I agree with you that it's tough to believe this is isolated... Perhaps if he is the kind of guy to internalize most of the conflicts in his life rather than publicize them to anyone then this is not terribly surprising, but it is unfortunate that he's come to the "I need space" conclusion before saying anything about it sooner.
I will suggest that perhaps he is having a serious problem with the distance, which is understandable even if you get to see one another often, shoelove. I do hope that he comes back and is ready to go at it again, sadly right now you're kind of at the mercy of time and there's not much you can do right now. Best of luck to you.
All I can say is that it's tough to do this job without assuming the OP is telling the truth, unless there are some blatant mismatches in information. I agree that asking if this really is an isolated incident is best in this scenario.
Pretty hard to believe that this is an isolated incident, despite your assertion that you never fight.
Welcome to the board shoelove,
Even if this is your first fight, even if this is the first time you 'let him have it' verbally - "He has been thinking, and he
I agree with you that it's tough to believe this is isolated... Perhaps if he is the kind of guy to internalize most of the conflicts in his life rather than publicize them to anyone then this is not terribly surprising, but it is unfortunate that he's come to the "I need space" conclusion before saying anything about it sooner.
I will suggest that perhaps he is having a serious problem with the distance, which is understandable even if you get to see one another often, shoelove. I do hope that he comes back and is ready to go at it again, sadly right now you're kind of at the mercy of time and there's not much you can do right now. Best of luck to you.
ah, but we are dealing with assumptions, are we not?
Im going to
Just an update....