He changes his mind about breaking up with me

I've been with my partner for 18 months. I had a student accommodation at the start but he encouraged me to give it up and move in with him. The relationship has had some great times however it has been very rocky and turbulent. To start with there is an age gap and he has children from a previous marriage and doesn't want to start over. He worries I'm going to leave and go off with someone else one day for this reason. He's incredibly insecure about this even though it would be his choice not to want other things.

He dislikes me being on Facebook saying I spend too much time on it. He can also be incredibly critical of many things which slowly erodes at my self esteem. On one occasion he blew up at me over a guy liking my profile picture. He accused me of wanting attention from other men even though this is far from the truth. He told me to leave and said it was over between us.

We later reconciled and I tried to forget the incident. He recently accused me of having a Twitter account even though I'm not even signed up with it. He adamantly refused to believe me and the next morning left a note in the bedroom saying "this isn't working, time to move on." It was so awful because I had to go out that day I had an appointment with my university tutor and was busy most of the afternoon.

When I got back to gather my things it was only another hour until he would be home from work. I decided to start packing and then wait for him to get back. As soon as he walked in he had a solemn look on his face and said 70% of him wanted to hold me in his arms and not see me go. Started to cry. Then ended up saying we can give the relationship another chance if I "change my ways."

It's so hard to leave because I do love him a lot despite the difficulties, but it's getting beyond ridiculous. I know deep down this isn't healthy at all.

I've been with my partner for 18 months. I had a student accommodation at the start but he encouraged me to give it up and move in with him. The relationship has had some great times however it has been very rocky and turbulent. To start with there is an age gap and he has children from a previous marriage and doesn't want to start over. He worries I'm going to leave and go off with someone else one day for this reason. He's incredibly insecure about this even though it would be his choice not to want other things.

He dislikes me being on Facebook saying I spend too much time on it. He can also be incredibly critical of many things which slowly erodes at my self esteem. On one occasion he blew up at me over a guy liking my profile picture. He accused me of wanting attention from other men even though this is far from the truth. He told me to leave and said it was over between us.

We later reconciled and I tried to forget the incident. He recently accused me of having a Twitter account even though I'm not even signed up with it. He adamantly refused to believe me and the next morning left a note in the bedroom saying "this isn't working, time to move on." It was so awful because I had to go out that day I had an appointment with my university tutor and was busy most of the afternoon.

When I got back to gather my things it was only another hour until he would be home from work. I decided to start packing and then wait for him to get back. As soon as he walked in he had a solemn look on his face and said 70% of him wanted to hold me in his arms and not see me go. Started to cry. Then ended up saying we can give the relationship another chance if I "change my ways."

It's so hard to leave because I do love him a lot despite the difficulties, but it's getting beyond ridiculous. I know deep down this isn't healthy at all.