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Thread: Am I falling out with my girlfriend and what should I do ?

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    Am I falling out with my girlfriend and what should I do ?

    Me and my girlfriend have been going out for 2 years 2 months (I'm 19 and she's 18), she is amazing and loves me very much and I know I could count on her for anything, she is my first girlfriend and I quickly fell for her in the puppy love stage and when that ended my feelings stayed the same for her. Lately in the past month or so I have this feeling that I am falling out of love with her, she still feels the same and is very emotionally clingy in a sense.
    This 'realisation' of maybe falling out of love appeared when I said it was always my dream to travel the world after university but she went on to say she just wants to settle down and have kids! We had discussed kids before and having a family is clearly very important to her, as is marriage, she does not want sex before marriage (I haven't seen this as a problem so far) and that includes oral sex (the Idea of anal is a bit gross to me so that isn't and option to me) so, so far I have been very committed to loving and making her happy.
    I don't understand what this feeling is and I keep getting thoughts that I might want to break up with her but I would not want to break her heart which I know a break up would do to her. My head feels like a mess and some guidance would be appreciated, I still feel like I love her but at the same time feel like I'm falling out of love if that makes sense.

    Well if anyone can make sense of what I just wrote and can answer it thank you so much in advance I really need the guidance and advice right now.

    -Liam

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    Maybe you do still love her, but since your still young, your not ready to have a proper commitment/settle down?
    Your gf want to settle down, get married/have children, but your not ready to settle down because you want to have more life experience, travel around the world etc.
    You two want different things.
    If you think that you are too young to settle down with her then you should just tell her the truth.
    She just graduate high school?? Getting into college or uni? Or Start working fulltime?

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    You've been together for a good amount of time now. You realize she loves you and all this time you have loved her as well. You respect her and want to make her happy. But it seems as if you are realizing you want different things when it comes to your futures. You want to explore/travel I suppose before having kids (well, do you also want kids one day? because that's another thing to consider too), and she would rather settle down right away.

    You have different opinions of what you want in the near future, so of course you are now having doubts of if you should move on as a result.
    You should consider if you really have your heart set on traveling or if you'd be willing to settle down with her. Or if she would perhaps maybe travel a little with you and then settle down? Maybe a compromise could be reached? But if not, if she's really set on settling down, and if you are really set on traveling then maybe if a compromise or agreement can't be reached on a future together then you can always find someone who has the same wishes for their future, rather than someone who has the opposite view. I know you wouldn't want to break her heart, but ultimately it'd be your future and your happiness as well. If you really love her and want it to work you can always talk to her and think of maybe an ideal future for both of you so you both can do things you wish to do.

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    We have both applied for university this year and to universities in the same cities around the UK.

    I subtly brought it up today as I have family in Australia, and said maybe we could go visit them whilst we go on a round the world trip, she still didn't seem so enthusiastic. It is something I've dreamed about since I was a little boy with my mother being australian and me having half a family I've never met its natural to want to go to aussie and see them but also I have always dreamed of seeing all 7 continents, I suppose Im not falling out of love but afraid i may lose her because of this key difference even if it is a long way away before I plan to travel

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