I feel like I'm throwing my relationship away. I have been with my partner for three years now... They're amazing, but lately it feels like I'm slowly falling out of love. Going to college and being surrounded by people that have similar wants as me has made me slowly forget the life that I wanted for myself. I see my peers and then my partner and think to myself "is this really who I want to spend my life with?" For clarification... I am in the business field and my partner is in the public services industry, they recently had to take a step back from working on their future due to a bit of lack of preparation. I sort of blame them. I feel like of they had listened to me and had a plan b things would have been different. Now it feels like we're in different stages of life. I am building my career, my life, my future, while they're stuck in the past (we are highschool sweethearts). Now I seem to be more drawn to my peers, I wouldn't nessesary say in a romantic way, but I wonder... What if I had just waited to get to my field to get into a serious relationship? I feel bad for my partner, we sort of grew up together and have become dependent on each other, I use to not been able to imagine a future without them, now I don't see a future at all (with or without them). I don't want to let three years go down the drain, I have tried bringing up the fact that we may just work out better as best friends but emotions got heated and I fear what might happen to them if I leave... They seem to be in such a bad place in life right now that I feel like leaving would destroy them. I don't know what to do... I don't know if this is just a fork on the road as we have had times where I have felt like this but we manage to bring ourselves back... But now... I feel like my priorities might of have changed, and I don't quite see him fitting into them. I love them. I really do. Even typing this out hurts my soul; This makes me believe there is still hope for us. But I don't know if I am just in denial or just being a shitty partner for not seeing through the situation. If I'm honest... No. I don't want to break up with them. They're the only real friend that I have and they have grown to be my shoulder to lean on. I don't exactly see myself being ok with him being with someone else... I don't know what to do... I sort of just want to start things over.