My boyfriends wants to break up after 7 years together
We both thought we would be together forever, after about 7 years together, my boyfriends suggested maybe it's time to separate.
I still love him, but indeed not as strong as before. But I am so grateful to the wonderful life we have been together. He has supported me for everything that I want to do, he supports me to finish ph.d study. But indeed it seems that my study/research life is very different from his working life. He works in the finance sector, sometimes a lot of pressure, but in recent years, due to my increasing work load, I am not always there when he needs someone to talk. A few times, he tried to told me, but due to my stress, I told him that I want to see a strong man not a man who complains. After that, he always acts fine, and only till recently he told me that he tried to make me happy by telling me everything is fine.
I felt so guilty, I was stupid enough not to noice. And I am afraid once a man makes his mind, he really means it.
It's just after so many years, I don't know how to live without him. Probably I haven't given him much care in recent years, but no matter where I go, what I do, I always feel he is around. It is because of this, I can concentrate very well on my own career. Now, I just feel the whole world collapse, and I really don't know how to face it. I told him we can try again to improve it, and he said he doesn't know anymore.