Asking for a friend: My boyfriend wants us to break up and get back together after the summer – will this work out?

'I can’t help wondering if he just doesn’t like me anymore and this is more of a permanent break-up.' Photo posed

Caroline West

Q: My partner wants to have a break from the relationship, but it’s caught me off-guard. We have been really busy and haven’t had that much time together lately, but I didn’t think that meant that we would end up here.

We haven’t been together that long, around eight months, but I thought things were going well. We are both in college and now free for the summer.