I don't really want bf to "step up to the plate." I'm ready to move to being friends. I'm not worried about him being a bad neighbor. I want to continue pretty much as we are-- sharing the dogs, watching movies, going out to dinner occasionally-- without the charade that we are lovers and that this is leading anywhere. I want to have no more romantic expectations. I have no more romantic expectations.
I don't want to sever all contact with him-- my quality of life would NOT improve if I did that. One step at a time and this distancing is the beginning. I feel so much better already, ceasing my futile expectations of the last five years!
