My boyfriend and I have been in a serious relationship for abut a year now. We have been living together for the majority of the time as well. It has been quite the journey already, nice, but also stressful. We are 20 and 21, and we believe we are in love. He has only had one other relationship that was not serious, they split after 6 mths or so. He is not very experienced in the woman department, ie: how to respond, just generally give me the love and support I need, though I know genuinely he does care about me. I have had a promiscuous past (I moved of my parents house at young age, fell into a bad cycle, and I have set up for myself the "ideal" man. Though I know they were fake. When we first got together we were AMAZING, the connection was what ever other couple would envy. The problem is, is that as we are getting closer and more comfortable, I am feeling uneasy and confused and scared. I try and tell him of my feelings, and he shuts down completely...like I mean COMPLETELY. He is extremely immature, and has been babied his whole life, and I just don't have any idea of how to deal with this until he "catches" up to me. I am so lost and ready to jsut give up. I am extremely mature beyond my years due to the extreme experiences my whole life and he just cannot rap his head around it. His consistent shutting down all the time, makes me feel insecure and needy and leads to clingy behaviours, and I know that these types of behaviours is what will eventually kill our relationship.