Hey guys,

tl;dr new LTR of six months suddenly starts talking about one of my buddys frequently. Trying to work out her motive.

So I've been with a great girl for about six months, things are perfect in every way, and I've slowly started to consider her LTR material. Occasionally though, she'll keep mentioning one of my single buddys. Stuff like "what's 'Geoff' up to?" "where does he live?" "what does he do" "where does he hang out?" "let's invite Geoff out for drinks" etc etc... She doesn't actually know him or has even met him on many occasions, mainly through social media I guess.

This has happened a couple of time during the six months, once pretty early on, and then again recently. This has secretly really got my back up. But of course, I've not let it show. I've generally just brushed it off, or even agreed and attempted to invite him out etc, not wanting to convey that it fazed me.

A bit about me: I'm in the process of swallowing the RP after being unconsciously beta in past relationships. Before this one I was single and used that time to educate myself. But I'd say I'm still not %100 there and am still displaying certain beta traits occasionally (though I later recognise them and try to rectify the situation).

I'm just trying to work out what's happening here. My gut instinct tell me branch-swinging, but likewise I fear I may be being paranoid and that there could be another explanation. The girl in question is almost perfect in pretty much every other way and seems to love me intently; buying me shit, talking about our future, great sex etc etc. Other explanations I've thought of include: she wants to set him up with one of her girlfriends and wants it to appear natural. Or just wanting to get more invested in my friends as I've generally not introduced her to them as I'm so busy, and she's always keen for me to involve her more in my life. Or even some kind of motherly imperative; the buddy in question is a classic nice guy and a great guy, but hasn't been laid in years (though he puts on an alpha persona on social media)

So what I'm asking is: How should I handle this? My instinct tells me she's branch-swinging, probably cos I'm doing something wrong, or have not lived up to her expectations. In which case I want to next her before things get messy. On the other hand; am I being suspicious and paranoid? I'm keen to make this work as everything else is great.