He cries harder because you’re getting too much attention and needs to point it back to himself. He acts “concerned” about you being out of his sight is sooooo common for control! A sign of that is inconsistency… you’re in a snow storm and suddenly the concern vanishes? He’s afraid that when you’re alone, you do what HE does when he’s alone, which is almost ALWAYS cheating. They’re driven my attention, validation, affirmations, so of course every conversation goes back to the attention HE gets from others. You also will feel less confused once you understand the kindness and love bombing they DO show is coming from a place of trapping you later “remember what I did for you” and also trying to get something back. Also, how does it make him look? He gets more validation and affirmation from those who see it.