Thanks for the advice. I got a good giggle on the Ms. Whale Spout comment. =)
Not all women do gush. It sounds like you are concerned that he is comparing you to his previous partner and you want to be better -- nothing will kill the buzz like sitting mentally on your own shoulder during sex and analyzing it all, with a feeling like you are in a competition. I'm afraid there aren't many tips and tricks to get a person to stop that self-consciousness trap during sex, except to love yourself enough to lighten up and loosen up and have fun, so sex with you is the unique experience that comes from being with you. (He's with you, right? Not Ms. Whale Spout.) Sometimes men are perfectly happy to leave a technically proficient sexual partner because something else is not OK in the relationship, and they love the new partner more even if she is not a pole dancer with a ten-inch throat. I saw a movie once where the guy said to the girl, "What happened to that FUN girl I married?" Be that fun girl, which is obviously what started the two of you off in the first place, and you won't have a dissatisfied man in bed either.