My boyfriend and I have been going out for almost 5 months now and I've noticed that he doesn't talk to me much anymore in person, as well as on the phone and online. I pointed this out to him one day and he was quite surprised, but told me that he'd try to talk more. This only worked for a short amount of time and then he was back to not talking to me. I asked him again why he doesn't talk to me a whole lot and he told me that it's because he gets distracted easily. You see, he has this friend that he likes to goof around with and they sometimes like to be immature and get real physical with each other in public just for kicks and giggles. He's even admitted that he pays more attention to that kid when he's around than he does to me. He also said that I don't talk a lot either and that I should talk to him too. I'll admit that I'm a shy person and don't talk much around people I don't know, like his friends, but even when we're alone I never know what to talk about. It seems as if we've run out of things to say. I've also noticed that whenever I do make a comment about something he has some smartass reply and he usually only does this around his friends. The weird part is that he acts this way to his mom and at times I feel like I am his mother. We both like each other a lot and I don't want to lose this relationship, but I'm at a loss for words. Literally.