Hi everyone, I'm new here.

So I've been together with my boyfriend for about six months and we now live together. I'm in my late twenties he's in his 30's. We're both master students at a university in Sweden, he's from Southern Europe and I myself is Swedish. He loves the country and the town we're living in, I don't like the city but I'm fine being here until we both find jobs after our studies. (He had lived in Sweden since 3 years before we met).

My problem is that I feel so insecure and like I'm standing in his way when he expresses he needs space. He expresses his need of space by becoming silent, annoyed, grumpy and by saying "I feel weird" or "I feel strange".

He's a guy that needs his own time and I know that, but he's not taking his own space as in (going to the gym, meeting friends frequently etc.). We're both at home quite a lot as we seldom have classes instead mostly home studies.

I recently declined two jobs in another city to stay here with him, I'm not really happy with my studies here and our economy is strained. Anyway, we felt it was more important to prioritize our relationship and making the relocation later together.

Our relationship started out a bit tricky, I was depressed when we met and I first decided to end our dating for that reason. Then he reached out and said he didn't care I struggled with depression and we gave us another chance. Another thing that made me doubt that we were going to work was that he was bff with his ex when we met, I tried to meet her and be open to this arrangement but it felt too difficult to me as my previous boyfriend cheated on me with his ex. He ended the friendship with his ex and then it has gone well despite from his frequent "blurry" expressions of needing space. He says he's happy with us, I've met his family and I'm now friend with his friends.

Is his way of expressing need for space "normal"/common and just about space?

Don't know if I was clear enough here. Any input or questions you could give me about this situation would be very helpful.

Hugs to you all
Littleme