Am I being paranoid or insecure if im jealous that my boyfriend has been hanging out with his ex-crush?

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Backstory: I work with both my boyfriend and his ex-crush (she works in a different area) and before me and my boyfriend got together he had mentioned that he likes her, he liked her for a while. After a while we started flirting with each other and we got together and everything seemed right for the first couple months until he started getting a little distant. He then started talking her a bit more especially during their lunches he usually sits down with her and they talk which i was a little uncomfortable with.

I had noticed that he had started texting me less and stopped calling me at night sometimes which we used to do everyday and when i asked him about it he said he had fallen asleep and was just really tired which i was fine with. But it was happening more and more and thats when i started feeling like he was more distant.

Then a couple days ago he told me he was getting a tattoo. On that day he was going to get the tattoo he didn't really text me which i understood. However, when he did text me he said he was in the other city over about a hour away, when he told me this i thought he was getting the tattoo there.

He called me at night that same day and said he actually went with the girl he used to have a ex-crush on to get his tattoo done. She had done a few on herself and he went with her to get it done. I was a little hesitant since he didn't bring her up but i was okay with it. I asked him why he went to the next city over since she lives in town and he told me he was just driving around. He then told me that he was with her after i told him a friend of mine had seen him in that city with another girl.

After this i felt hurt since he didn't tell me he was going with her. I dont want him to stop hanging out with her but i fear that he will redevelop feeling for her. I don't know how to approach this.

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I also did ask him about them and he said they were just drinking buddies at this point all they do is work on the tattoo and drink but that made me feel a little uneasy since theyre drinking together and I dont know what happens when they are both drinking together
Am I being paranoid or insecure if im jealous that my boyfriend has been hanging out with his ex-crush?
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