I (22F) dislike my bf's (22M) impressions of me.
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I have this one friend who always wants to have a good time, never misses a party, and always seems to be having a blast hanging out with his friends, despite his busy schedule of working a full-time job and going to school. He's a great guy who is always down to help you out and will do the right thing, even if he doesn't always want to. My bf and I have been together for about 2 years.<br><br>I was trying to get an apartment for myself with a friend of mine, and my bf overheard us talking. He asked me where I was going to live next semester, and I told him that it was either going to be with him and his friends, or my friend's and my own apartment. I get a text from my bf later that same day. It was a screenshot of a post from my friend's instagram account, with the caption "i never wanna be sober". My bf asked me "is this really someone you wanna live with?". I asked him why he cared so much whether I lived with him or not, especially considering we'd discussed living together before and he'd mentioned that he probably wouldn't be comfortable with it. He went on about how my friend is constantly out and about. I agreed that my friend does like to drink and go out and have fun much more than I do.<br><br>I asked him what my friend's social habits had to do with anything, and why he was criticizing my friend for such things. He basically said that he wasn't trying to criticize my friend, but he just didn't think it would be very good for me to be living with my friend. I think it's pretty evident that he's projecting me onto my friend. He knows that I sometimes choose to drink to cope, and that I will occasionally go out to have fun by drinking with friends. This is no different from most college students. I told him that I think he's making assumptions about me based on my friend's behavior, and that is unfair to the both of us. He denied it, and then proceeded to tell me that "well you don't like to hang out alone with me". I was shocked - I do like to spend time with him, and I try to make time for him every single day. It's just that I also like to spend time with others. I asked him why he would say that, and he told me that I need to get out more. I'm confused as to what he means. I spend time with him, and with others, but I suppose our relationship has become more sex-oriented lately, which was not always the case. I also thought it was pretty rude that he was suggesting that I need to go out more, when he already knows that I don't like to go out very much. I asked him why he didn't seem to care whether I lived with him or not before, and I guess he just changed his mind or something. We ended the conversation by me basically telling him that I was probably going to live with my friends no matter what, and that he shouldn't worry about what kind of influence my friend has on me because I don't really drink that much and I think I can make my own decisions without having them decided for me. It's been a couple of days since that and he's been pretty cold towards me. I've been showing him more attention and affection than usual but it doesn't seem like it's accomplishing anything.<br><br>What should I do? I feel like I need to talk to him about the whole thing but I don't know how I should bring it up or what I should say.<br><br>tl;dr! I dislike my bf's impressions of me.
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