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I would NOT suggest a break from each other. The issues, whatever they are, will still be here when you get back. IF you even come back.

By nearly 3 years in, I would hope your communication isn't suffering, and given that you said you've discussed it, I would guess not.

Sounds like the honeymoon is just over, for one thing. First 6 months or so, life is a bed of roses because you're excited to be around each other--everything is new, different, exploration, etc. Now you're used to each other.

T and I have been together, a month shy of 2 years. One of our favorite dates early on was a meal and a movie--usually lunch and a matinee on a week day. He had Thursdays off and I had a ton of vacation to use up. We got the theater mostly to ourselves if not totally, we could cuddle in close, play a little in a public-but-not-really-public-because-its-empty spot....it was great. But we hadn't done a movie out in a long time, so one night not long ago, he scored a gift card to a nice restaurant as a thank you from a client, and informed me during dinner that night, that he thought we'd do a movie too since it had been so long. I said great, do we know where there's a movie we want to see? Without my knowing, he had done his homework--he already knew which movie (a recommendation from my mother a couple wees before), and what time it was playing at two different locations just in case. He had even planned the dinner reservation a little early to be sure we'd have time for the movie.

Little did he know it would start to rain cats and dogs while we were in the theater and we'd get drenched on the way to the car and have to wait the storm out in the parking lot before going home, but that just adds to the memories.

My point is, revisiting the oldies-but-goodies is a great way to rekindle things. And she will be impressed and touched that you put the extra thought into it.