needy or clingy?

Tierney

My SO and I have had an on again off again relationship for the past 3 years and he's currently deployed so we don't see each other much. He constantly has to text me and if I don't text back withing 20-30 min he starts to freak out and think I'm cheating. he also says" I Love you." every text and he knows that I'm the kind of person who believes the more that I say the words the less meaning they have, but he gets more upset if I don't say them back every time. I'm starting to feel like I'm on my phone 24/7 texting him and I'm missing out on life because if I miss a text from him it makes this worse. Is he being clinging or needy or both? how do I stop this? I don't really want to leave him.

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