Hey all, I’ll try to keep this short.

My best friend and I keep getting into awful arguments over things that normally would not bother us at all, and a few days ago I told him I needed a break. We talked about it for a long time, and he didn’t want to take a step back, but was willing to. I just thought that since we’ve been so angry at each other lately, and the relationship was starting to take more from my life than it gives, reducing the intensity of the relationship for a while would help. But for the past couple days, when we’ve been around each other, we don’t even look at one another, let alone talk to one another. It’s practically like we’re strangers. This isn’t what I meant to do at all. The thing that really made me feel bad is that he wasn’t really talking to anyone else either, like he was isolating himself. I feel like I’ve really hurt him and I’m afraid this time, it’s not going to get better. I understand why he’s hurt but I still care about him, so I don’t want to see him so gloomy. I don’t know if I need to apologize, or tell him that we can be best friends again (I don’t want to do that, because I need this break, but I’m not sure how to fix things between us). I just really don’t want us to be strangers again.
Any advice is welcome, and appreciated. 🙂

Thanks,
Jenna