Tips for dealing with jealously?

Kathryn

It generally takes a lot to make me jealous in a relationship, but recently I’ve been struggling with it a lot.

My boyfriend went to a party and they were all drinking and everything, and he said there were girls that played beer pong and for whatever reason, they took their top off when they made it. He told me about the topless girls, and I couldn’t help but feel extremely jealous that he had been looking at all of these girls boobs. Then, he told me about how this one girl was super drunk and how she was “so cool” and talks about how good of friends they are now, and how she’s so fun. I don’t ask about that type of thing on purpose because I know he is entitled to having other girl friends, but I’d honestly rather not hear about it. He tells me about it almost like he’s bragging, and if I don’t respond or change the subject, he’ll say it over again to get me to respond to it.

This type of thing has happened throughout our relationship. He’ll tell me how attractive a girl is, and I don’t even know how to respond to it. I get jealous so easily, yet sometimes I feel like he’s doing it on purpose. I don’t want to be a crazy girlfriend and be possessive over him, I just don’t know how to handle the jealousy in a healthy way. Any advice please? It’s been killing me, so anything helps!