He doesn’t ask me enough questions
I’ve (40F) been with my boyfriend (40M) about 6 months.
There’s so many things I love about him but one thing I don’t like is he doesn’t ask enough questions.
For example, I am part of a religion and he has never asked me much about it. So I tried just bringing it up and he listened but didn’t ask anything.
Additionally I will ask him questions and he often doesn’t reciprocate. So for example I ask him if he finds it hard staying friends with his mates who live a long way away. He answers the question but doesn’t ask about me. So I’ll be like ‘I have friends who live far away’ but this doesn’t prompt him to ask.
It’s only a small thing but the longer we are together the more it kind of bothers me. I feel like we don’t have very in depth conversations because I ask him about his life but he doesn’t ask much about mine.
I know everyone is going to say just tell him that this bothers me. But…I want him to ask me questions about me and my life because he is genuinely interested. I don’t want him to do it because I told him to.
Should I tell him I feel this way anyhow?
I just…don’t get it. He’s not the type who wants things to all be about him. I’m not sure if it just doesn’t occur to him to ask or what?