Should our relationship take a break? Really need advice :(
Hey guys, I'm stuck on what to do with our 7 month relationship..
Nothing is wrong between us, it's rather what's going on with me school-wise that is affecting our relationship negatively. We love each other very much and we get along very well.
The thing is, ever since I started seeing him my grades have dropped significantly. I've tried to study and bring them back up, but it really doesn't seem to be helping. I simply can't stay focused and I keep getting distracted. I'm now coming close to failing from being a straight A student.
I am 17 and my boyfriend is 21. He's had talks with my mum and so he naturally has a lot of stress on him too because of this. He takes my not being able to improve even under the circumstances that could destroy our relationship as me not being serious about him, but I really am and I just can't manage my time properly. He believes himself that it is because of him that I'm failing, and when I say it's my fault he doesn't think so.
It's approaching summer holidays and my new predicted grades are pretty damn horrible (I take IB, so grades are out of 7). My physics went from a 6 in November 2010 to a 3 for June 2011. A whole bunch of my courseworks were done really badly.
Should I tell him I need a break from the relationship? If I do, it may seem nonsensical because summer holidays are in a week but my new predicted grades just came out today, and I just told him about it. Right now he's not replying to me on SMS and I understand he is very disheartened about the bad news. He has been telling me to study hard for 4 months already when he first heard of my dropping grades, but I really hate myself for having the worst time management possible.. I really do.. I'm so afraid of losing him. I still have 5 months to make up for my horrible predicted grades after the summer holiday.
Thanks in advance