Been dating my girlfriend for 4 years, everything for the most part is good, occasional bickering but overall good. She has really been my best friend and she is really close with my family, even lived here when she needed too. Everything has been fine and we have talked many times about our future together. But she has been stressed with work and her own career. I always support but at times she said I can be too handsy and treat her like a piece of meat, I can she were she is coming from but we never have sex as much. Regardless today I told her I feel us going in different paths, I feel I'm getting closer and she's going the other way. Well she let me have it, said she needed space, to see what else is out there, said she still loves and could see her self marrying me but still wanted to break up? We have talked and decided its mutual, but I'm so sad and hurt, this came out of know where, help!

This break up is not mutual, nor was it reached in a calm thoughtful fashion. Leave her alone and let the dust settle, and see if things change after calmness has returned.

She asked for space give it to her.