I’ve been dating my boyfriend for about a year. My boyfriend moved from across the country a few years ago. When he first moved to our state, he lived in a different area and he was in school and made friends. He moved to our area about a year and a half ago. He hasn’t made friends here. Here, its hard to maintain friendships when moving areas. Think of like moving out of LA to the suburbs, or from NYC to upstate NY or NJ. It’s practically impossible to maintain the quick friendships you make. The drive is awful and its hard to see people. He has his friends back home, so I’m not worried about him not having friends. I just want to know if he’s content. How can I approach this topic without making him feel bad?
As someone in a similar situation, I wouldn’t really need to be asked about it or have my partner concerned about how content I am.
It would be more natural for you to ask how his friends are doing, assuming he’s told you about them.
You’ve been together for a year, seems like it should be a natural thing to bring up.
Why do you feel you need to “approach the situation”? Has he been complaining to you? Did he ask you for help?
It seems to me that he knows how to make friends. He’s done it before without your assistance. Not sure why you need to be involved.