I am new to this site, so bear with me!! I have been with my boyfriend for 5 months. He is Turkish and I'm English, I'm sure I don't need to point out some of the difficulties we have, religion, language, culture etc etc, the list goes on!!!
But, the main issue we have is that he gets really jealous. I don't want to generalise or stereotype but I do think it's down to his culture and religion and he has admitted this himself.
He warned me right from the start that he gets jealous and that he worries a lot and I accepted it because he would always admit when he was being silly or say sorry when it got too much, and every other aspect of our relationship is so good. Lately though, he seems to not want to talk about it and i'm really struggling with this because i don't know how we will work things out if we don't talk?!! I want to add, he isn't controlling, he doesn't tell me what to wear or what i can and cant do, its all to do with men and mainly my ex (as i was with him for 5 years). I suppose my question is to anyone out there who has had a similar problem. How do you reassure someone and how can i help him cope with his jealousy. I have tried asking friends but no-one understands my relationship!!! Thanks!
But, the main issue we have is that he gets really jealous. I don't want to generalise or stereotype but I do think it's down to his culture and religion and he has admitted this himself.
He warned me right from the start that he gets jealous and that he worries a lot and I accepted it because he would always admit when he was being silly or say sorry when it got too much, and every other aspect of our relationship is so good. Lately though, he seems to not want to talk about it and i'm really struggling with this because i don't know how we will work things out if we don't talk?!! I want to add, he isn't controlling, he doesn't tell me what to wear or what i can and cant do, its all to do with men and mainly my ex (as i was with him for 5 years). I suppose my question is to anyone out there who has had a similar problem. How do you reassure someone and how can i help him cope with his jealousy. I have tried asking friends but no-one understands my relationship!!! Thanks!
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