Needy boyfriend Options

[mushiebeans]

I feel bad cuz hes trying to be the best boyfriend, being there for everything, coming to my house when im bored. But I feel smothered. Especially cuz during football season, he came to every game. Every Friday. But somehow I feel like Friday is MY thing, with MY friends. I haven't gone anywhere without him these days, cuz my friends invite him everywhere i'm going with, and even my parents ask me to ask him to go anywhere. I feel really smothered, like I have no freedom. Especially being a naturally free person who LOVES to socialize, I can't stand the fact that everyone asks "wheres J?" Any time I'm without him. I'm being a bad girlfriend arent I? I should be thankful for such a caring boyfriend. But I'm not. I read too many romance novels and watch too much movies. But frankly all that mushy romantic stuff is a bit too much for me because I'm much more an independent person than the "oh-baby-i-love-you-i-want-you-to-be-with-me-every-single-moment" kind of girl.
One example, Friday was homecoming, and so my bf and i went to the homecoming dance. But I was having much more fun dancing with my friends than with my bf (who cant dance for nuts.). Later he felt like I was being distant and that he wanted to "win my love back" and "better [himself]". I felt like it was a bit too much.
Am I a bad girlfriend for feeling smothered like this?

[applejaxkz]

He does seem a little overwhelming. You should sit down and talk to him about it. Let him know that you are use to being an independent person. Tell him that you appreciate him doing so much, and being there for you. But sometimes you need "YOU" time. In which case you can tell him about Fridays. Say it's "Girls night out." If he can't let you do your thing for a single day a week, then he's being unfair.

I like being with my girlfriend a lot, but I know that there are times that I need to let her do her thing with her friends, and same with me.