Having a crush while in a relationship

Ok, I've been with my boyfriend for 5 years but the last few months have been a bit rocky. We came very, very close to breaking up but we decided to give it one last chance. I felt totally fine about this and was quite happy with us being back together.

Now, Uni started again a few weeks ago (I'm now a third year) and in one of my units we had a new guy who had swapped units. He ended up sitting next to me and I found him really good-looking, nice and funny. We had a good lecture and I didn't think too much of it. However, I had that unit again today and he came and sat with me again because he doesn't know anyone else in the room. We had another great lecture and I noticed myself flirting with him, wanting him to flirt back with me and I was getting kinda nervous the way you do around someone you like. After the lecture I deliberately walked the long way back to my house just to keep talking to him and after we parted I felt as if I couldn't wait until the next time I would see him :redface:

The question is, is this quite normal if you are in a happy relationship or is it a big sign that things still aren't right between myself and my boyfriend?

Nothing like this has happened to me before so I don't really know what it's a sign of, any advice would be really appreciated :smile:

Reply 1

Kjata

Yea it seems normal 2 me ur bound to still fancy guys even though ur in a relationship... i just wish Shanell felt the same 4 me lol
ur still young too so don't think of settling down too quickly, have a life 1st :smile:

Reply 2

Anonymous #2

i've been with my boyfriend years like you, and we went through a very tough spot and then i found myself flirting with other guys. bf and i eventually sorted things out and were fine and my flirting stopped.
in my case, i think the flirting with other guys basically means you're missing out on something in your relationship with your bf.