Is it normal that i want to break up with my soulmate

I have been in a relationship with my girlfriend for 7+ years a.k.a. since grade 9. she is also my first girlfriend and only sex partner. For the last 6 months i have been wondering what it would be like to be single or in a relationship with another girl but the problem is my current girlfriend is honestly perfect. We never fight, we know so much about eachother and know eachother so well it almost seems pshychic. Honestly i would like to end up marrying her one day. Ive talked to many people about this and they all say that single life isnt as good as it may seem and its much harder to find a partner like the one i have and i should stay with her. Now i know that this is the right answer but i still am depressed about what its like to be with someone else, and not only sexually im not a permiscuous type. i just dont know what to do because i cant leave her and expect her to wait for me to be done experimenting. thank you

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  • ComeFlyWithMe

    I know how you feel. The numbers are almost exactly the same for me. I've gotten over the feeling for the most part. Sometimes I still think about what it would be like but I've decided to stay with my soulmate. Just think about what you'd rather have, the single life experience or your soulmate? For me, it was my soulmate. It would be nice to know what it feels like to be young and single but it's not worth the cost of losing the one you love. Many if my friends view me as lucky and would rather be in my shoes than still single and searching.

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  • Noonesperfect

    If you leave her your a dumbass bunghole. Don't do it

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  • ms_funion

    the grass is always greener on the other side

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  • munkayc

    I completely agree with ComeFlyWithMe. Does your girlfriend know that you've been feeling like this? I don't think single life is all that people play it up to be. I think you're best off staying with her. If you do decide to try the single life, good luck to you.

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  • joelsmo

    What you are feeling is perfectly normal. The decisions you make will last a life time. I would like to tell you that if you stayed the feeling would go away, but I can't. I will tell you that the best sex you will probably have is with someone you love. You can have spice and variety without screwing around. If you go out, you can screw you brains out, and most likely will find you just lost what you liked the most. You will make your own choice, my advice though, spice it up, is she is willing she can be anyone your imaginations can create. Make sex fun, make it more exciting, you are just getting bored. Have some laughs. The reality is physically it all feels about the same. You will most likely have more regrets if you leave than if you stay.

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  • sweetsammyams

    Have you ever heard of the 80/20 rule? I think this is what you're feeling. I've been in the same position. I was such a little party girl and had so much fun before I met my husband and when we got together I started seeing friends less and him more. Don't get me wrong, we have fun but I missed going out and hanging on whoever I wanted and loved the attention. But are you willing to jeopardize your love for something so immature? And you want to leave to fill your hole of fun and expect he to wait while you experience sex with others? Would you want her to go and do that to you? You can't leave the person you love for someone or something else you just like or adore. And when you go to return to the person you love, you'll find out she's found someone that won't ever leave her like you did.

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  • Reptilia

    I had that problem, and still kinda goin through it. When I had my gf now a ex, I thought the same way, but I realized that if I were to leave her for someone else I would only be chasing /growing into what I initially started w her. It's kinda like being in the middle of a set of stairs and jus backtrack to the bottom step again w someone else you know? Anyways stay w ur partner aslong as you can shit.. unless the relationship is bad but if you're good and everything don't change that, you will regret to have lost somethin deep like that

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  • ginz

    think about what u want, what u need, what u r trying u look for, what U have. think about whether u can get what u have right now again if u stop now.

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  • moomus

    ^^^^^^but the water bill is higher...

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  • BfingIToucher

    OP, I think that in just asking that latest final question you may be rethinking that "soul mate" thing. My take was different than the other posters; I immediately assumed that you were doing a tremendous disservice to her (not to mention yourself) by staying in a relationship that has lost its joy. If the roles were reversed, would you want her to be honest with you and break it off? Would you want to stay in a relationship with her because she felt too guilty to break up with you, or was wishy-washy about her feelings for you?

    As much as it hurts both of you now, it will be worse later. It sounds like she already knows or senses what is going on in your head. You can't control how you feel.

    Maybe you are meant to be together. But it's really hard to know when you start so young and haven't experienced the world on your own.

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  • justsoconfused

    i totally agree with you guys but i find it exremely hard especially this week to enjoy spending time with her...i feel like im bored but she is always asking me to do new things and shes trying to spice things up i just find myself feeling like i just dont want to do those things with her..if it were my friends it would be fine. i just cant put my finger on why i dont want to hang out with her lately (6 months) and im extremely depressed but i still care about her enough to stay with her because i cant stand how much it would hurt her..im not only taking away her boyfriend/partner but im taking away her best friend, a family (she loves my family and vice versa) and friends because she doesnt have a great family she has no friends but me and once im gone i know she will be extremely devistated and depressed. i feel maybe this is why i havent broken up with her yet. maybe i dont love her anymore what do you guys think?

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