How do you break up with your boyfriend of 5 years?

Me and my bf have been together for the past 5 years. I live with him. Everything has sort of been going down hill for the past 2 years since I started college. He's still madly in love with me and wants to spend the rest of his life with me. I however, still love him, but I want to get more out of life. He's my first real boyfriend and I always feel like I'm missing out on something. Should I break up with him or should I just suck it up and try to make the sparks ignite again?How do you break up with your boyfriend of 5 years?
Try some time apart for maybe a week or two. If you live together, you are around each other all of the time. You can't miss him if he's constantly around you. Stay with friends or your parents for a little bit. If you don't miss him at all, then chances are you aren't in love with him any more. But if you miss him the whole time you are gone, then you should stay together.How do you break up with your boyfriend of 5 years?
k, this is serious and u shouldnt lead him on. yoou cant just suck it up and see if things will start again.

i think you need to break upo with him. you say things have been going downhill for 2 years. it will probably keep going downhill. and you said that he wants to spend the rest of his life with you, imagine if you did stick it out and you got married and 5 more years down the road, you want to divorce.



BREAK UP WITH HIM!!!!!



u arent being fair to yourself and him
with a five year relationship it is always worth trying to make things work out in your favor. However, if you try and get nothing out of it and you still feel like it isn't going to work, then the best thing to do is sit him down and explain to him that you want more out of life, and you can't see yourself progressing through life if you are together. Explain that it's not that he's a bad person, or a bad boyfriend, but that you just need to be able to do this for yourself. Chances are, he'll say that he'll work really hard at being better, and he most likely will. You can either let him work on being better if you want to keep the relationship, or you can let him know that you think it would be better to just try things on your own for a while and end it there.
maybe ya should give it 1 last try,tell him how u feel and see can ya get the spark back again.you can still do all the things u want to do ...maybe he would want them things too.talk it thru with him an if u still feel the same after trying maybe the relationship has run its course.good luck x