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my boyfriend and i have been dating all through college and have talked about getting married even plan parts of the wedding but he has yet to propose ??? Help how can i get him to?

I’m in my mid 20s and he’s in his late 20s – we’re just shy of approaching our third anniversary as a couple. Things are going well. Personally, he’s in great shape in his life – he has an excellent career and makes far more than most people in our area do. I’m not going to argue about why I want to get married, as too often that seems to be a distraction from the central issue – the fact is that I do, so answers straying from “Why do you want to get married?” would be appreciated.
We have talked about the issue. Before we started living together a few months ago, the agreement was that a year was the total limit before we would get engaged. And at the time, he reassured me, “But I’m pretty sure I’ll be entirely certain and I’ll be making my move much sooner than that. I don’t think it’ll take me long at all.” We’re now a third of the way through that agreement.
Recognizing that we haven’t seriously discussed engagement besides that (other than what we’d like if/when we marry), I told him that I would not sign another apartment lease with him without an engagement. While I did say that I would move out, I did not say that it would be the end of our relationship. And I’m not going to. When the day comes, it’s time for me to just pack up and leave.
Our lease ends in February. And he reacted with apparent disappointment and upset. Apparently he figured he wouldn’t be proposing anytime before then.
The issue gets complicated because he is talking about going to grad school starting this fall on top of his full-time job…taking a class or two at a time. He’s also talked about saving up for a down payment on a house. These are both worrying because saving up for the house suggests to me that he’s probably not thinking about saving up for a wedding…and grad school is obviously going to occupy a great deal of his free time. When I brought up these concerns initially, he agreed with me – and said that his focus would first be on the two of us getting married. Now, his focus has shifted back to the house. I certainly want him to pursue his goals, and I want him to be happy and accomplished, but obviously this is probably going to upset the time-frame we originally agreed upon.
Are these the actions of a man who may still be planning on getting married? He’s told me he could see himself having kids in 2 years, and yet he seems more enthusiastic about that than he does about marrying me. He insists he wants to be with me for the rest of his life, he wants to marry me, and etc. But there’s nothing about engagements…and since we live together, I know his schedule very well. He’d have no time to go look for a ring, so I’d say I’m at least 90% certain that he’s not planning anything behind my back.
I don’t want to hear that I’ve “got time”; just because you have time doesn’t mean that you should waste it, and after 3 years, I think it’s high-time I start getting concrete answers. Is it possible there could be a proposal? Obviously the house and the schooling could go either way – either he’s continuing to build a more stable life for himself (us?) or he’s just not interested in getting married because he’s still laying out the groundwork for his life. While he’s talked about us going to look at houses together and wanting to make sure it’s something I’d like, I’m not going to do it if we’re not engaged. I’m not going to make permanent plans with someone (it’s not like mortgages are short-term) and potentially mingle finances if we’re not going to be married.
Is there any hope for this? Am I justified to leave in February – which is around the 3 1/2 year mark?

Hi everyone, I was wondering if on the 4th of July I should propose to my lovely girlfriend. We are going to the beach to watch the sunrise and we are going to stay all day until the fireworks at night. I have been looking into buying rings recently and I connected the two ideas.
This would be my first ever proposal so I am nervous and wouldn’t want to mess this one up. We are both 20 years old, I believe we have an exceptionally strong relationship/friendship, and we have been talking about marriage for quite a while. We have been talking about having a wedding possibly in the summer of 2012.
If I do this, would it be better to propose during the sunset or during the fireworks? Would this even be a proper place to pop the big question?

Hi, okay soo..
we met through a friend around 3 years ago now, didnt really think anything of it until we bumped into each other again and arranged to meet, after this we have been inseparable. After an amazing (but short) 2months i became pregnant with our first daughter, he worked away and came home at weekends and i spent alot of time with my parents, who were thrilled and very supportive. He came home when our Girl was born and he is the most AMAZING dad in the world, he left work away to be at home with us and he bought us our first house together, shes just over a year old old now and things are great, he works, i work and our girl goes to nursery in the week and loves it, we are now expecting our second baby together (after a MC) which is planned and are both thrilled!!
Things are perfect, but theres something missing, and engagement.. or even a marriage.
i just think that its never going to happen now, as am sure it would have happened already.
no we dont have loads of money for big rings and massive weddings but that’s not what am asking for, i have mentioned thats its just the commitment i want, to be able to say ‘ this is —- my Fiance’ i dont need and fancy ring and no big wedding or even a wedding at all yet, i would like to be his fiance for a long while to make the most of it, and then get married one day.
apart from a small handful, all our friends are engaged and happy and i feel i am missing out big time, i try to hide it but it does really get me down and often fill up with tears at the thought of it never happening.
we are very close, and i would know if he was going to, or even plan and engagment.
he does now and again talk about weddings, were he wants to get married and how great it would all be, ‘one day’ but nothing comes from it…
does anyone else feel like this? upset that your ‘just his girlfriend’??

My boyfriend & i have been together for three years & living together for two years. We are completely in love & happy with each other! About a year ago, we talked about having a family & we tried to get pregnant, but about 6 months later decided we should wait a little longer, which i’m fine with. Around the same time, we discussed getting married & he said he wanted to get married next year (which is now this year, 2011) so i started making wedding plans for october. I found my wedding gown & everyyything! I had some family problems & had to move almost 1000 miles away for a few months. While i was gone, we got into an arguement & broke up. It was probably the stress of not seeing each other. The break up lasted a couple weeks. I moved back & we got back together & we live together again. We’ve talked a few times about getting married & he still says he wants to but there still hasn’t been a ring or the official question. I wanna marry this man more than anything in the world. How can i get him to propose?

So here is the thing we have been together over 6 years now, we live together and have already talked about marriage. We discussed getting married and set the date for the first weekend of October 2012 because we already having a family reunion vacation type of thing going on then so we both agreed that would be the best time to do it.. So we have only told a few family members about our plan to get married then but I am not allowed to tell anyone else not even a friend because he says we aren’t engaged yet. We made this plan & set the date last Christmas and I am getting a bit worried he might not propose because there is no sign. I bought my engagement ring and wedding band 3 years ago and it just sits in the sock drawer & he still has yet to ask my parents permission. I even mentioned to him a while back that if he doesn’t ask me before the end of the year I would just propose to him & he got mad saying that wasn’t right.
He gets terribly mad at me if I look at any wedding stuff online or mention wedding colors or mention something about my ring. I have embraced my patience on the whole proposal thing but I can’t help but think something might be wrong and he might not want to now. He also refuses to pay me back for my engagement ring that I payed for with his promise to pay me back. He says he will pay me back with all the things he buys me in our future since it’s both our money now..
What do you all think?

My mom is going out of town on business to Cuba for 2 weeks so it’ll be just my dad and I, but Im having my girlfriends ring custom made now and she already is getting suspicious something is up so once I have the ring in a week or so I don’t know how long I’ll be able to go without proposing.
Im 20 years old in university and live at home still and were not getting married till after we graduate next year, but I am getting anxious to propose and know that once I have gotten her parents blessing and planned how Im going to do it exactly, that I will want to do it soon.
Also, while my mom is gone, we have a week off from university so it would be a good time to do it then while our stress levels from school are lower and we can enjoy it and share it with friends and family.
Should I wait till my mom’s home though and will it be considered rude to do it while shes away?

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