimes when nothing is happening at all, he’ll ask if you’re mad, or if you’re okay, or if you’re happy.
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He hushes his friends a lot
He has to stop his friends from saying a lot around you. You see him kick their leg under the table or grab their arm or give them the evil eye when they’re about to tell a story about him.
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He relates everything back to you
No matter who is talking and what they’re talking about, he finds a way to bring the conversation back to you, and compliment you or praise you in some way. He’s afraid of what will happen if you don’t feel you’re getting enough attention.
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He gets really mad for you
When you complain just a little about a friend or coworker, he gets really invested in the conflict and goes on a ten-minute rant about how that person is SO wrong and you are SO right.
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He talks extensively about your wardrobe/shopping
He’ll actually get into extended conversations about which colors and styles work best on you, and whether or not you should return that new pair of jeans, and which stores have the greatest sales. Do you honestly think he enjoys that talk?
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He talks bad about his exes a lot
He constantly tells you how annoying, dumb or unattractive his exes are. He counts the ways that you’re better than his exes. This is just because he’s afraid that if she comes up/another friend brings her up, you’ll go into a rage of jealousy.
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He hasn’t seen his friends in weeks
That’s not normal! He’s letting you dictate his schedule if he’s gone weeks without seeing his buddies.
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You enjoy yourself in bed, and he doesn’t
There have been plenty of times when your guy hasn’t achieved the goal of sex. Something is wrong there. It’s easy for guys. UNLESS they feel like they have to dedicate an hour to pleasing their girlfriend, and getting nothing out of it themselves, in order to satisfy her. Then things sort of…fall apart for them.
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He talks about how “stupid” guy stuff is
When you say guys watching football or going to a strip club is stupid, he totally agrees and talks about how repulsive he thinks those activities are too. Yeah right, he most likely loves that stuff! He just thinks you’ll bite his head off if he admits it.
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He buys you a lot of gifts
At least once a week he’s picking some little trinket or thoughtful item up for you. This is similar to the Aztecs making sacrifices to a volcano to keep it from erupting.
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He’s all about hanging with your parents
He is very enthusiastic about hanging with your parents, and even plans wine tasting and picnics with them. FYI: he’d much rather be at a bar with his buddies. But he’s afraid you’ll say he’s not involved enough in his life.
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