Boyfriend a little too attached?
My boyfriend is totally and incredibly in love with me. We've been together for a year and a half, I'm 19 and he's 22. We've been living together for 8 months. However, sometimes I think he loves me a little TOO much.
I had a job interview not too long ago that he made me late to because he didn't want me to have a job "because then I will be away from him too long". He's not enthralled with me working, even though neither of us have jobs.
We 'took a break' last week due to an unrelated issue and when we spoke again, I found out he had spent the night in the hospital due to breathing problems and tight chest pains, something I've never seen evidence of in the past year and a half.
About two months after we started dating, he told me he wanted to get my name tattooed on him. I repeatedly told him no that I didn't want him to in case something happened. The first time we got into a fight, he carved the first two letters of my first name into his arm. Every time we get into a fight, he re-carves these two letters. He tells me he'll probably get my name tattooed on him in his native language so I can't read it.
He begs me to tell him when I'm going out with my friends, so I don't "leave him sitting alone at home all miserable."
If I'm at home and doing an activity I'd prefer to do alone (reading, showering, etc..) He butts in and either tries to do it with me, or just sits around nearby, either staring at me or staring off into space.
He is my first boyfriend, so I'm not exactly sure...is this a normal relationship?