<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

I don't really have a lot of dating experience, but the experience I do have has been relatively negative.

My first boyfriend in college (and my first long term boyfriend ever) was mentally, emotionally, and verbally abusive. He cheated on me several times and generally made me feel like I was crazy. He used a lot of "gas lighting" in our relationship. 

My second boyfriend was not emotionally invested at ALL in our relationship while I was very emotionally invested. Once we broke up, we hooked up several times and it didn't work out well, and eventually that toxicity led me to end our relationship. 

I recently started dating my current boyfriend, whom I've known for three years. As far as emotions go, he's very stoic- he doesn't really say cute or romantic things, doesn't often reach for my hand, and rarely compliments me on my appearance.

My current boyfriend also works a lot- around 50 hours a week, so he's pretty busy. I also work 50 hours a week, but we manage to see each other. My issue though is that my boyfriend is very sarcastic and has a very dry sense of humor, and it's become an issue for me. He'll say something that is obviously a joke, but will say it with such sincerity that I actually doubt myself. I've decided that I need to communicate my needs to him- in a relationship, I like to be verbally reminded that my partner cares about me and is proud that we're together. 

My question is, is this normal? All of my friends made fun of me for the way that we started dating- we'd been seeing each other for a few weeks and I asked him about exclusivity. He thought about it for a few days and we decided to begin dating. Everyone tells me that it's weird to do things like that, and that relationships should just fall into place. Is it a red flag that my boyfriend and I are already having issues and it's been less than two months?
<bot>: my boyfriend and I have some minor personality issues that I've decided I want to discuss with him. Is it strange to be having problems like this when you've been dating for less than two months?