Don't know how to feel

[sammy1592]

So I posted a little while ago about how my boyfriend was telling me that he felt like he needed space or time to be on his own. Well he has since clarified that he does not want to break up or even take time apart, but he does want to move out on his own for a while. Now that in itself I guess I can somewhat understand. But you also need some back story to fully understand why I'm so conflicted about all this. There had been several times when he had dropped hints about proposing to me next year. I thought that was the path we were on and that things were going very well for us. And then all the sudden he's telling me that not only is he not ready to marry me, but he's not even ready to live with me. And we've been together for over 2 years. But he also says that he loves me more than he's ever loved anyone and that he still wants to marry me eventually, but he just doesn't know when. But all of this is so completely opposite of what he was insinuating just a couple months ago, and honestly I just don't know what to believe. And I certainly don't want to sit around waiting for him to be ready to marry me only for that to never actually happen. It's like everything that I thought about us was all in my head or something, and we are actually not on the same page at all. I just don't know what to feel or think, and I'm getting conflicting opinions from everyone around me.

[Wiseman2]

Unfortunately it sounds like he cares but is retreating from the relationship.

my boyfriend was telling me that he felt like he needed space or time to be on his own. Well he has since clarified that he does not want to break up or even take time apart, but he does want to move out on his own for a while. he's telling me that not only is he not ready to marry me, but he's not even ready to live with me.

[moodindigo91]

People change their minds, sounds like he's having second thoughts. I would start preparing for the break up or break up with him yourself if you don't want to be strung along for months and months.