I’m 19F and my boyfriend is 23M and he’s starting to really give me the ick. How do I know that I wanna break up?
So I’m F(19) and my boyfriend is 23. We’ve been together for about 5 months now. The beginning of our relationship was great, I felt really connected to him in ways I haven’t connected to anyone romantically. He is really nice, always buys me gifts and we do have fun together. However, sometimes I can’t stand him. He is EXTREMELY sensitive, which I thought was a good thing at first since I love people who are open about their emotions and such. But it’s becoming a problem. As soon as I do something tiny wrong it’s offending him to the MAX and he makes such a big deal out of it. It’s to the point where we have had disagreements up to once a week. He’s a very jealous person as well, so he makes clear remarks that he doesn’t like certain clothes I’m wearing or the very close relationship I have with my friends.
It’s just that he can be so upset over stuff that is literally so ridiculous to me. And I’ve tried to be supportive, but it’s getting really difficult. So now in these situations I’ve started to become more avoidant, which makes me feel like a terrible person but I genuinely don’t know how else to react anymore. I’m usually very patient and understanding but it feels like he’s pushed me to the point where I’m starting to become kind of mean and closed off to him at times, which I hate.
Plus, I’ve started to wonder what it would be like to be single again. I kind of miss dating and talking to randoms when I’m out partying. I’m still so young and I wanna be free. At the same time I do really like him when we have our good times, and I would miss him a lot if we did break up. So I’m very conflicted and I wanna hear more opinions on this.