(Hey everyone, thanks for reading this. I might be double-posting this in other forums because it might be appropriate. Regardless, thanks to everyone and anyone that can help me here)
I've been dating this girl for about a month now. We are both about 23 or 24 yrs old. We have amazing chemistry, and when we're not with each other, I can kinda tell that she's always thinking of me....whether it's with her daily texts, or just simply when we talk at night and she says it directly "i missed you all day" etc etc. We also make out all the time, and on some of our more intimidate dates, I could tell she really likes me, trusts me, and wouldnt want to lose me. I know it sounds braggy to say all of that, but it's just my observation/intuition.
Anyways, I've noticed lately that when we are at parties, or other social situations, that she seems to like to talk about us as a couple, me in particular, and about 50% of the time, it's a tease on me....as in, she likes to make fun of me sometimes...not necessarily like a bad thing, but just things like "oh yeah peter, he cant do this ____ at all" ....just things that dont put me in a good light...things where....i feel like the other people she's talking to, are like "dude, she likes to bag on her bf"
In hindsight, it's probably not that often, maybe only 25% of the time....but obviously the times she does do this, they stick out in my mind. Anyways, whenever she does this, I always just shrug it off and pretend like I dont care at all. I dont want to react to it and then come off as a little whiny dude.
Oh, and another important thing. When we're at these parties, ...I've noticed that oftentimes she likes to mess around with me and "threaten" to leave me for some other guy (say another guy at the party that shes been friendly with). Whenever she does this, I just tell her I'll leave her for another girl too, no biggie. I tell her "go for it! do you what you want baby"....and that's usually the end of that discussion. I think she's equally as scared of me leaving her as I am of her leaving me....but it kinda irks me...like, why does she feel the need to play the game of pretending like she will leave me for someone else. I know she's not that type of girl, cause she's NEVER HAD A BF before (none in her 4 years of high school and 4 years of college!)...so I know she's just messing around, but it still annoys me.
Anyways, what do you guys think of all this? My questions are:
1) Is it normal in relationships? Have you guys experienced this?
2) Should I be worried about any underlying issues?
3) Most importantly, if I am still bothered this, what's the best way for me to confront her about it, without sounding like a whiny guy/without making her less attracted to me.
Thank you everyone for all your help!