u/Alec38603

AITA for not wanting to fully move on from my relationship knowing theirs a chance we could get back together

My boyfriend (19m) and i (18m) have been seeing each other since august and got together officially on valentines day

in the last month or so his mental health has declined and for the first two weeks he was in exam season so i didn’t see him and still have yet to see him but after his exams were done he continued to feel this way and be less talkative and avoidant and did apologise for it

however as it has become more apparent i have become more worried and had a serious talk about it this morning and he said that i was right and believed he couldn’t handle himself at the moment let alone a relationship however reassured me that it was nothing i did but purely because of his mental health which i understand as i have seen how much he is struggling however i asked what he wanted to do now go on a break or fully break up and he said he would rather fully break up for now with the possibility we could get back after his mental health gets better however i don’t understand why we couldn’t go on a break in the meantime as i have no intention of starting a long term relationship (he suggested that i can see other people while we are broken up as a way to move on so i don’t stay emotionally bound to him incase we don’t end up getting back together) i know mental health issues could be months or even years till it gets better however he has been the perfect partner and don’t want to move on from the relationship just yet we have agreed to see each other tomorrow as a possible final in person meeting
is there anything else i can do for now?

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u/Alec38603 — 22 hours ago

My boyfriend (19M) just broke up with me (18M) with a possibility of getting back together

My boyfriend and i have been seeing each other since august and got together officially on valentines day

in the last month or so his mental health has declined and for the first two weeks he was in exam season so i didn’t see him and still have yet to see him but after his exams were done he continued to feel this way and be less talkative and avoidant and did apologise for it

however as it has become more apparent i have become more worried and had a serious talk about it this morning and he said that i was right and believed he couldn’t handle himself at the moment let alone a relationship however reassured me that it was nothing i did but purely because of his mental health which i understand as i have seen how much he is struggling however i asked what he wanted to do now go on a break or fully break up and he said he would rather fully break up for now with the possibility we could get back after his mental health gets better however i don’t understand why we couldn’t go on a break in the meantime as i have no intention of starting a long term relationship (he suggested that i can see other people while we are broken up as a way to move on so i don’t stay emotionally bound to him incase we don’t end up getting back together) i know mental health issues could be months or even years till it gets better however he has been the perfect partner and don’t want to move on from the relationship just yet we have agreed to see each other tomorrow as a possible final in person meeting
is there anything else i can do for now?

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u/Alec38603 — 23 hours ago