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...See more I'm really new here and was hoping some of you guys may have input on my situation. My boyfriend of three years and I broke up pretty mutually today after a turbulent few weeks. I had been dishonest with him about failing some classes and how much I was struggling mentally and emotionally, and he had been leaning on me really hard as his only support while going back to school for an engineering degree, which he was finding pretty overwhelming. After I came clean to him last weekend he asked that I leave the house, so I've been staying with family. We had a couple's counseling session mid week, but he was pretty cold and quiet to me overall. Today he came over with the dog and explained that he wanted to break up. We went for a walk and talked about how the relationship had grown unhealthy and codependent/somewhat resentful over the past few months and that it was best if we worked on ourselves. We are both interested in remaining friends after some time apart, and would potentially be open to dating again someday fairly far in the future if our lives were compatible at that point. I guess I just want input on how to best focus on myself. I was so enmeshed with his life and family, and the thought of being his friend in the future is making it hard to not dwell on the past the what ifs of getting back together someday. It's just kind if raw right now.

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