he's toast

moved in too quickly
gave it up too quickly
he's looking for his next hookup

it will only get worse.

leave
now
quickly
while he's at work

A couple things.

Making you delete male friends is a huge red flag of someone with jealousy and control issues.

His current behavior is that of a guy who is probably cheating.

And allowing you to suddenly chat with other guys seems like either guilt for doing something shady himself.

Or he is doing something shady and allowing you to chat with other guys to create a situation where he can create a false equivalence later.

Any way you look at it things are not looking good.

You're going to need trust in a relationship - and a part of trust is healthy boundaries.

You're going to talk to other men and he's going to talk to other women... you both need to accept that fact and agree that talking to people of the opposite gender doesn't mean jumping into bed with him/her.

As for the phone... talk to him and explain (in a non confrontational way) what you think it looks like and how it makes you feel. It could just be coincidental and you are blowing it out of proportion - so give him the chance to either confess or reassure you.

This is a HUGE red flag for you in any relationship, as this is the move of either an abuser or somebody with extreme jealousy issues. Run, not walk, from any relationship - including this one! - where this is "required" of you.

Look lotta 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 there.
Id just walk TBH.
You can do better❤️

If he don’t trust you to have male friends run he will try to control everything you do the longer y’all are together

Its easy to make these assumptions based on the info you have given, but there’s some red flags there. Making you delete friends is controlling, hiding his phone is suspicious.

First of all, if he told you to cut off all contact with your male friends but he is still friends with his ex's that's a RED FLAG.
I think this whole scenario is kinda fishy. Confront him about this and keep us updated lol

Always good to trust your instincts.

I'd take it easy. Try to chat. Maybe make it clear that you care for him but are not into controlling relationships on either side. Some feel they need monogamous sexual relationships, others not.

Time for you to think of moving on.

That sounds suspicious and controlling.
I'd run personally.

You see what the consensus has been. Five months is too quick to be letting someone insist that you dump all your male friends. And clearly he’s making new female ones. When one suspects someone is losing interest, unfortunately, those instincts are often correct. Time to move on.

Trust your gut

You are not his partner but his personal dustbin .

He sounds like a control freak

He’s found another he’s not interested in you anymore I’d move out

Other than fucking your brains out in the beginning.....my guess is he never had any interest in you to lose. Especially knowing he kept his contacts the whole time.