[Important] Need relationship advice for a friend
Some background information first.
- He met this girl during the summer break (January-Febrary).
- Until today, it was super rare for me to cross paths with the guy, which happened all the time last year. He always left earlier or skipped work entirely just to be with her.
- I only know her from pictures and having seen her once when she dropped by our office, so basically not at all.
- He told me he inherited a pretty big house from one of his grandparents and they were planning to live there together after some necessary repair work that will be done by the end of this year.
- They're super cool with each other's parents (as far as I've been told).
Today he asked to walk home with me, which I found strange because no one ever does, and soon the reason became obvious. Out of the blue he told me how he misses the freedom of his "old life" (before being in a relationship) and how he's at a loss as to what to do now. The phrase "I can't just walk to her and say it's over" was thrown around, so it seems he's at least entertaining the idea of a breakup.
Now, I know that biochemically speaking love is a hard drug and the withdrawal effect after attenuation kicks in can hit like a ton of bricks, but besides that, I'm hardly qualified to offer any useful feedback. This eventually became obvious and I cracked under the pressure and told him just that; he was not offended but I'd like to be a bit more helpful, and I'm still at time to send a e-mail saying "sorry about before, here's some thoughts".
So, what should I say?
(After sending the message, I'll move this and all replies to our official thread about dating and relationships - https://www.sb-innovation.de/showthread.php?t=32138)