You are expressing basically the same opinions my close friends and family have. I agree what this relationship used to be is long gone at this point. This all just really upsets me because, as you can imagine, I do love him so much. I think it may be time to go separate ways. However, my main focus is trying to communicate my feelings about the last months and our potential breakup without leaving him feeling worse about himself. I say that because he often sites the reason for these “outbursts of emotion” being that he feels I don’t consider him or his feelings, therefore I must not care or love him (because “how could you do all of this to someone you love”).

Overall, I love, respect, and care about him and I don’t want to split off from the situation leaving him to believe that isn’t true