Should I (F32) specify to him (M36) that this is who I am, not just a "beginning of the relationship" thing?

I've known him for around 3 years now. We've been close for most of that time, had a fwb situation for a while there. We're now in the somewhat beginning stages of a relationship? Hard to say exactly when we went from not in a relationship to in one, but the first "I love you"s were in July. With the way our schedules are (we both work more than full time hours, plus he's working on starting his own business, and I'm in the process of moving), we see each other around 2 or 3 times a week.

I am a very expressive person when it comes to love and relationships. Physically (hugs, kisses, holding hands, playing with his hair, so on), verbally and through text messages. All (both) of my previous serious boyfriends have been surprised and somewhat annoyed to learn that this isn't a waning thing- I was with each for years, and until the relationships ended, I was always like this.

The guy I'm seeing now hasn't given me any indication that this is an issue for him- he seems to enjoy the attention. But I worry that he also assumes it's because this is fairly new, or that it's because we don't see each other often, and that once those things are no longer the case, I won't be like that anymore. Should I let him know that isn't true?

Tldr: should I make sure my new boyfriend knows that I'm always going to be this expressive of my love? It's been an issue in previous relationships, which makes me anxious.

Submitted August 24, 2021 at 10:25PM by AmbyrLynn https://ift.tt/3grnHPV