Has anyone and their boyfriend broke up a couple of times before it ended up working out in the long run?

Long story short, my boyfriend and I just recently broke up for the second time (the first time something specific happened, but nothing did this time), and it doesn’t feel like it’s over for good.

After we had our last in-person conversation earlier this week, he sent me this: “Assume nothing has changed or will change, but would you want to set a date in January to get together and see how we both feel after these 2 months apart?”

So we decided on January 18th. I’m trying not to worry about what goes on these two months since I can’t control it, but is some space good sometimes? Last time he realized he missed me, and we were together for a year and a half after that.

I can post the full story if you’d like to see it, but it’s pretty long.