Me and my boyfriend have been dating for 10 months, and we have gone through some issues in just the past month alone. He told me recently that he said he wanted some time to himself to think about things alone. Not even a week went by and we decided to talk about it, and figured out that the problem was probably that we don't do anything with other friends or out in public very much. We went out a few times since then, and I thought everything was okay, but just last night he told me that he thinks there might be another existing problem between us.
I really don't want to lose him because we are so good together, but I don't really know how much more of this I can handle. I love him, and he says that he loves me too, and he really means it, but he also told me that the first time we kissed and the first time we said I love you he felt like it was forced.
I really want this relationship to go the distance, I really don't know what to do about his confusion in all of this, and I just want to get us through all of this. He isn't an open person about a lot of these things, though, and doesn't try to communicate as much as I would like.
I guess what I want to know is just, how can we work this out together and figure out what he is dealing with?