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My boyfriend and I are best friends and have been together for 5 months. For the past month and half, he has been acting distant and I have been clinging to him. Super clingy, I realize. I always ask to hang out, we hardly go a day without seeing or talking to each other. I send multiple texts when he doesn't respond. 

Yesterday, we had a talk. He said he is very comfortable with our relationship, but is not happy. He is not entirely unhappy, but he's just not happy because he feels like I can't let him out of my sight. He values his alone time, and feels like I don't give that to him. We spoke, and decided that this whole thing escalated to a bad point because neither of us communicated very well, and from now on we will talk about something that bothers us as soon as it starts to.

Now, we both go to the same college, but our homes are 2 hours apart. Summer is coming up and I fear what that will bring. I told him I have hope we will last, and he said if things kept going the way they were, he does not see us last. We both agreed that we cared about each other too much to let us just die, so we're both willing to work on our relationship (he needs to put in more effort, and I need to back off and give him space).

My question is, do you think that giving him space will help our relationship get better? He would never cheat on me, and he has made it clear that I'm the most important and valued person in his life. We have a month and a half to make things better.

Has anyone fixed their relationship by giving space? We're still going to hang out 3 times a week, but I still want to know your experiences. In your case, does absence make the heart grow fonder?
<bot>: I have been a clingy, insecure girlfriend, boyfriend feels unhappy and trapped. Trying to fix relationship by giving more space.