It was the last night my bf and I would see each other before we moved 15 hours away from each other. We planned to paint each other pictures for our dorm room, listen to music, and play guitar together.

I set up a lovely area to paint together outside with fairy lights, got us drinks, brought all my art supplies from my house, etc.

He painted with me for 10-15 minutes before he started getting really moody. (He does this a lot)

I had asked if he thought it would be fun to draw on the same page with a nature theme (literally his life revolves around nature, so I thought this would be a fun suggestion for him). He agreed, but then I realized something was off. I asked if he was ready to be done painting or something, and he said yes. He continued to be very cold and distant towards me the rest of the night. I decided to give him a little space, so I went and sat outside to let him process whatever he was feeling (we have discussed that space is helpful for him).

It turns out, he was frustrated that I had suggested drawing nature things, and he didn’t want to say no so instead he just didn’t say anything and then got resentful towards me.

At this point, it was very late in the night and he had spent the majority of our last night pouting. He realized what he had done and started crying when he recognized he ruined our last night together for 4 months.

This is a very common occurrence.

I think I should probably end things before college, what do you think?

We’ve been together for 3 1/2 years.