<human>: I've been dating my girlfriend for almost 8 months.  I have a lot of life experience for my age and can say with conviction that she is conceivably my future wife.

I did a lot of work to get sober and fix myself three years ago and have been doing work to get even better lately.  I let go of a lot of baggage and realized a lot of my decisions were based on fear.  So I listened to that little nagging voice in my head that said she was "holding back" and I was putting too much effort in to this and her not enough.  I showed up at her door with a few of her things and tried to break up, but it suddenly made no sense.  Three hours later, she's crying, I'm done crying, we're together, I hurt her.

I texted her this morning and she comes over before work.  I'm out of the way for her.  She says I can never do this again and that I hurt her, and I need to give her space to heal and then she can move forward with me (all agreed upon).  I realized my fear of abandonment almost cost me the only person who won't abandon me.

She comes back over after work in an hour.  What do I do now and in the near future to make this better?  I think 'carry on' per usual and let her take the lead on the troubleshooting.

I love her endlessly.  Help me Reddit.

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: Tried to break up with love of my life because I'm a scared little boy, she won't give up on me.  How do I earn this woman?