i absolutely am not afraid of breaking up.. why.? for i believe that couples need space sometimes to think about their relationship and to eventually realize anything and everything they have.. To simply evaluate what they been through.. what i'm afraid of is not having someone to call "my own".. (although loving is not owning someone but being in a relationship makes u have the right to call that someone yours without literally owning him/her).. that's what makes it lonely, sad, and frustrating each and everyday that may pass.. we all need someone to rely on, to talk with, to be with, and to simply think of everyday.. it's "much" livelier (more more livelier, if there's such an expression to explain) to wake up each day knowing that you have with you someone to call "yours".. maybe not literally but emotionally yours.. and i believe that's what makes us all hold on.. we are all afraid of not having someone to love for, to care for and to be someone we an call ours..