male best friend/boyfriend/awkward nephew

[kismetkismet]

One of my best friends happens to be male (let’s call him Jack) and my boyfriend of about a year has always been very cool about this, there’s just one little blip that I’m not sure I should straighten out...

 

My 5 year old nephew has absolutely no filter and likes to make things awkward for my boyfriend and I. The first time he met him he kept asking me “Why isn’t Chris (my ex – not his real name) your boyfriend anymore? Why do you love each other? What happened to Chris? Why do you keep looking at each other?” rinse recycle repeat. Then a couple of months ago he was at it again and walked up to my boyfriend and said “Before you, kismetkismet used to be in love with Jack!” everyone laughed and went on their awkward merry way and he never brought it up. My nephew has never met Jack, nor have I ever talked about him to my nephew. He does mix names up a lot though and my cousin who also happens to be named Jack was there that day. Keep in mind he hadn’t seen my ex in at LEAST a year and a half, probably 2 years – so I think he just scrambled the names.

 

Anyway, my bf hasn’t said anything directly or been super weird about my friendship with Jack. However he has asked me if I have an ex named Jack twice since that time, just injected into conversation. I just said no without explaining what my nephew had said because I didn’t want to give that incident any weight. I wasn’t even part of the conversation when it happened, I just overheard it. Jack and I have ZERO romantic history and don’t cross emotional boundaries or anything like that. All of his close friends are female.

 

My question – Should I bring it up with my boyfriend, or just let it slide and let the platonic-ness of our friendship speak for itself?

[jen1447]

Explain it. If you don't it's like you're maneuvering, not to mention you're leaving an unspoken 'thing' between you, but if you do you're taking the bull by the horns and straightening it all out before it has a chance to fester.