I've never posted before but Ive now reached my wits end and I don't know what to do. I live with my boyfriend of 12 years, we were college sweethearts. We have a much loved four year old son. We have basically grown up together and now grown apart. Our relationship has been in decline for a very long time, I still care about him, but I don't love him anymore. We never have fun, we bicker about everything and I am not attracted to him like I used to be. I was prepared to live my life like this, he's certainly not a bad guy and I thought our son deserved to have both parents under the same roof. This all changed January this year when I fell in love with a man I've known and worked with for seven years. Its not just a crazy whirlwind romance, its been a long time coming. I want to end my current relationship but my partner is grieving the loss of his father, is out of work and has no where else to go. I'm terrified to tell him how I feel, as I fear it would destroy him. I cannot bring myself to hurt him so much but on the other hand my heart belongs to another, and I know I can't live this way forever. Haven't been able to speak to my extended family or friends about this, for as far as they know, we are happy. I don't know what to do :(
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