He sounds very insecure, vickienc16.

I'm sure that it is very challenging for you to accept. Insecurity isn't real fun for anyone to be around!

I would advise you to encourage your bf to be strong. When he does well, give him big hugs, smiles and thumbs up. When your bf is hounding you for compliments and reassurance, be honest. Like..."yes, you did a great job with supper and cleaning up. I greatly appreciate it. I need some space though. Please give me ____ time to get back into the swing of things." And go into another room, out for a walk, whatever, to get back into the right frame of mind.

Personally, I'm a lot like your bf. Very hypersensitive and insecure. Not good, I know. So, it's hard for me to appreciate honest advice given by others on this topic. They may be entirely right, but it hurts me to read it. That's why my advice is different. If my bf were to say, "chill out!" or whatever and expect me to simply suck it up, that wouldn't happen. I would instead take that very personally and become even worse. That's the truth.