My boyfriend and I have been together for a few months now. I really like him, and I don’t see myself breaking up with him anytime soon. I recently attended an event over the weekend and met someone there who I got along with really well. We exchanged contact information, and I had no idea how long I’d be in communication with him the first day I got home, 8 hours of continuous texting to be exact. It was all platonic conversation, nothing that would cause any red flags to go up. What I feel horrible about is that I anticipate his text messages more than I do with my boyfriend’s messages. I find myself looking forward to talking to him more. I enjoy the attention he gives me that my boyfriend doesn’t. What’s worse is that I do want to flirt with him, because I miss the feeling that flirting gives and with my boyfriend it’s been lackluster. However, it’s weird because he knows that I have a boyfriend and I know that he’s pursuing another girl. What makes me feel horrible is that currently I want to talk to him more than I do with my own boyfriend. Yes, I can stop the communication but it’s just that I don’t want to. And he lives an hour away from me so its not like I’d see him regularly. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t tied down to anyone.