Thanks for the advice. We're on a break right now - we said we'd do it for a few weeks, and call each other when we knew what we wanted. We're not broken up, we're not seeing other people, we're just taking time to ourselves. He needs some space and I need to work on myself.

If we do manage to reconcile, I think what you have is a great suggestion, and I'll be sure to run it by him. I think having something tangible to hold onto (ie. a watch of his etc etc) - something that reminds me he's still there with me, would do wonders. I wish I had thought of it before it came to this!