Hm...well, some guys are just like that. You have to understand that many teenage boys feel the dire need to portray themselves as *manly men* and therefore meaning that sentimental things like a hug or something might not be what they want, especially in front of their friends. My advice to you would be to talk to him about it and tell him how you feel. Communication is key in every relationship. Try not to look into it too much but if it really bothers you, perhaps the relationship isn't right for you right now - and there's nothing wrong with that.

I hope that everything works out for you. Good luck with everything.

Take care of yourself.

Time to break up and move on.
Teen relationships aren't meant to last.

Don't try to play this off as some pseudo-Disney fantasy.
Great, you found a guy you like.
He doesn't like you so much anymore, for whatever reason (because that story isn't 100%)
Why let someone depress you and drag your days down with arguing and BS when you're what..14-16? That's pointless and stupid. Teen relationships are meant to prepare you for real relationships in the future. No point throwing yourself to the dogs in something that just arouses your hormones every once in awhile.

Your point?
That's not a lock and key, babe.
And anyone will tell you that it does not get better after marriage. It only gets worse.

It means you're still free to leave. You're not stuck to him forever just because you two are engaged.

He is his normal self.
People don't change.

He may have been his better self to impress you, to seduce you, but when he feels like you're his, he's going to be who he truly is. Decide now whether you like it or not.

I know that, for almost all of my guy friends, it is awkward having your girlfriend next to you while all of your other guy friends are hanging around with you... Just thought I'd throw this in. I'm here to talk if you need me, message or preferably, MSN.

It isn't awkward having my girlfriend around the guys at all. I really agree with everything Njord wrote. How do you know it's meant to last if he ignores you?

I have to agree with Njord too. ComplicatedMind has a point as well though but I'll say this ...

Through my relationship my boyfriend has been on and off with how affectionate he is, usually depending on what else is going through his life. If he's under a lot of stress he tends to be distant, or if he had a really bad fall out with some friends. It wasn't until last year that he didn't let those things affect our relationship.

Now he's affectionate regardless of the situation even when we're with his friends. Last week, I was hanging out with him at his university with his friends and he let me sit on his lap and we were cuddling (while I was talking about WoW with his friends lol) and he lets me hug him and stuff. The only time he's not very affectionate is if I did something to make him mad but I mean ... who wouldn't?

Also ... engaged? I'm 19, been in my relationship for over 2 years (and counting) and I'm not engaged. Why? It's still a little early to say "Hey, let's get married". With the direction the relationship is going we probably will, but right now we're just enjoying what little youth we have left before we gotta face the real world. I was 16 too when I first started dating my boyfriend but we didn't go into the relationship thinking it would last this long or whether or not we were gonna get married. You're too young to put that kind of expectation on each other.

What? Dating 4 months and engaged? What?

I'd confront him about it, tell him how it makes you feel and ask him why he's doing that.

Guys are just like that sometimes, especially with friends, they wanna feel manly or cool or whatever. I really don't think it's you at all, I think it's him trying to remain cool around his friends. I would just talk to him about it.

I agree. What?:eek: