How do I (19F) talk to my boyfriend (19M) about asking me more questions? Is it silly to wish he were more curious about me?
I love my boyfriend very much. We were friends for a year before we started dating 7 months ago. I'm not sure exactly what triggered this anxiety, but I'm suddenly very anxious/irritated at the way he seems to rarely ask me questions. We see each other every day and talk on the phone every night. I want to know as much as possible about his life/interests. He will ask my opinion on politics or philosophy, which are both shared interests of ours, but very rarely about my self. I can't even really articulate what I wish he would ask me, which is why I'm confused about if this is a legitimate issue that I should bring up, or if I'm being silly or overly anxious.
He is extremely conscientious in other ways, often going out of his way to make my life easier, complementing me, being extremely understanding as I go through various difficulties, and generally loving me in a way that makes me a better person. This is both of our first long-term relationships, and I almost wonder if it has something to do with differences between male and female communication: do men just not tend to ask personal questions? It also could be that since we already knew eachother so well when we started dating, we never went through that initial hyper-curious phase.
I feel like a mismatch has built where I know much more about him than he does about me. Is this something worth bringing up, and if so, how?