In this situation, it's easy to give advice, but it's hard to take that advice. My advice would be to go your separate ways. I believe that it's easy to get stuck in a relationship that you've been in for a long time.
After a long time, people begin to feel comfortable in their situation. It's much easier just to accept it and stay in that situation for a little while. Then a little while turns into days, into weeks, into months, etc.Eventually, years go by.
I was in that situation for a long time. I guess the relationship just became a habit. But finally I broke free of it all.
Later on, I met someone new, and I did fall in love for real. Now every day I see the man of my dreams, and I'm still madly in love after 20 years. Break up with Mr. Wrong.
Eventually you'll find Mr. Right.
If I were to be having a tea/coffee with this girl I would say,"We stay and we try because of HOPE. Hope that he will change, hope that he will remember the good times and that the good times are enough, and most importantly hope that we will not lose hope! But now is not the time for hope - now is the time for ADVENTURE!
Take an adventure to your new apartment, engage is some responsible retail therapy, and smile because you are not starting over (this is going to stick with you forever) you are more than letting yourself lose that smile. Join a book club, a gym, take a class, and lady LAUGH AND SMILE AGAIN! Do NOT play sappy love songs - listen to Queen's Kashoggi Ship and feel empowered!"
Then I would hug her because this is easier said than done - but IT FEELS SO AMAZING WHEN YOU FINALLY DO IT!
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.