<human>: First and foremost, this is my first post. My friends rave about reedit and use it all the time for entertainment, advice, knowledge, etc. However, they also make fun of certain postings and I am hoping mine does not become a joke for another group of friends. Go easy on me!

The guy I am dating (27m) and I (26f) were doing wonderfully (dated for about two months before issues began - explanation coming - read on), and sped up a lot of the dating stages (probably due to how amazing it was going and how easily everything fell into place), and then we both went through a lot stressful situations (job stuff, family issues, moving, roommates, dumb drama, etc) in our own lives. It, sadly, carried over into our 'relationship' (I state that as we were just dating and didn't want to use the term boyfriend/girlfriend, but were not dating anyone else). We got in a lot of fights, but always worked through them. During the last fight, he just gave up (which I can't blame him for), but this is truly due to everything that was going on in our life. I have gotten him to at least just take a break between us and discuss the possibility of going back on dates in a few weeks. Do you think this will work?

I know, I know … going on break NEVER works (or at least that is what everyone says) …

What I see is an amazing guy that has no confidence due to his last relationship and then we ran into a lot of issues that bleed into 'us'  Now that everything has calmed down a lot, I at least want the chance to show him how amazing we were together dating.  I am not asking to be serious, just to get back to what was of us.

Give me the gist of the text in a nutshell
<bot>: Do breaks ever work? Will I be able to show him what it was like before all the issues (that, remember, had nothing to do with us)? Should I just give up?