glitterandtrauma Posted September 26, 2013 Posted September 26, 2013 (edited) looking for a bit of guidance and advice about my current situation as i'm struggling.... So i've been in a relationship with my boyfriend for just about 5 years. I'm 24 and he's 27. We've had a brilliant relationship these past 5 years, plenty of laughs, holidays, family time and he helped me through my university finals to my first year of work. However, a few weeks ago he told me that he was having doubts about our future together. I was so shocked at this as I felt as happy as ever together, we don't have huge arguments or anything. He has recently moved to a town 2 hours away from me to study, but i was happy for him as it's something he has been looking to do for a long time, and we spoke about it before he went how we would make it work with the distance. I asked was it the distance/had he met someone/did he want to be single again but he said it was none of this, that nothing specific had happened but he was unsure if he saw us together in the future anymore, needed some time to think. He said he wanted to be honest with me about how he was feeling but us to continue as normal while he decided. I suffered through the next week trying to act normal when in fact i was heartbroken. After the week I gave him 3 options, stay together and work through the doubts he had, break up, or have a break from each other giving him space and time to think through the doubts. He said he still loved me and didn't want to break up but understood i was finding it difficult to act normal when i knew he was doubting us. So he asked if we could go on a break for a month while he worked out what he wanted. I agreed but said we need to have no contact to make things easier for us both. We agreed a day to meet up in a month's time to see where things are then. So that's what we're doing - we're almost 2 weeks into the break and i've managed to stay strong with no contact, even though i think about him all the time, and wonder what he's doing/if he's thinking about me. The no contact thing is good for me I feel but seems unnatural when I want him to see how good we are together and how our relationship is worth fighting for, especially if we both still love each other. Basically, I need a bit of motivation to keep the no contact, along with a bit of help about how to act when i see him again. We have picked a day for meeting but no specifics - time/place etc. Should he just come to mine and we could talk, or should we go out somewhere for a catch up before we discuss what we're going to do? It's so strange not speaking to him after doing so every day for almost 5 years. The other thing is our 5 year anniversary is during our break - should I contact him then? Trying to work out if this is a prolonged break up for him because he doesn't want to hurt me and thinks this is easier, or if he genuinely is confused and needs some time off to work out what he wants. Any ideas? thank you Edited September 26, 2013 by glitterandtrauma
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