Unsuspected break from girlfriend.
I have been with this girl for about 7 months. We started as friends and well it just grew into something more. Everything was great. We spent a lot of time together. I mean like 5 days a week every week since we started the relationship. I know she cares a lot about me. I have met her family and she has met mine. She even came to my older brothers wedding and stayed the weekend with me and my family. When we got back everything was still fine. Up until about 3 weeks ago. She came out with the classic "i need to take a step back from this and need some space." She has always been straight-forward with me. Never once have I doubted her honesty.
I have been kind of over-bearing about the situation. I know I need to let her have her space but at the same time I feel like she will forget about me. She says she still likes me and cares for me a lot... just wants too take a step or two backward and be on her own for a bit. There are a lot of things going on in her life as of late. Her step-father had a brain tumor removed and is heading for chemotherapy. She also lost her last boyfriend about a year and a half ago to drugs. It's really sad what she has been through. I just want to be there for her. I know I need to give her space but the thing is, it's hard to do because sometimes she shows affection and like 5 hours later she wants to be alone.
I guess I just need to let it go. I don't want to lose her but it's hard to sit back and watch the person you love want to have a lot of time to do her own thing. I asked if there was another person involved. She said there wasn't and I believe her. Simply because she has been nothing but straight-forward about her feelings in general. I shouldn't even be discussing this with other people haha. I mean she has already said "you being clingy is only making me not want it more." So I guess that this whole situation is pretty much self-explanatory and I wasted all of your time. I just wanted to get my feelings out there and talk about the situation. It sucks bottling it all up and not having positive input from other people.