How do I (20F) talk about suspected emotional cheating with my boyfriend (20M)?
My boyfriend (20M) and I (20F) have been together for a year. When we began our relationship he was very loving, attentive, wonderful, and he still is but it is a little more diluted (could be normal post-honeymoon phase). Before we got together I felt he was very interested in my life but now I worry that interest has been transferred to a mutual friend. For example the way he talks about them: he 'loves them' finds 'comfort' in them etc. Part of me wonders if he's saying these things because he feels comfortable expressing his thoughts to me. I've been betrayed before by someone else so I don't want to over-extrapolate.
A close family member has recently become unwell and I don't know if I'm blowing things out of proportion because I am upset. I was walking home with this mutual friend who made a throwaway comment that they 'should be' my boyfriend's 'girlfriend' instead of me. It felt unjustified given the conversation topic.
My boyfriend has decided to live with this person next year in a shared house. He still tells me he loves me and spends quality time with me. I don't want to be someone who doesn't let him have friendships with other people.
TLDR - I want to address with my boyfriend what I suspect could develop into emotional cheating but I don't know how.