My partner and I have been “together” for 4 months now. I put it in quotes because we’re together but not official. A lot of crazy stuff happened over the summer which caused a lot of disruption within our relationship.

Long story short, right now he needs time before we can get back to our “official” status. I have no problem with doing that for him because I asked him to do the same for me during the summer. He’s older than me. College is kicking his ass and senior year is kicking my own but I want to know, how do I keep him satisfied or comfort him through this stress? He lives in the gym practically (it helps him destress and keeps him from depression),he’s always at work, or doing homework/studying. Before, I honestly didn’t like the fact that he didn’t give me as much attention as he did during the summer. But now I see why. I think he’s acting this way because we are no longer in the honeymoon phase. He isn’t affectionate, he’s quite distant and he’s just being “meh”. I’m constantly walking on eggshells nowadays because i don’t know what to say or when it say anything to him because I’m afraid I’ll add onto his stress. I know he’s not interested in anyone and I know we’re not officially together but how do I keep him happy?