My boyfriend is very reliant on his parents for advice in general, will he start to trust me more as our relationship progresses?

[Anonymous]

My boyfriend is a very lovely man in his late 20s. The only issue I’ve had with him is his reliance on his parents. They live abroad. He is very often calling and texting them, asking their advice and opinions, has in the past compared my advice to theirs. They have quite a large involvement in his life.
He is sensible and generally speaking takes me seriously. However this behaviour with him is a trend and I’m worried that it’s something that he will continue forever, and how it may impact us if we bring up children later down the line. We’ve only been together 3 months.

Does anyone have any opinions or experience with this?

[kylee2437]

3 months is not enough time to prove you are trust worthy to rely on. Of course he is going to go to someone for advice he has known his whole life.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like he's using his parents as his reference to guide him through life and validate his decisions. Partly learned behaviour that he's never broken since childhood, probably because he's never had reason to.
I'd guess over time if you offer him good advice and grow the relationship, he'll start to pivot to listening to you.
But largely depends on him, his relationship with your versus his parents, and his mentality.

[Anonymous]

Is he a mama's boy?