DawnTheDragon wrote:Alright, so, my boyfriend and I have been together for a little over 3 months now (we are both --). We've known each other for two years and have been best friends for so long, and all that time we'd been crushing on the other. So, now we're together, and I do think that we're truly in love. There's so many reasons why I believe this that I could write a book lol!
But anyway, I was just needing some advice; you see, he and I talk all the time in the voice chat on the Xbox One. We talk on it at least once a week (we don't schedule it or anything, it just happens). He tells me all these deep, sweet things in the chat--but then, in public, when he and I are around other people, he hardly acknowledges me.
He used to not be like that, and I know, deep down, that he still loves me. He's told me that he wants to keep our relationship kinda secret and very lowkey, but I think he thinks that that includes not being around me in public lol. He's oblivious as crap, so he doesn't know that he's making me feel a bit unhappy by doing this. He also tends to be a bit of an over thinker, which I understand.
I mean, his parents are kind of harsh on him about the whole dating thing. He's told me that they give him tons of lectures and all, and I half think that he's just afraid of getting in trouble by doing anything with me--he doesn't want to risk anything, I think. We once got in trouble for staying up talking until 6am, and then for texting past bedtime, so that supports the theory of him just not wanting to get in trouble anymore.
Any advice, guys? I'm not super worried about it, but I kind of wish it wasn't this way. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with simply being with him--but I just want to have somewhat of an explanation for him being this way.
Psst, you're not allowed to share your age on CS.
Honestly? You guys are way young. No, that absolutely doesn't invalidate how you're feeling or how you feel about each other, but it does mean that your parents
should be talking to you guys and setting boundaries, such as not staying up past your bedtime. Him hiding that he's dating you isn't going to show maturity on his part and hiding it just so his parents can't parent him is only going to result in him getting in bigger trouble, more serious trouble - and potentially you being dragged into trouble as well (ex. it may be his punishment that he's no longer allowed to date until he can be honest about it, which of course, would impact you). If you want to be dating at this age, then I think you both need to be willing to face your parents and the fact that they're actually parenting you. If he doesn't want to get in trouble, then he should follow the rules, not just break them behind his parents' back.
Also, and this is a bit of a side note, but in a good relationship, you should be able to talk to someone about how you're feeling, even if how you're feeling is lonely/forgotten.
But to answer the question "why is he acting this way" - if you really want an answer, you'd ask him and trust what he says (if you can't, that says something about you two). However, to me, it just sounds like he's acting his age, which means acting a little immature. Not all behavior is logical or can be easily explained. Human emotion confounds that. But if you're unhappy, you shouldn't just put up with that. It's like - you can love your siblings but also get annoyed and tell them to stop when they poke you incessantly. Just because you care about someone doesn't mean they can't hurt or annoy you.