Question Posted Wednesday November 27 2013, 11:56 pm
My boyfriend and I have been dating for a little over a year. We're both in our 20s. When we met, we took things slowly but he was always more in favor of a committed relationship. It's not that I didn't like him, in fact, I liked him a lot, but I had just gotten out of a controlling relationship a few months prior and was enjoying my freedom.
Well after a several months of casual dating, we made it official and he has made this past year my happiest one yet. We have had maybe 2 arguments since we met; we agree on almost everything! Seriously, I have been in absolute bliss. We make each other laugh and I've found that what I have with him is what I've always wanted.
However, something lately has bothered me. I got drunk te other night and looked in his phone.. Which is something I'd normally never do- especially since he's never given me the slightest reason to not trust him! But I opened one message and it was from a girl wishing him happy birthday. They made small talk and he said "I wish I could see you." She brushed it off and he never texted her after that. He came in the room and I started crying and asking him if he ever cheated on me or wanted to (again, I was pretty intoxicated) he apologized and said it meant nothing.
I apologized the next day for looking through his phone (he understood and wasn't mad since it was very out of character for me to get jealous over something so small) but I also told him that he needs to watch what he says to other women because even though he may think it means nothing, they probably won't. It makes him look tacky and it makes me look like a fool.
I thought everything was fine until I saw on Facebook today he like this girl's picture. It was a very pretty girl, looked like a professional photo. I wouldn't usually think anything of it except that he rarely even uses Facebook or likes people's pics.. So why now? And why her's? I'm probably over-thinking it but after the recent argument I'm not sure.
My boyfriend has expressed to me that I am the one he wants to marry and all signs have pointed to that conclusion. Am I over-analyzing too much? Because I feel like he is losing sight of what he already has and is being careless. I feel like I'm crazy for even obsessing over this but I also don't know if there's something I should be doing to make him realize that I'm not replaceable. I need another perspective!
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