So me and my boyfriend have been together for nearly a year. Everything was going really well, we literally text and talk every day and see each other on the weekends.

When we first started dating we decided to let things flow naturally as we’ve both been divorced in the past (we are both under 30) and marriage was a touchy and stressful subject for us.

I always said to him I’m not ready for marriage anytime soon but I don’t want to date just to break up and in a few years down the line I would be looking to remarry and he agreed.

So everything was going great we went on a holiday earlier this year and was due to go to Turkey in September for our 1 year anniversary we literally booked the whole thing...

yesterday he rings me and says I love you too much and I have So much respect for you that I think it would be best if we ended it now...

He told me it’s got nothing to do with how he feels for me just the fact that he doesn’t want to lead me on for a few years if he cannot commit. His ex wife has traumatised him so much that he’s not able to give me the future I deserve. He said if he was a D***Head he would string me along for a few year and then break up with me.

I feel so torn because our relationship wasn’t perfect but it was amazing. He always made me feel loved, protected and cherished. He made me confident in my own skin after my ex husband always body shamed me. He taught me how to love again..

so what do I do now? I feel like he will realise he’s messed up. But I don’t want to be the type of woman who waits for a guy to come back.