‘I really think I want out, but am afraid of the effect on him.’ Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Question
I’ve been living with my partner for over a year now and, while the relationship is very good in lots of ways, his clinginess is really getting to me.
He wants to do everything together and comes to all my meet-ups with my girlfriends. He even found it difficult that I go to the gym, and I have given that up as it is simply easier. I kind of understand as his mum left the family when he was about nine years old, and he struggles to trust that other people he loves won’t leave him.
However, I think I am close to doing that as this is driving me crazy – I feel trapped and smot
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