<human>: I've never dealt with an ex still being present in my boyfriends life. We have been dating for only three months, and I've communicated with him about my feelings towards this. It hurts him knowing that I'm uncomfortable with him and her talking, and says "I wish I could fix this," "I'm over her," "I was emotionally checked out of our relationship near the end" and things to that effect. Although I am uncomfortable-- I accept the fact that they are in each others lives. I do not say anything when he does favors for her, or if I notice she left something at his apartment. I trust him... it's just weird. He sits her dog every week, he still has things from their relationship in his apartment, and if he is going to see her he'll say: "I have to go do this for someone." And I'll respond, "Is that someone Tiffany?" He'll nod and apologize. 

They were together for eight years, on and off. He proposed to her by getting a tattoo of "Will you marry me?" on his sternum. And now I'm new to his life and it's all very overwhelming. 

There doesn't seem like there's an easy fix to this. I refuse to disallow him to talk to her, that isn't fair. But knowing that they still hang out (she's so close to all of his friends) is unsettling for me. Why? In fear of him leaving me for her or cheating on me. Silly. 

I don't know how to communicate the way that I feel. I've never had this happen to me. It makes me not want to move forward in our relationship. It also makes me feel as though she's a safety net or something... still relying on her support when he should be leaning on me.

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<bot>: boyfriend of three months is still tight with his ex girlfriend of eight years. Makes me uneasy and I wanna talk about it... just don't know how.