My boyfriend is a sweet guy with good intentions. But lately his immaturity is such a turn off that we’re not even physically affectionate anymore. I’ll give some examples.

1. I started school in September and I also have two kids that I share with my ex. Since starting school I’ve been so unbelievably busy that I haven’t been able to keep up in every area. Now, he paid for my school and told me he was very supportive and has been pushing me to be successful. But the minute I became so busy with kids and school that our relationship took a bit of a backseat (unintentionally, but we were together every single day still) he started getting pouty and making childish comments to me. I told him I was really trying but it was so hard to keep up with everything. Mind you this is something we talked about going into school, was that our relationship wouldn’t be as exciting. But it was just a phase. Now he always tells me that I don’t love him or care about him, he’ll make quiet comments about me under his breath because he knows I can’t hear them. It’s so frustrating.

2. Because he does so much for me, he guilt trips me into things. I’ll spend the night at his house the night before school and in the morning when I go to shower he’ll watch me the whole time. And if I tell him to give me some space please (in a silly way at first then more serious when he doesn’t listen) he tells me that it’s his house so he can make the rules then just ignores what I say until I get upset.

3. He constantly gropes and grabs at me. Not in front of my kids but he’ll make non obvious sexual comments in front of them even if I tell him not to. Every time I give him a hug, he grabs my butt a lot. And sometimes I just want a hug. When I shower, if I let him come in and talk to me, he’ll randomly grab at me the whole time or try and like play with my nipples. It’s so annoying. If I say stop, he pouts. Anytime I voice my frustration, he pouts.

What do I do? He’s so hard to talk to because he just shuts down and pouts anytime I bring something up. I’ve even tried to calmly and lovingly bring things up and then later he’ll mock me. I’m just overwhelmed. He does so much for me though and we’ve talked so much about the future, I don’t know what I can even do.