My boyfriend seems to like seeking attention from other women

My (24) boyfriend (26) loves to be the center of attention, making other people jealous of him, being admired, and better than other people. We've been together for three years so I've accepted this part of his personality and I love him regardless.

He came from clinicals (nursing students practicing on actual patients) today and one of the first things he said is that one of his classmates said he looks like Tarzan after he let his hair down. I got upset because I thought he let his hair down to get attention from females. I'm fully aware that I may be overreacting, which is why I'm making this post. I don't know if this is something that I have the right to be mad about.

For some context, he has gorgeous long curly hair and I gas him up all the time. He absolutely hates the feeling of hair on his neck so he always wears it in a bun. Even a ponytail irks him because he can feel hair on his neck. I have to beg him to wear his hair down. In the past, he's made comments about how he let just his pony out during clinicals and got compliments from the female nurses. He's taunted me in the past about making the nurses and his classmates go crazy by wearing all his hair down during clinicals (he gets a kick out of making me jealous). And now he comes home talking about some girl calling him Tarzan because his hair was down? Knowing that he hates wearing his hair down and what he's said in the past, it seems like he did it for attention and I don't know how I feel about my boyfriend seeking attention from other women. Am I overreacting?

TLDR: my boyfriend hates wearing his hair down but loves the attention that he gets from women when he does, should I be concerned?

Submitted October 10, 2020 at 12:50AM

My (24) boyfriend (26) loves to be the center of attention, making other people jealous of him, being admired, and better than other people. We've been together for three years so I've accepted this part of his personality and I love him regardless.He came from clinicals (nursing students practicing on actual patients) today and one of the first things he said is that one of his classmates said he looks like Tarzan after he let his hair down. I got upset because I thought he let his hair down to get attention from females. I'm fully aware that I may be overreacting, which is why I'm making this post. I don't know if this is something that I have the right to be mad about.For some context, he has gorgeous long curly hair and I gas him up all the time. He absolutely hates the feeling of hair on his neck so he always wears it in a bun. Even a ponytail irks him because he can feel hair on his neck. I have to beg him to wear his hair down. In the past, he's made comments about how he let just his pony out during clinicals and got compliments from the female nurses. He's taunted me in the past about making the nurses and his classmates go crazy by wearing all his hair down during clinicals (he gets a kick out of making me jealous). And now he comes home talking about some girl calling him Tarzan because his hair was down? Knowing that he hates wearing his hair down and what he's said in the past, it seems like he did it for attention and I don't know how I feel about my boyfriend seeking attention from other women. Am I overreacting?TLDR: my boyfriend hates wearing his hair down but loves the attention that he gets from women when he does, should I be concerned?