<human>: My SO and I have been together for nine months (we've known each other much longer online) though she has been away for work several months at a time. We write when we are apart, but things started to get more serious right before she left the last time. A couple months passed, and now that she's back, she wanted a break to figure things out. She's afraid of commitment, and the l-word (she's afraid we've met too soon), but things had been going very very well until then; family holiday dinners, fun and interesting times together, plans for travel and collaborative art projects, even giver-giver relationship, deeply satisfying sex, etc. Things have reached a head, and I'm hopeful, but could use a little spirit boost right now if anyone is willing to share a similar story that worked out.

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<bot>: Things are getting more serious and she is afraid of commitment. I could use a little boost hearing about similar situations that worked out for people. Thank you!