My (24M) girlfriend (23F) has recently started making these comments about how beautiful she is. At first, I didn't think anything of it, especially because she used to say the opposite about herself. I would tell her all the time how beautiful she was, and she would deny it. When she first started making these comments, it actually made me happy. She'd be like, looking in the mirror, and she'd comment about how pretty she is, and I would always chuckle and say something like, “Yeah, I done been telling you that,” or something like that.
Recently, she makes comments like this multiple times a day. She'll ask me what it's like to be with someone who's so pretty, and it makes me feel some type of way. Not too long ago, I told her that I was concerned that she was going to leave me. I've always been insecure, and I've always known that she is out of my league. I've been going to therapy, as well as losing some weight, to try to build my self-confidence. She said something along the lines of, “It doesn't matter how beautiful I am or if I could have anyone I wanted, I love you, and I'll always love you,” and I feel like she meant it in a good way, but something about the delivery made me feel weird.
She's also started wearing really tight, sometimes see through clothes that makes me feel some type of way. I'm trying to be supportive, but like, I don't know. It makes me feel weird. She recently went out wearing a piece of leather “adult time” type of thing on the outside of her shirt. It was holes in the center to outline her chest, and while we were shopping, it caught a lot of people's attention. I told her that I thought it was weird, but she got upset with me for trying to control her, so I dropped it.
Today, she was putting on makeup because we were about to leave the house. She made multiple comments about how pretty she is while looking at herself in the mirror. I was just kinda watching her because at this point, she says it so frequently that it just makes me feel self-conscious, and I don't know how to respond. She looked over at me and said, “What's it like to be with someone so beautiful?” After a short pause, she added, “What's it like to be with someone with so much self-confidence when you have none?” I was taken aback by the second question, and I didn't respond. After a brief moment of silence, she came over and started like, kissing my neck and stuff like we were about to start messing around. I didn't reciprocate, so she asked me what was wrong. I told her that she had just hurt my feelings, and she apologized, saying, “I'm sorry. It was kind of a joke, but it was also a serious question.” After some awkward silence, she got up and continued getting ready. She apologized again but like, I don't know, man. It was weird.
Things have been really awkward since that conversation. I don't know what to do or what any of this means. It doesn't help that this is my first relationship. Help lol
TL;DR: Girlfriend has been making lots of comments about how pretty she is and is now commenting on my self-confidence.