This is news to you, but your boyfriend has had a history of clinginess in his relationships.

He hid this clingy side from you in the beginning, fearful of turning you off.

Now that you are both emotionally invested in the relationship, he feels more comfortable showing the clingy side of him.

This clingy side is nothing new to him, given that he has been like this with his past girlfriends.

Just like what he did with you, he wasn’t forthcoming in showing his clingy side in the early stages of dating them.

Once a mutual emotional attachment developed, he felt safe dropping the pretense.

His true character reveals itself.

A guy that is clingy has insecurities.

Insecurities he was reluctant in showing you early on.

That is about to change.

Rather than holding back in wanting to hang out with you all the time, he makes it known.

Instead of holding back in sending you multiple texts in a row, he does so.

In lieu of holding back in asking whether he can come along whenever you are about to hang out with your friends, he comes along.

He knew that doing any of this too early was too risky.

He feared turning you off.

Now, that fear is gone.

His clingy side is out in the open.

The fact that he hid his clingy side from you is dishonest.

It calls into question what else he is hiding from you.

There is a possibility that there are numerous character flaws that he has been hiding from you.

Several of which are about to be revealed in the coming weeks.

Character flaws such as anger issues or an anxious attachment style.

A person with anger issues is far too volatile.

He wants to be in control, and when that control is threatened, he lashes out verbally.

The less control he has, the more he lashes out.

This often progresses to physical abuse when his verbal attacks aren’t having the effect he wants.

Besides anger, there is a potential that he has an anxious attachment style.

A person with anxious attachment style has a constant need for reassurance and validation, and becomes anxious when these needs aren’t met.

This makes the person hypervigilant and supersensitive to everything you do or say.

He reads far too much into any innocuous gesture and deems that a sign that you don’t care about him.

These are but a few flaws to his character that are possible.

Right now, you are thinking that his clinginess is but a slight annoyance, even endearing.

That won’t last.

Whatever else he has been hiding from you is sure to be revealed.

All of a sudden, you aren’t only contending with his clinginess, but a number of character deficiencies that he was hiding from you.

Is this worth the risk?

By choosing to stay with him, despite his deceitful behavior in not being forthcoming about his clingy side, you are taking an undue risk.

Even if there aren’t any further character flaws, his clinginess alone is only going to get worse.

Once he is no longer engaging with friends, or doing his hobbies and interests, he has made you his entire world.

It won’t be all that endearing to you when you realize that you can no longer participate in your hobbies and interests because he is constantly guilt-tripping you for ignoring him, or abandoning him when you do.

The relationships you have with family and friends suffer too.

He won’t like it when your attention is on them and not on him.

In staying with him, not only are you risking losing out on the hobbies and interests you love, but losing out on some of your relationships with family and friends.