Let me share with you guys my experience with this "I need a break" thing:
Years ago, before my friend told me about sosuave.com.....
I was told by my then-girlfriend that she needed a break. Being the naive young boy that I was, I thought "ok so she just needs a little space, whatever".
A few awkward days later, we got back together. I dont even want to go into some of the things that we did together ... but I was such an AFC....
Anyway not long afterwards we ended up breaking up anyway.
So the moral of this story? Well I guess "wh01987" summed it up pretty well.