How do I know if there’s something wrong between my boyfriend and me? We have been together for a year and he’s starting to sound bored whenever he chats with me for too long. When we go out to dinner, he is not engaged and starts to get distracted after half-an-hour or so. I keep thinking I am boring him, so I try harder to get him to talk, but it’s starting to feel like I’m forcing him to chat. I even asked him if he’s no longer interested in me, but he denies that completely. I don’t know what to do. Am I just being paranoid? Should I just keep this going until something changes?
If his words and actions don’t match, go by his actions because you are entitled to feeling the way you feel. If he isn’t communicating and you feel as if the weight of maintaining this relationship is on you alone, that needs to be called out and addressed. He can be in denial, but he has to put in the work required to make you feel loved and wanted. Without that, this isn’t a healthy state, and things will start to deteriorate further. If he needs time to sort out what he’s going through, he should be able to tell you that. Ask him if time apart will help and, if he keeps denying what’s going on, you should insist on staying away until he comes back with something more concrete. Waiting for this to change on its own is unrealistic because relationships require tangible work.

I’ve just broken up with my long-distance boyfriend, and I don’t know how to cope with it. We were together for a long time, so I feel lost and don’t know if I have made a wrong decision even though this was inevitable and based on solid reasons.
You’re dealing with grief, and being lost is part of the process. Trust your instinct and judgement, along with the fact that this will go away.