My boyfriend and I have been together for two years. We've recently began a long distance relationship. He will be going in the Navy soon, while I'll be staying in college and pursuing a professional career.

I have concerns about our ability to hold a long distance relationship. For example, he blatantly tells me that he doesn't care about the things I have to say. Like tonight, I was telling him about a 19 year old kid who dropped out of my college and is currently the CEO of his own marketing firm, but how he had suffered through many trials and tribulations. I'll admit that there are a lot of stories like this, but I still enjoyed it, and wanted to share it with him. After telling him this kid's story, my boyfriend's response was "Ok". It was strange, so I asked him why he responded like that...He said "Well, eh, I dunno, I really don't care."
Huh? Well, I thought it was a good story....Dammit.

I only mention this story, because this isn't the first time he's reacted to what I had to say. It just seems detrimental to a long-distance relationship to be so cold. Isn't talking all we really have to keep this relationship going, since there's no physical contact?

I'm worried, because I want him to care about the things I have to say. Perhaps the things I talk about aren't his cup of tea, but then that begs the question...Why are we together if he doesn't enjoy the conversations I try to share?

He's a terrible communicator. He is not aware of what he wants from this relationship. He also has a hard time believing he has faults, so it's hard to convince him that there are things he does that upset me [And it's not just "me"]. Sometimes it feels like we lack emotional intimacy [although our sex life doesn't suffer...]
At the same time, he claims he loves me very much. He wants me to move in with him when I get out of school.
In my opinion, his behavior is contradicting what he wants from our relationship in the future.

He's in limbo with his life right now. I suspect he's depressed and is not aware of it. He's had a rough 2 years.

I don't know what to make of this man. I obviously can't convince him to care about things he doesn't care about, but speaking on a day to day basis often limits us to talking about our expriences or thoughts of the day. I would like for him to be able to talk about things he's intersted in if he's not interested in what I have to say, but he claims he doesn't have much to say in the first place since he's working a dead-end job right now.

I wish I knew what to do. <font color="brown"> </font>