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MeowAnna,
You are who you are. He is what he is. I assume that you two have talked about this with each other. It is all part of accepting who each of you are. You can attempt to shift into behaviors that will reassure him that you are happy to see him but ultimately this is who you are and am perfectly fine in that.
Talk to him. He needs to be reassured that you are happy to see him. Figure out ways/words/gestures/behavior that both of you can live with in terms of him knowing that you are happy to see him. It probably won’t be the same what he wants but that is what communication and acceptance between two different people are all about.
Make sense?
Mark
By the way, I can relate to your behavior. I am just starting a relationship and we communicate a lot especially on letting each other know who we are doing/feeling. I pretty low key emotionally but let my girlfriend know with words how I feel about her. I am touchy/huggy with her and that is a conscious decision. Check out the Five Love Languages so both of you know that you two have different ways of showing love for each other.