I feel I am in love locks and would like to get out of there. But the problem is I don't want to hurt my girlfriend's feelings and I don't feel I love her anymore. So what would be the gentlest way to free myself of these love locks without hurting her?
Telling her the truth as soon as you can would be the gentlest and the easiest way of freeing yourself out of love locks like you have called it and at the same time it would be the fair for her too not to keep her living in lies anymore. I understand how you must be feeling some people are simple having the problem with dealing and telling the truth but you must do that and if you ask me you better do that as fast as you can maybe even today or at least tomorrow. Talk to her and offer her your help and company as a friend in the future times if she agrees with that but probably she would need some time to think this all over for you know loosing someone so sudden is not always a pleasant experience. It is pretty you worry over her feelings and you must find the best way it explain to her the way you feel – as you must have figured out feeling being inn love locks isn't a pleasant feeling neither.
Agree with shermie. If your roles were reversed, would you want her to tell you? It's only fair to treat her as you would want to be treated. A little advice that might help out.. be honest, talk in terms of how you FEEL. People can become emotionally unstable in the face of rejection. You simply can't argue with the way a person feels. In the end, she will respect you for being honest, and not making up things to let her down easy. Unfotunately, there are no easy answers when it comes to matters of the heart.