My (24f) boyfriend (29m) literally told me compliments make him feel weird and he doesn't like them.

I was texting my boyfriend and he got me a gift on his vacation and I told him that he's amazing. Well he usually tells me to be quiet but it's kind of like an inside joke. But jokingly I asked him "whyyy" and he said "because I don't like it" and when I asked him if he was being serious he said yes.

He said it makes him "feel weird" and he doesn't like it. I assured him that I compliment him because that's just how I feel. He replied with "idk maybe I just don't like compliments".

Our relationship is fairly new. I know that this isn't going to create a "bump" because we went right back to joking around like normal after we discussed it a little more.

But why would someone feel that way about compliments? I know he was being serious about it. But now I'm just confused.

TL;DR: I gave my boyfriend a compliment and he told me he doesn't like compliments. At all. I know he's not upset about it, but why would someone turn down a honest compliment from their significant other?

Submitted March 29, 2019 at 12:35AM by Tira15 https://ift.tt/2FJYSwF