Taking a break?

My boyfriend and I have been dating for about 8 months and he decides that he wants to take a break to think about whether he is ready to be in a serious relationship or not. We have been having sex for a while now and everything has been normal. I am a sophomore in college and he is a freshman. He swears that its not because he wants to see other girls and I honestly think he isn't like that. It just came out of nowhere. I told him I wasnt sure about being friends with him if we broke up and he just doesn't want to lose me. I am confused about his motive to break up with me in the first place. I already considered our relationship to be pretty serious. Should I let him go and move on or should I wait for him?

Well from my experiences, I just had my most serious relationship, its over for right now but still was pretty serious. I fell for the girl like I've never fallen before. I never had the feeling of being able to picture spending my life with someone. I always lived the bachelor life. I made all my own decisions, picked out my own furniture, decorated how I thought looked awesome. I enjoyed living life for me. When the feeling of wanting this girl around forever hit, all the thoughts went through my head that I won't be able to do everything I wanted to do, I would have to get approval from her or we'd have to agree on something, but as any guy knows its really not his choice on much haha. So maybe the seriousness of your relationship is sinking in and maybe he went in to panic mode a little bit. So my advice is don't be distant from him but give him any space he wants so he can think and so he can even miss you and get that feeling of you not being there. If he is serious about you he won't like that feeling. Just hang in there. Relationships arent easy when emotions are involved.