You do raise a good point. As time goes on, I am realizing that he talks way too much about academic topics in great depth, such as philosophy. To an extent it is interesting, but he reads all of the time these complex books in this area and wants to have discussions on these concepts. It is fine and interesting here and there, but it seems a little excessive. Sometimes this makes me feel a little insecure, because I only have so much to add to the conversation. I talked to my mom about it, and she said she thinks this can get annoying very fast and that most people would feel that way. Maybe she has a point.