To break up with someone you love?

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Me and my boyfriend have been together for 7 and a half years and we've never had any problems he's an amazing person and would do absolutely anything for me.

The past few months I have just felt like something isn't right with the relationship anymore, I feel so bad for saying it but I often feel like I just want to be on my own, I really dread getting intimate I just feel like I want to be single. We are only 22 so I know I'm still young but I just feel absolutely awful for feeling this way towards someone who loves me so much.

I really want to fix it and to go back to feeling how I felt but I just don't know how? I really don't know if I'd ever have the strength to actually end the relationship, and I always worry that I'd regret it months/years down the line.

Sorry for rambling but I just really feel like I need advice on this, it's starting to really get me down and I just don't know what to do

Maybe you've outgrown him. You've been with him since very young, and you change a lot and not always together.

You've been with him since you were 15 then..? That's quite young and people change a lot during that time. I think my early relationships were quite experimental - figuring out what I did and didn't want in a relationship.
If you feel like you want to be single then you really should break up with him and enjoy your 20s. I can totally understand why you want some freedom.
I broke up with a boyfriend at that age and it was really difficult as I thought he was the 'one' but I was just so miserable and I couldn't put my finger on why. Looking back I can see how controlling he was but at the time I thought he was 'taking care of me' and that that was love.
I think it's hard to grow when you're in a relationship sometimes and you need to be on your own to figure out what you really want.

You've got the seven year itch. He's not the one. Move on, you're young, live life, if it was meant to be you will find him again once you've found yourself.

Thank you all for the replies, I think your right about me outgrowing the relationship. I keep thinking I should just stay and hope the feeling passes, but I also don't want to waste my 20's feeling like this

The feeling will never go away unless you get it out of your system and be single.

You sound like you've outgrown him, probably see him more like a brother and not a lover, hence the dreding of sex. Be brave and true, and tell him you don't love him in that way anymore. People do grow apart and it's not a bad thing to acknowledge.

Agree with other posters, end it. If you feel like this it won’t go away. Most relationships that start at a young age do run their course, you change and want to experience other things and have some freedom. Don’t stay tied into it just to save his feelings. You’re very young, there’s a whole world out there to explore.

I agree about outgrowing. I was in a relationship when i was 15 and had my daughter at 18. We then broke up when we were 20. So 5 years in total. Im 28 now and if we met now i wouldnt even dream of being with him..at the time i thought i was so in love but after we split i realised alot. We both changed so much from teen to 20s. Maybe speak to him about your feelings, you could also suggest a break, best to just be honest with him