I’m sorry this is a lot to read!

Okay so awhile ago I met this boy named seth. We dated before through high school but stopped due to not being able to communicate plus we were both super immature for a relationship. That was about two to three years ago. Me and Seth have been good friends for about going on eight years now. We started dating about six months ago.

Ever since February there have been some issues. See I’m 19 and in college plus working so I already have only like three days where I can hangout with anyone. Seth is still in high school. He does a bunch of group stuff, works and obviously school. We started to get on the topic of our relationship and how it is. We argued about it for about a week. It was super emotional and stuff.

A Thursday night in late February. We were about to end our relationship. I decided to call him (since it was over text) and told him if we were gonna do this we were gonna do it semi face to face so video call. We talked more and decided that we didn’t want to end the relationship. We agreed to see each other a little less and talk a little less so he could focus on his needs and himself mean while I am kinda just sitting here not knowing what to do.

It’s been about two weeks of doing this if not three and we started talking and he feels bad not having time for me and not being able to focus on us. He wants to do a bunch of things but can’t due to our relationship ( by things I mean joking this office thing for school and a bunch more things dealing with the group stuff for school.

He says he wants to take a break till after he graduates which is in May. He wants to find him self and do the things he needs to do to graduate and have fun while in high school. We had to stop talking since he needed to go to bed for work.

I have been thinking over everything and honestly don’t know what to do. So I feel like our relationship is on a rough patch and we need to work through it. I really love him not only as my boyfriend but also my best friend. I want to except taking a break that way he can figure everything out but I’m scared I am going to lose him for good which sucks to even think about. I just want to help him and make sure everything I okay but I know he needs his space. I feel like if we take a break than we are basically calling it quits but at the same time I don’t want to drag myself through a break that I don’t really wanna do just for me to get hurt in the end.

Feel free to ask any questions and give any advice.