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How do I (27F) connect with my boyfriend (28M) who has become obsessed with smoking and mathematics? Seeking Guidance My boyfriend has recently returned to university as a mature after a long hiatus from education. He is completing a fairly challenging stem degree and so l accepted he would have to commit more time to his work, but his reconnection with mathematics has become concerning. He now spends a majority of his day 'studying mathematics' despite the fact I often see very little work being done. When I ask him how his work is going, he gets very defensive and refuses to open up, claiming it's in my best interest because 'it will be boring to me anyway'. He then retreats to his room, where I hear either classical music, or the now familiar voice of youtuber 'The Maths Sorcerer' through the door (Some kind of mathematics based motivaitonal guru). He also has taken up chainsmoking during the day, which although I'm personally not too bothered by, has become another issue where he becomes very defensive. He regularly sends me studies and reddit anecdotes about the efficacy of chainsmoking as a nootropic, and how universities like MiT are littered with cigarette smoke from 'high performance humans'. He goes so far as to tell me that all of the greats such as Betrand Russel, Einsten and 'Rachmandynoff'(?) were all habitual smokers (Anyone know who tf that last person even is?) I've tried to contact his friends to see if he shares more about his new secretive lifestyle with them, to which I was told that he basically just talks about drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes, eating eggs and doing mathematics without going into any further detail.

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