<human>: Summarize the given text in a few sentences.

I'm not entirely sure where to start, there's a lot and I'm sorry in advance if I end up rambling a bit.

We had dated for 3 and a bit years before this split happened. We had gotten to the point where we wanted different things in the relationship and we had both let each other down in various ways. For instance, he made a lot of promises about our relationship and other things that he didn't follow through on, but would time and time again bend over backwards for other friends. I, on the other hand, couldn't let those things go. There's a lot more than just that, but I'll leave them out unless it becomes relevant, but needless to say the other issues were all "hot button" issues, so to say, and it really created a rift between us while we were dating. What also isn't really helping the situation is that I'm still in school (for another year), and he already has a full-time professional, career building, company car and etc. job.

But anyway, we are taking this break so we can both be alone and figure out what is really really important to us in our relationship, and when we reconvene in a 1 1/2 months (to see whether we can be a couple), we can concretely talk about what we want and if the other can give it.

Has anyone else had an experience with "taking a break" and getting back together and being okay again? I feel like my personal opinion is making me nervous about the break, I tend to think that these things are normally just a way to 'ease into' a breakup, but I feel like I don't see much good that comes out of it, and I'd love some stories, advice, comments, anything! I'm just tired of trying to deal with it completely alone. I also do not think that this is just a way for him to go sleep with other people, but still try and keep me around.
<bot>: Boyfriend and I are taking a break for a month and a half to reassess what is really important in our relationship, am nervous about the whole idea of the break and would appreciate hearing from you guys about it