what i can never understand is after a while of a good relationship things get so brutal. He probably isnt intentionally treating you like 'dirt', nor does he want to, he probably just doesnt want to be alone himself but knows the situation currently might be unfeasable. It takes a lot of courage to break things. There's no need to get hostile about how much hes hurt you or whatever, he probably didnt mean to and maybe concious hes hurting you. I also dont get why the immedaite reaction from friends is always 'find someone who WILL appreciate you', everything is so dog eat dog. Just tell him whatever way you can if hes running away from it, which is easily done, that it will be easier in the long run to just face up and deal with the current situation. Dont get angry and make things nasty, it just makes thing worse. An amicable split is what you want, and there's no real reason why it cant be - situations like these are meant to end amicably, its not as if he cheated on you. Also Bismarck, he might still really love her, you can still love someone and know the situation just isnt practical. My main advice is just dont get all hostile and make it a bitter end, just try to make him realise running from it will only make the problem bigger and harder to solve nicely, and then solve it amicably.