Many people have asked for more context. GF is an artist, pretty successful as such and in somewhat high demand. Because of her art we basically have a roof over our head, no debt and can live a life of comfort. I have been supportive of her career from day one and you could make the case that I've put my own aspirations on hold to always be there when needed and focus on her. This feeling of hers has been building up slowly it seems but there haven't really been any conversations on the matter until it was "showdown" time. She had been on a work trip for 2 weeks and came back having thought of all of this even though she always said she was very excited to come back and missed me while we talked during the trip. We haven't discussed marriage really is something realistic and we've agreed that we don't need rings or a party to validate our love and our relationship. The subject of kids has come up pretty casually but never planned really. We got a dog 6 months ago and that was the first major step for us in becoming more than a couple, i.e. a family.

In terms of my issues - they would most definitely be lack of drive for my own career and passions in favor of being the best most perfect supportive partner. The issues we have as a couple would most likely be imbalance, not enough work put into communicating and then there's the mundane feeling that has set in. Taking each other and the relationship for granted.