It reminds me of The Stranger, by Albert Camus:
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[...]That evening Marie came by and asked me if I wanted to marry her. I said that it wouldn't make any difference to me and we could if she wanted to. Then she wanted to know if I loved her. I answered the same way that I had last time, that it probably didn't mean anything but that I probably didn't love her. "So why marry me, then?" she said. I said that it didn't really matter and that if she wanted to, we could get married. Besides, she was the one doing the asking and all I was doing was saying was yes. The she pointed out that marriage was a serious thing. I said, "No."[...]
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I consider the decision to marry to be of great importance to me, and love is a huge deciding factor. Mersault in The Stranger did not see anything as relevent - unaware of his decision-making power. Given that you are fully aware and that you know that it isn't right, you probably already know the answer and you just want support from others to justify ending such a long relationship.