The Needful.

Sometimes it's just best to give what they want. That way, you'll know what you really mean to them. If it's time, give them just that. If it's space, then space it is. Both? Sure, why the hell not.

Hello there, I'm the dude that goes around by the name "the Earthian".

I know what you're thinking. What about what you want? Well, what about it? What is it that you want?
I know I sound crude, even cruel. But sometimes it's not about what's best for you. It's not even about what's best for them. It's about what's best for the two of you, together. And if that means to give them exactly what they want, then that's exactly what it is. Because it just might be for the best, to give them what they want instead of giving them what you think is best for them.
It will hurt, for a long, long time because you will get reminded of the past. All the good memories, especially. It will make you yearn for them, and it is okay for you to yearn for them. Learning to live with it, and then learning to embrace it, and then learning to giving in to it is all just for the very best.
The truth is you are very you, no matter what. And they are very them and sometimes the two of you together aren't actually very "the two of you together". Being together is being one. And if you're still being you and them separately when you're supposedly together, that's when you know something has to be done. And this is that something.

Love, peace.