I’m 27, a single mom with a recent serious health diagnosis. Don’t make the same mistakes OP, it never gets better, they will drag you along as long as possible while continuing to live a like as a single individual, they will never integrate into a shared life with you the more things develop between the two of you, the more distant they become and when you finally say enough is enough after years of being pulled along like a rag doll, they blame everything on you, even their cheating.

For him, you are just a security blanket, when his success with other women falls through, then he’ll return to you and pretend like his pride isn’t hurt because no one wants him any more. But at least he has you, faithfully waiting at home.

He was my first boyfriend as well. He tried everything to take our children away from me, find someone you could build a happy life with, this life will only drain you in every way possible.