"On A Break"

My boyfriend and I had a huge fight the other day and it ended up with him saying we should go on a break. I told him that if he didn't want to be with me anymore I want to break up but he kept insisting that we should just go on a break because he didn't want us to be over, he just wants us to think about what's happened.

The show "Friends" used to be one of my favorite shows so, the 'Ross/Rachel' fiasco has taught me to be wary of the whole "break" thing.

Anyone else here go through a "break"? Does it work or will the pain just build up and make things worse? I really like this guy but, if this is going to make things more difficult and hurtful I really need to know. Is he maybe trying to break up with me?

Any advice please? :)

he probably just needs time to get his feelings together and figure out what he wants i'd give him a few days then try talking to him about it

...yeah, I guess. I just don't know how to act around him anymore... we're not "officially together" anymore because of this break thing so... I don't know. I'm so confused...

Breaks... I went on a "break" once with my ex... And it made him realize that he was no longer in love with me, it was just hormones. =/ That was my experience with the "break" thing...

I think that a break is just a lame excuse to be "single" while having the comfort of knowing that there's someone there waiting for you if you don't find someone else. That's my opinion anyway.

~BJ~

I wouldn't do the break thing myself, but my best friend and her boyfriend have been going on breaks for the whole two and a half years they've been together - it usually results in them realising they can't cope without each other.

Obviously, it's different for everyone else. They are a rather odd couple as it is..

Hmm. A part of me hopes it'll be ok but another part of me wishes that the drama will just end.

Thanks for all your advice, guys. Keep em coming if you have more :)

same thing but he cheated on me while we were on the "break" and then he wanted me back

I guess when you get back together after a break there's always gonna be awkwardness between you, at least at the beginning.

But, I'm not sure about the whole break thing. My, I guess, ex, told his friend that we weren't boyfriend/girlfriend anymore but then his friend asked me if we were still "a thing". I've talked to my non-boyfriend since the whole fiasco but we haven't talked about "us" since Sunday. He apparently won't talk to his friends about it so I don't know if this meant we broke up... I'm too much of a coward to ask him. Maybe I should start seeing other people...

Well, my birthday is coming up soon. I hope he'll at least say Happy Birthday. If not, at least I'll know we truly are over.