My boyfriend has a close female friend that he has confessed he's attracted to, should I be worried?

brightpapaya

First off I want to preface that I'm (early 20s) my boyfriend's (early 30s) first real relationship. We've been together for 2 years now with minimal issues. He's very expressive in his love and devotion for me so I doubt he would be the type to cheat. However, my ex has cheated on me and because of that I have developed some kind of insecurity even if there's nothing fishy going on.

I'm not at all the type of girlfriend who forbids him from having female friends - I understand that (hetero) men and women can be friends. He has maybe 4 of them but there's this one girl that he's very close to. They work together. They text a lot and joke around together, share inside jokes and also some very personal stuff from what he's told me. He doesn't hide anything from me about her, but I've noticed that he talks about her a lot. As an aside, this girl is in a committed relationship and has turned down other men that see her as 'more than a friend' before so I'm not necessarily worried about her.

During the holidays, she was texting him something with the heart emoji and I noticed it on his phone (wasn't snooping, I just oversaw it over his shoulder while he was texting her) and then he looked a bit weird and told me that there's nothing going on with his friend even if he does find her attractive and she often wears a type of clothing that's a kink for my boyfriend. I appreciated the honesty.

Initially I simply said that I was a bit... puzzled by how this specific girl has so many dudes that find her attractive - mainly at her workplace - with one of them even falling in love with her (not reciprocated), and I guess that made me slightly paranoid that the same thing could happen with my boyfriend. She's a very charismatic, fun and beautiful girl so I can totally understand hahaha

Anyway I'm seeking mainly men's opinions on this... do you think I should worry?

My boyfriend has a close female friend that he has confessed he's attracted to, should I be worried?
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