<human>: Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?

About three weeks ago I started seeing a guy and for the most part we get along great. He's sweet, funny, talented, and intelligent, everything I was looking for in a partner, and our chemistry is off the charts. 

The only problem is that he talks a lot, about himself. He completely dominates every conversation we have. Every minor joke or comment turns into some inflated diatribe about... whatever.

I try to hold my own but instead of listening to what I have to say and trying to learn something from my opinions and experiences, he uses it as a platform to try to "educate" me or launch into another story about himself. 

It's not like he's narcissistic in the vain, judgmental, shallow kind of sense, I think he just innocently thinks because he's older and has more formal education than me that he's helping me by conveying this personal wisdom that he's accumulated. Maybe he's just trying to impress me.

I do like the fact that he's intelligent and cares about demonstrating that. Which is why early on I may have been egging him on with this behavior somewhat. But now it's starting to settle in that I feel patronized by the way he talks to me, and just plain bored sometimes. It has been bothering me but I don't want to throw away our amazing potential.

Is there any kind of light hearted and sensitive way to convey to a partner that they are talking too much?
<bot>: He talks a lot about himself and doesn't let me contribute much to the conversation. I feel like he may not realize that it's a problem.