<human>: We've been together about 2 months. We went out on New Years and started the night by hanging at a friend's house and having some drinks before we went downtown to watch the ball drop. He had 4 or 5 shots the first hour we were there, which was fine. It was New Years and we were there to party. I'm only including that information because it may be relevant. 

So we're just hanging out and he starts negging me and teasing me, which isn't a new thing, although it is annoying at times. We were going back and forth, calling each other names and being playful. Not a big deal. I don't remember exactly what I said, but he then said "I'll choke the shit out of you." I brushed it off and kind of rolled my eyes and said "Yeah yeah sure you will." That's when he grabbed my throat and squeezed, not hard enough to make it hard to breathe, but hard enough that I couldn't get his hand away. I was a little shocked, mostly because he didn't stop after I said "Stop!" several times. He eventually let me go and I just sort of laughed it off but on the inside I was like "wtf just happened?" 

This is not the first time something similar to this has happened. He's pretended to punch me in the face before but stopped an inch away from my face. He play fights a lot and will smack me (not hard) in the face. I always kind of freeze up when he does it and just laugh it off like it doesn't bother me. 

I talked to him yesterday about New Years and told him that it made me very uncomfortable. He says he was just joking around, but I don't know. It seems like an odd way to joke around. Am I overreacting here? He's never been truly violent with me or hurt me and he's very sweet otherwise. So I'm sort of at a loss.

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<bot>: Bf "pretended" to choke me and it kind of freaked me out. Not sure if I'm overreacting.*