I’m considering leaving my long term partner of 12 years. It’s lost it’s spark and we can’t seem to get it back. I want excitement and fun back in my life but also don’t want to ruin our little family and effect the kids.
Anyone been through this and made it work? How 😫
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Hey I would suggest speaking to your partner to see if you can help solve how your feeling, talk about the times you would spend together and why you guys got together initially. It's very common to feel this way especially with how long you've been together, try doing things to bring the spark back and give it some time. If you still feel the same way it may be best to part ways if you feel like it's making you feel down or depressed x hope this helps
We’ve spoke about it a few times and I’ve been feeling like it a while. We’ve not had the easiest relationship in terms of trust (on his part) so I think I’m holding that against him and I can’t seem to get round that. I love him dearly but it’s I’m struggling to know if it’s what I still want going forward. X

It's understandable for you to feel the way you are, maybe have a little break frome each other and stay away for afew weeks after that see how u both feel and if you felt happier being away from him then i suppose your not doing a bad thing by separating. Alot of the times parents stay in a relationship for the sake of the kids however if you aren't happy that's not healthy for the kids either. If you don't mind me asking does he feel the same way aswell or does he feel your relationship is fine and there's no issue x