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My boyfriend wants to take a month-long break to figure things out. We've been together for 5.5 years. I thought everything was going great. Sure, we had our up and downs, but overall, I thought we were on our way to marriage.

He thinks differently. He said he could date me for the rest of my life, but isn't sure about marriage because he grew up with divorced parents. And they had a messy, awful marriage and divorce that has almost scarred my boyfriend.

We decided that we won't see other people during this break. We discussed everything we need to fix and how we are going to fix it. We are taking this month to digest everything. We  aren't going to talk to each other. We aren't going to see other people. Then, in a month we'll meet up and see how we feel. I do not want to break up. He's the one who instigated this because of his hesitation of getting married and settle down. I think the problem is that we weren't communicating very well. We both were making assumptions about our future without discussing it with each other. There were things that really bothered him that I didn't know about and vice versa. My question is, has a break ever helped anyone's relationship for the better?
<bot>: Boyfriend wants to figure things out on his own. So, we're on a break for one month. Has a break ever helped a relationship?