Hey everyone. Just on this past Wednesday, my boyfriend of 3 years told me he wants a break. He says that he isn't even going to tell anyone, because he has no doubt in his mind that we will be together, but that he just needs some space from me. Also, this is his first winter sober in 8 years so he wants to really find out who he is by himself, and not associate himself as me. If that makes sense.

He said that he just wants some space to find out who he is, and so that we can both learn to be our own person because over the years we've became so dependent on one another and doing things based on the others availability.

He said he wants a little break just so we can learn to be without each other because when we get back together (which we will soon, in his own words) we will be stronger

I'm just having such a hard time dealing with this. So many things have come up for me: if he's staying loyal, how long it will take, etc. etc.

I guess I just need encouragement and kind words to stay strong and for someone to let me know that this is okay, and natural.

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