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Why is it typical for college freshman to break up with girlfriends from home?

My boyfriend and I were in a very serious relationship for the past year, and he broke up with me a few weeks ago. I also noticed that two of my other friends who were dating guys who are college freshman that went out of state for college also got their hearts broken. In all three relationships nothing was wrong, everything was very sudden. The guys all talked about not being able to manage the stress (not of the long distance but of always worrying about how the other was doing) and also about having felt that they lost their identities, they didn't know who they were anymore.

I have some close guy friends in college, and they say that right now it is happening a lot that freshman guys are breaking up with their girlfriends that are back at home, why is this?

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  • Amy
    Lv 4
    10 years ago
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    If you want to make a college/highschool relationship work, you can. They simply didn't want to put in the effort. Or they saw new prospects ie. new girls.

    Sorry if that's harsh but that's the truth. If you have someone that you truly love and want to be with then you will do anything in your power to keep the relationship strong. And since all of the breakups were sudden then that tells me none of the guys involved had shown signs of unhappiness which means that hadn't tried to fix whatever problems they were having. If that makes sense.

    The "I don't know who I am" stuff is typically an excuse.

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