Broke up after 2.5 years

Al

Hey, so last night my bf and I broke up. I’ve known him for a long time, almost 6 years, and for the most part we had a great relationship. We know everything about each other and were best friends, he was loving and caring and intelligent, gave me tons of gifts and always wanted the best for me. But we just couldn’t agree when it came to our futures. I wanted to go to college for 6 years, work while in school, enjoy our lives in our twenties, and work while I had children whenever we feel ready to have them, and he wanted us to go to a trade school and work until we had kids at like 26, make me stay home with the kids and raise/homeschool them until they’re 13, and then go to college after they’ve left the nest. We had so many arguments about it. Another tension was that he didn’t want to be friendly or respectful to my parents, which even though they aren’t the best people especially to him, my family puts a lot of emphasis on respect and I wanted to keep in touch with my family if I were to move out with him. then eventually last night he said he wanted to break up bc we have life plans that don’t work with one another and that he gives me everything and I’m still upset. He had some downsides though, he would sometimes tell me I’m acting like a bitch, he didn’t want me having social media, wearing leggings or gym shorts to the gym, being friends with certain people, he made it known whenever we went somewhere that he didn’t want to go there but he was doing it for me (guilt tripping for no reason), among other things that can’t come to my mind rn. Recently I had kind of had the feeling that it wouldn’t work long term, but I miss him so much and the memories we still have, and it hurt how cold he was last night.

UPDATE: is it bad that I’m already ready to move on and am somewhat moved on? We’ve been on and off for a few months, so I’ve had some time to prepare for our eventual breakup.