Hi everyone! Thanks in advance for reading and replying. I am a lady in my late twenties (thirty is knocking on my door!). I've been with my boyfriend for nearly eight months. We met on a Friday and were instantly inseparable, spending all of our free time together. He travels for work and is currently gone (out of the country) for a few months. The week before he left, I went to lunch with a girlfriend... and he walked up. Turns out he was also having lunch with a girl friend. I didn't know she existed. They finished their lunch, left, and he came back to chat for a minute. He said she wanted to get the lowdown on his best friend because she has a crush on him. There have been a few times where I have wondered about his commitment to me. I have never caught him cheating, I have never been given a real reason to freak out (early on I found out his online dating profile hadn't been removed yet, he didn't accept my Facebook friend request... but nothing blatantly obvious). But now that he is gone, I can't help but start to worry. Because he is overseas, communication is more of a challenge (for some reason his internet hook-up situation isn't resolved yet and he doesn't have a low cost way of calling).

My last boyfriend let me know I was completely replaceable. Otherwise, I have no history of abandonment... my parents are still married, were present, loved me, etc.

Do I have a reason to freak out, or am I letting my past issues get in the way? When he is here and we're together, I feel FABULOUS. I might even admit to feeling the L word

Of course I would TALK to him about this, but he hasn't replied to texts/emails. I last talked to him on the phone a week ago... but he can not call often.

Thanks, friends!