Always around. Like he was in my head. It never felt like I was alone. Always around, always questioning, always wanting to know
exactly what I was up to, who I was with, what I was doing. At first, it felt kind of nice, the way he needed to know all these minute details of my life. But when the 'wanting to know' turned into an obsession, into something that I 'had' to do and did not 'choose' to do, it didn't seem right anymore. The first sign came when I grimaced as his name flashed across my phone screen. That's not how you're supposed to feel when someone you're romantically involved with calls, you know? Then as the cloud of him being
protective lifted to reveal that he was
possessive, things had already gotten weird. He never only just listened to what I had to say. He went on to tell me what had to be done, how it had to be done and then he demanded to know whether it had been done just as it had been asked to be done. It had started to feel like a life without a boyfriend was way better than a life with a possessive boyfriend.
Been there, done that? Or going through it even as you read this piece? The seeds of doubt have made way, I see. You need to know whether your boyfriend is being overly protective or is he just being plain old possessive? And then if there is the trait of being possessive (that is driving you mad), the wanting to know how to deal with a possessive boyfriend is obviously in order. In that direction, a read through this article should help plenty. It'll tell you all about the different possessive boyfriend traits and how to deal with someone like that
