Broke up over dif wants in life..
Me (32f) and my boyfriend (30m) of one year were forced to break up because we want different futures. I see myself and want to get married. He has no desire for marriage/commitment/ buying a house with someone else. I gave him options.... I'm okay without marriage, but a proposal and ring for a sign of commitment would be enough. I said no marriage, but maybe down the road a house. My point being I'm not looking to be a long term girlfriend living in an apartment. He said he can't see any of those things on the horizon for him. I know that's okay for him. And it's okay for me. And we are both human beings and both of our wants and needs for our lives should be respected and honored. Life's too short to be forced into our own type of unhappiness. With this being said, we've been crying for the past 24 hours. We prayed together, gave each other back our things, talked and cried some more. Neither one of us wants this, but we know we have no more choices. I miss him so much already and I feel like half of my soul is missing. I've never been in a situation like this, where love simply and truly isn't enough. Our relationship was beautiful. And now we are forced to leave it behind.
Any insight would be great right now. Anyone whose gone through this, maybe some hope for him to change his mind? But also some hope for the future…