Boyfriend problems

Katie

Hey ladies, I'm gonna give you some background. I've been with my boyfriend 5 months coming the 15th. I really love him, in fact he's the only person I've ever been in love with and I'm 19. He really made me believe in relationships and made me want to get married (something I've never been interested in). I lost my virginity to him and I honestly think he could be the love of my life.

But lately I haven't been thinking that. I've been noticing some things I haven't previously paid much attention to and it's bothering me a lot now. I spent the weekend at his cabin with him and his family and for the most part we had a good time. But he kept bringing up his exes and telling me stories about them and it made me feel really uncomfortable. Like, for example, we were sitting on a futon in the basement and he was like "I've fooled around with a lot of different girls on this thing." Why did he have to say that?? I don't need or want to know that. We were with his cousins so I didn't say anything but I wanted to.

And then he brought up this girl he works with and how she thinks he's hot. And I get that it's nice to have someone tell you that. It makes you feel more confident, idk. But he kept talking about her and it rubbed me the wrong way. And I asked him if I made him feel attractive (because I tell him how hot/handsome/sexy he is all the time) and he said "yeah but this is different." It really hurt me. And maybe that's a bit of an overreaction but I've been cheated on before and it would break me if he did that to me.

We live 300+ miles from each other because we met in school so I'm not with him right now. I just really don't know what to do. I had so much faith in this relationship and now I feel like it's crumbling through my fingers. If any of you ladies have input I would really appreciate it. Thanks so much!