Polls: Guy's Behavior

boyfriend of three years, good guy loyal from what I’ve known. We were talking about random stuff and I asked “have you seen me in shorts in public?” (He doesn’t like when I wear shorts in public) he said “yes” I said “when?” He said “in Santa Cruz” I have never worn shorts to Santa Cruz and we went only once together. I told him that I didn’t and he was sure I did with a Selena shirt (I’m a big Selena fan) I had some suspicion in my tone and he said “stop”. I do have some trust issues so I constantly look for things that don’t add up and this doesn’t. Anyone else have thoughts or am I overthinking?

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His personality- introvert, quiet, mature, sleepy 😂

We both share a playful kinda friendship.. keep on annoying the shit out of each other. We spend the whole day together because we dont vibe much with other people. (We have similar personalities)

Sometimes he would hold my hand during the whole lecture.

I just take him as a super good friend, and I'm already with someone else. My friend knows that and kinda adores my relationship as well.

This feels so icky to me because do they even like you or just that you are their body type

Whenever we're in the same room he seems so afraid.

It’s no secret that men are constantly being conditioned to be “strong” and not show too much weakness of vulnerability. How does this affect you today? Do you feel comfortable sharing your emotional side with the opposite sexe? Have you ever tried it? How was it received? Would you do it again?

He seems to really enjoy double dates with other couples (his friends) but I am starting to think that there is something off always having other people around, could we not enjoy the same thing just the two of us? Is he getting bored in the relationship?

I mean I wouldn’t forget if I didn’t like it I definitely wouldn’t do it again no matter the time span.

He only wants to once a week and says it’s amazing but is that why there is the time gap it’s not that good?

I come from a conservative community, so I hear a lot of complaints about how new generations of men aren't "manly enough" for this reason or that reason. People saying Harry Styles isn't a man because he wears a dress, or you're not manly if you paint your nails or things like that. Wouldn't it be better to assume, for your sake and for theirs, that masculinity changes as time goes on?

It was only recently brought to my attention that every generation of men has complained about the new generation of men, going all the way back to the time of Ancient Rome when men complained that men weren't manly enough compared to the generation before them. The person presenting it gave this idea of "We can never meet the standards of masculinity if they always come from the past" so I'm curious. Do you ever feel like you can never meet those manly standards?