My boyfriend and I have been going out just under 6 years. Over the past year things have just been going downhill and i finally decided breaking up is what would be best. I'm not happy anymore and his lack of motivation to finish college or help around the apartment with chores does not help. I just felt like i was doomed to clean up after him and having to tell him to clean up all the time makes me feel like a parent to him. I was gonna tell him tomorrow but when i got home tonight he saw something was wrong and i ended up telling him. The thing is that I thought this was the right decision before i came home, but after talking with him it was so hard and he did not want to leave and he was just begging to give it another try that i said ok...but only if he agrees to live apart for a while by going back to his parents house and then showing me he is gonna try and do better and make a plan for the future. Is this even worth trying or should we just break up? I dont want to prolong the pain if its just gonna end. I feel so guilty about it all.