Advice on my situation.

[KiwixLime]

I moved in with my boyfriend he's 23 and I'm 19. He takes care of me and is great in that aspect. He makes jokes/insults about my body. I joke meanly back and he can't handle mean comments he gets all mad and moody. I can take a joke but it's constant insults about all my flaws. He says he's joking and messing around but it's all the time he may say I look pretty once in a blue moon but most of the time it's all joking insults. Never says anything positive about me. Not sure how to take it.

[Wakeup]

Don't "take it" at all. That's how you take it. You shut him down when he insults you by telling him calmly and matter of factly that his verbal abuse is unacceptable. Then you don't say anything else and you leave the room. If he keeps it up after you've shut him down but you have to keep shutting him down, because he keeps doing it, then you are with an asshole and there is a better man out there for you.

Do not allow him or anyone else to be disrespectful to you. It doesn't matter whether he says he doesn't mean it or that he is joking. It is disrespectful, PERIOD. You may want to tell him that if he says "I was just joking."

[basilandthyme]

Agree with Wakeup. Don't accept his insults - tell that his comments are rude and hurtful. If he says he's "just joking" tell him that jokes make people laugh. And you're not laughing.

Imagine if you have a daughter with him and he says horrible things to her about her body! You must stop this behaviour of his now.

Don't lower yourself to his level of rudeness. And if he won't quit with the rudeness, move out.

[Nicolelong]

There is nothing funny or joking about insulting a woman's body. Especially not a woman with whom you're involved. This is a form of emotional cruelty and it needs to stop immediately. Be on the lookout for other signs of abuse as this may be the beginning of a pattern of trying to break you down and if that's the case, you need to get out sooner than later

[TheEvilJester]

Look, a joke once in a while is okay. Making mean insulting jokes ALL THE TIME is not okay in the slightest. Especially if he never bothers to give you sincere compliments, which in my personal view is something couples should do fairly regularly. (Mind you, I'm not s1aying you overdo it, because then they aren't sincere, but I do think it should be a common thing when you are in a relationship to be sure the other person knows how much you appreciate them.) I mean, if 99 times out of 100 he is saying hurtful things (whether meant as a joke or not), why would you think the 1 nice thing is sincere?

Frankly, I'm not sure what the Hell makes him think this was ever okay.... especially considering he can dish it out, but acts like a big pouty baby when he has to take it in. So, I think I'd side with the other suggestions I've seen. Just basically tell him this is no longer okay, and that you wish to be spoken to with the respect you deserve. If he refuses to stop, then you refuse to remain with an overgrown child. You are looking for a man, not a boy. Good luck!