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My boyfriend's not good at expressing his feelings, works a lot, has a female friend that I'm jealous of, I'm so stressed in this relationship, what to do?

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Question - (11 October 2008) 1 Answers - (Newest, 12 October 2008)
A female United States age 41-50, anonymous writes:

Hello I need an advice here, my boyfriend is really wonderfull, he treats me like a princess all the time, my problem with him is that he is very affectionate physically talking, he hugges me, he kisses me all the time, and he is always complimenting how I looks ( I have always been told by many people that I am very attractive). the problem is that for him is very dificult to express his feelings, he comes from a family that everybody repress their emotions, and the lacks of comunications is incredible in that family. The only time he talks about his feelings is when he feels threaten that I may leave him. In the deep of my heart I know he loves me, he always remember everything about me, my job, my classes, my doctor's appointments, everything.

The other problem is that he has to work a lot, he emigrate to this country 9 years ago, like myself, but I had better luck and I have my green card, but not him, he doesn't have job authorization so he has to work more for less money, so obviously he doesn't have a lot of free time, we normally see each other 3 times a week, and i am fine with that as long as he is still interested in myself.

Also he has this friend that is a female, that I am extremelly jelaous about, even when my boyfriend doesn't give me motives, she is not even atractive, but you don't need to be attractive to atract the oposite sex.

The other problem is that i am always the one planing our dates, he is very bad planner, his friends are always complaining that he is very bad doing plans, I know he tries with me, he tries to do it but it doesn't comes naturally for him. The problem with all this is that I am having strong problems with my anxiety, I haven't talk to him about that I need his support, but this relationship is giving me some stress, so i don't know if I should stay, I really love him, and I know he loves me, has someone pass for this, how can i improve this issue?, should I stay?

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A female reader, anonymous, writes (12 October 2008):

Hi,

I am currently in a relationship that is very similar. Since my boyfriend isn't very good with words, I take his actions more closely to heart (after all actions speak louder than words).

On top of that he recently moved into an apartment with his best friend who happens to also be an ex and extremly attractive while I am in college finishing my degree. Honestly, you just have to trust him.If you can't trust him there's no point in staying with him. I'm going to school 10 1/2 hours away from where he is, and I would have one crazy by now if I didn't trust him.

And as for the whole not being a very good planner, try making the plans together. Sit down with him and talk about what you want to do or look up ideas online together and make a list. Then decided from there on what to do. At the same time he's learning how to plan an outting or vaccation.

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