I have been in longer relationships so I understand 2 years isn’t too long where you can’t return, but we live together and have talked about the future, it’s the most serious relationship I’ve ever been in. He is honestly the best boyfriend anyone could have. We’ve never had any issues and have compromised through problems very well. However, I don’t want to marry him. In the honeymoon phase I did share that I would want to marry him and that’s been the understanding this far. Lately I’ve been questioning if that’s the right future for me as we have different timelines for our lives and I am a free spirit while he is very strict to the rules, so having fun while I’m young is kind of getting tampered. Not that he is to blame at all, we just have a difference there. I am not ready to get married and settle down yet even if we wait to get married for 10 years we’re still settled down and living the same as we would if we were to get married tomorrow. I guess idk how to end a relationship that has nothing wrong and my reason is that I don’t want to marry him but I am guilty of leading him to believe it as I felt that way until recently. I have been sitting with this weight for close to a month now bc I wanted to be sure I’m not just moody or whatever but I know the right thing to do at this point is bring it up.
TL;DR, I want to end a very good relationship and want to do it with as much respect and compassion, how do I do it?