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I am a 26-year-old lesbian in a relationship with a 21-year-old. We’ve been together for five years. She is a brilliant student with a bright future. I love her, but I feel that we need to part.

I am worried about how she would get along financially without me. While I don’t totally support her, she couldn’t pay rent and bills on her own without being fiscally miserable. She doesn’t have friends she could move in with. She could just get a job like most college students, but then she’d have to give up many of the opportunities that she’s earned by being a hard-working student.

Would it be wrong to help support her if I were to move out? Like I said, I love her very much, but I want to be on my own for a while.

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