Lack of trust
There are a variety of reasons lack of trust in a relationship may develop. One person may do something to break that trust, like tell a lie or cheat. Or one person may just carry some trauma from past relationships where that sort of thing happened. Once a trust is broken or never fully develops, it's hard to repair. Some people don't want to put in the work that is required to repair trust, so they leave.
You're not the one
If you're reading this and you're currently heart-broken I empathize. I've been on both sides of this talk, either not being "the one" for someone else or having to tell someone that I didn't see myself marrying them and settling down. Frankly, if you're in a long-term committed relationship and someone sits you down and says they realize they "should" want to be with you forever because you're so great, but that in their gut they know that's not true for them, count it as a blessing. It's better to hear that earlier rather than later. Even if nothing is wrong in the relationship, that's an indicator that there is nothing so right that he would want to be with you forever. And someone else will, I promise
You're at different points in life
Often women think dating an older man is a good thing. It can also be a recipe for disaster. The older guy may be already settled down while the woman in her mid-twenties might still be figuring out who she is, what she wants to do for a living, where she wants to live long-term, and more. An age difference may be one reason you're at different points not just in life but in your relationship--sometimes older men may have already experienced the things you haven't yet done and they may not want to do it again, like kids, getting married, or moving for a job. If you're just at different points and your paths don't appear to connect, you will eventually split.
One person is moving too fast
I've been in situations where I was in love with a woman but she moved way too fast and it scared me. Like, slowly move into my apartment without asking me after two months of dating. If we had better communication and talked things through we could have determined the right time for both of us to take that next step. But we didn't, so we broke up. I know I'm not alone here--in any relationship there is always going to be one person who wants to move forward more rapidly than the other. If that speed is radically different for one person, the other may get scared and call it quits
Fear of commitment
Every women knows this one intimately. The guy that just can’t commit, the ones that will commit are generally spineless and not very desirable, the ones that wont you really want to posses. We can all make stabs at why men are this way but it does not really matter, they are and you can’t easily change this. If only you had focused on what you want, to get a guy to commit without scaring him away.
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