Is it bad that my mood depends on him?

[Anonymous]

I've noticed that whenever my bf of a year calls or texts or if we hang out, it makes me so happy. But if he's not around, it makes me sad and a bit down.

This worries me because I don't want my happiness to depend on a guy. I think it's good that my bf makes me happy, but I don't want him to have this much control over my mood though.

Is this normal in relationships? Or should I distance myself a little from him? Ehat do you guys think?

by the way I have a life outside my bf. I have my work, friends, hobbies. I have a full life outside this relationship

[hlab3]

I'm the same way. Even if it has been nearly a day since I've seen my boyfriend, I get really down and I start to miss him. Lately, it has disrupted how I go about my day; I don't engage myself in my hobbies as much, I get bored easily, I daydream about him more and I start to miss him.

I've been starting to limit my contact wit him, so that way our relationship doesn't get boring. Plus, I want him to miss me just the same way I miss him. In the meantime, I've been trying to get myself to love being home again; to start getting back into the things that did make me happy before I met my guy.

Just keep contact to just a few times a week.

[Sex_Panther]

It's normal. The quickest fix is to be jovial all the time that he is there and then even happier when he is physically there rather than being happy when he is around and then sad when he's not.

[ImSoSozzled]

Well I haven't been going out with my gf for a year but we're both the same way. I think that's just why they say love is a drug :) I say you embrace it.