Should i be single?

Hi

I have been in 2 very serious relationships since I was 17. One lasted almost 8 years, and the other is coming up for 3 years.

I'm feeling a bit restless and getting itchy feet. I sometimes feel like I've never had chance to grow up properly and get to know myself.

I'm now considering, even though I love my partner to death, finishing the relationship and having a crack at being single for the first time in my adult life.

Can you give me any advice?

Hi

if you love your partner then talk to him and tell him that you need time during the week to go out and be a young woman... maybe he will understand this... it might even give him time to go out with his friends...

or if you love him but the realtionship really isn't working and you can't see there being a future together then maybe you should go your seperate ways and be alone for a while... you need to not lose yourself as a single person but at the same time this doesn't mean that you can't e in a loving relationship...

hope this helps you out a little bit
best wishes
x

Thanks

Hi

Thanks for your response.

My partner and I don't live together, and as he works shifts I rarely see him in the week anyway, so in some respects I'm already living as a single woman during the week.

I have been out with friends a few times at weekend and find myself being tempted and wanting to flirt with other men. After being with just 2 men in over 10 years, I feel like I want to go out an experience more things.

In my heart of hearts, I can't see a future. I can't see us getting married or living together (he still lives at home) so I think I will end the relationship.

At the same time though, I'm scared of being single - everyone seems to devote their time to finding men and I'm scared I'll be lonely and depressed

....any advice on that one??