My boyfriend, is usually characterized as charming, fun, awesome, etc. & I have to say me and my bf are very opposite from one another but it is definitely a big part of why we like each other

He is very popular and has many friends. And he has had a previous girlfriend a couple years back who told him constantly not to be friends with certain ppl because she was extremely jealous. I for one do not believe that anybody should ever tell you who you can or cannot be friends with. But it is hard from time to time to share my boyfriend with so many other friends, whether theyre girls or guys.
Since our relationship is long distance and has been for awhile, is it ok for me to ask him to say "no" to his friends to hang out on the weekend so me and him can talk early and talk for a good while on a weekend night? I mean, of course I wouldn't want him to do this all the time but every now and then would be nice. Currently, we only talk during the week and that's hard because I have to be up early everyday for work and when we do talk its usually already pretty late because of course he was hanging out with his friends.
I don't want him to feel like I'm acting the same way as his previous girlfriend. And it has nothing to do with me being jealous of his friends. If anything I'm just jealous they get to spend time with him and make memories... I guess I just wanna freely talk to him for a night where I know I won't be dead tired the next day. But maybe I'm not seeing something. Feel free to advise, anything helps.
Bec
thanks!
Bec