'I can't cope with the pain of my break up. Why has my boyfriend done this?'

Young woman in empty apartment with man in background
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This article was originally published in 2015.

The Telegraph's sex and relationships expert offers advice to a reader currently struggling to come to terms with the end of a relationship​.

My boyfriend and I just split up. I didn’t want to. He needed space and had some plans for work and travel alone. I agreed because I thought he’d change his mind and come back. Now I find out he’s moved in with a woman. I feel like everything we had meant nothing to him. The pain is unbearable. How do I cope with it? Should I ask him why he’s done this?

I am sorry to hear of your distress. Your letter’s made me realise how often, in advice giving when we talk about relationships breaking down, we’re so busy...

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