2013-05-05, 05:27 PM
I've had my fair share of "breaks."
When my "gut tells me I should be single right now," it's always because I've developed incredibly strong feelings for another man and I feel guilty about it. My heart has an awful tendency to stray, and if it's gotten to the point of feeling I should just be single, there's never any turning back. I've only done breaks out of pity or to humor an ex in situations like this, because I've never had intention of staying. :\
A break can be good, though, too! It doesn't sound as applicable to this situation, since you said everything had been fine... but I've taken breaks before when, while both parties still had genuine and unwavering feelings, we just were on completely different levels and did nothing but argue, day and night. We needed some time apart to grow individually and sort our pomegranate out. It was a loooong break, but in the end it was really worth it.
When my "gut tells me I should be single right now," it's always because I've developed incredibly strong feelings for another man and I feel guilty about it. My heart has an awful tendency to stray, and if it's gotten to the point of feeling I should just be single, there's never any turning back. I've only done breaks out of pity or to humor an ex in situations like this, because I've never had intention of staying. :\
A break can be good, though, too! It doesn't sound as applicable to this situation, since you said everything had been fine... but I've taken breaks before when, while both parties still had genuine and unwavering feelings, we just were on completely different levels and did nothing but argue, day and night. We needed some time apart to grow individually and sort our pomegranate out. It was a loooong break, but in the end it was really worth it.