I’ve been seeing this guy for about a month now, we’re both in our late twenties, and he’s been nothing but a gentleman to me so far. He very quickly began to compliment me in very romantic ways like “Its easier to see the beauty in life with someone as beautiful as you in it” and very similar compliments. I’m not sure why, but I feel so uncomfortable and kind of cringey when I hear these things. My mom thinks it’s because I don’t believe I deserve them. He also suggested after the second date (two weeks after the first date bc he went on vacation), on a phone call that we delete our dating apps at the same time and claimed to have already deleted one of the two that he uses after the first time he met me. He sent me a screenshot of the login/sign up screen as “proof” but he could have just logged out because why would he still have it on his phone after two weeks of “deleting it”?
I was in a long term abusive relationship a few years prior to this, and he has never dated anyone before. I think this difference in experience also might play a role into how we both are coming at things. In all honesty, he’s the first guy in a long time that I can see a future with, but I am admittedly very guarded and don’t want to get hurt again, so I am curious as to if this type of behaviour is love-bombing? Is it normal for me to find expressions of affection cringey?
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