Submitted by ThrowRAmaybegaslit t3_10jqqlh in relationship_advice
Recently my boyfriend Alex and I decided to get serious and go from casually dating to officially in a relationship. I'm pretty happy with it, but he did something that completely threw me for a loop. We had a conversation where he explained to me that there were other women interested in him. He said that he was aware of it, that it wasn't going to be a problem because he was aware of it, and he wanted to acknowledge it so that I would know that he wasn't hiding anything from me. He proceeded to give me a list of names that included coworkers, friends, and acquaintances. The conversation went something like this is Suzie, she works in my office, she's been a little flirty, she'll probably flirt with me. I'm aware of it, now you're aware of it, I'm going to keep being nice to her because we're coworkers but there's nothing there and I'm telling you so that you don't see her flirting one day and think that there's something up that I'm hiding from you. I really have no idea what to make of this. I'm stumped by it. Total mindscrew. I've never had a guy do this before and I don't think any of my friends have either. Honestly I'm not sure if it's all on the level or if this is some kind of crazy mind game.
I thought I'd ask here and get a bunch of internet strangers' opinions because none of my friends know what to make of it either. I have no idea how to respond.