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I'm 21/f and he's 27/m, we've been seeing each other for almost 3 months now.

To give you some perspective on the shyness issue, let me tell you a little story first. I had a conversation with him (via facebook...) about being frustrated with our lack of communication, which in ways has improved, but it's still got a ways to go. Later that night, we were discussing our previous conversation and he said something like, "So, to give you some perspective on who I am..." Peppered with many Umms and pauses. "Its hard for me to put into words, but, umm, I've had intimate relations with this many people." And he held up his hand. I kid you not, it took him what seemed like 5 minutes to spit this out while I patiently listened. Clearly he felt extremely awkward talking about it.

I'm a very sexual person, and I've had a lot of partners...certainly a lot more than I can count on one hand...or two. I'm very confident that I know what I like in the bedroom.

We do have sex pretty regularly, and for the most part it's pretty good, but I REALLY want to talk to him about some things he/we can do to make it better, however I'm afraid that it's going to make him feel really uncomfortable/self conscious, and like I'm putting him on the spot. I feel like a total fucking coward writing him an email or facebook message about things like this, but at this point I kind of feel like it's the best way to get through to him without him feeling too awkward or under pressure to quickly respond/know what to say. Plus it gives him the impression that I would rather communicate that way, which is totally not the case at all...I want to work towards making him feel comfortable talking to me about ANYTHING, which I have told him that he should be, but clearly that wasn't enough.

What should I do?
<bot>: My boyfriend is extremely shy talking about sex, and I'm not sure how I should communicate with him about it to make him feel most comfortable.