2013-05-05, 02:47 AM
A gut feeling that he has to be single right away? To be blunt, that sounds like he's telling it like it is: For him to be able to say 'single' just like that when you've been together for six months sounds to me like he's not into the relationship any more not that the other lines help much in arguing the opposite.
I think breaks depend on the context and the relationship type since it seems like the kind of thing overly-smothering couples might need to restore their social life with others while that's a signal for jumping ship for most other couples. It's one thing to wilfully enforce a break and quite another to effectively do one because there's things that demand your attention, I doubt most people like being told that they're being put on ice so long as they have some kind of positive feelings about you and like you for something other than an earpiece for them to wail to.
I think breaks depend on the context and the relationship type since it seems like the kind of thing overly-smothering couples might need to restore their social life with others while that's a signal for jumping ship for most other couples. It's one thing to wilfully enforce a break and quite another to effectively do one because there's things that demand your attention, I doubt most people like being told that they're being put on ice so long as they have some kind of positive feelings about you and like you for something other than an earpiece for them to wail to.