She’s Been With Her Boyfriend For 6 Years And He Has Not Proposed To Her Yet, So She’s Wondering If She’s Just Waiting Around For Nothing While Wasting Her Time
This 31-year-old woman has a 33-year-old boyfriend, and this summer will mark 6 years that they have been together.
Now, she and her boyfriend have discussed getting married and having children, though he has not made an effort to propose to her.
Although she previously wasn’t concerned about any kind of timeline for these relationship milestones, she came across a post on social media not too long ago that has her questioning everything.
She was scrolling through her feed when she came across a video of a man who created little paper rings for his girlfriend anytime they would go to a restaurant to eat.
This man made the rings for 7 years, and then he purchased a real engagement ring for his girlfriend.
“I thought it was adorable and heartwarming,” she explained. “I went to the comments (a mistake, I know) and saw hundreds of people saying, “You made her wait for 7 years?!!?!”
“To be fair, there were also hundreds of comments saying that 7 years isn’t a big deal when you’re thinking you’re going to spend the rest of your life with this person. It’s social media, so I do my best to take it with a grain of salt, however…”
“Seeing so many people, men especially, comment on how if a guy takes longer than 2 years to propose, then you should move on kind of rattled me if I’m being totally honest.”
She admits that she has already spent her prime years with her boyfriend, and they have been through some really rough times together.
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She had to have spinal and knee surgeries, and he was there to support her every step of the way. He dealt with some issues with his mom, along with his grandpa becoming ill, and she was, in turn, there for him.
She adores her boyfriend, but she’s beginning to think that if she has to wait 7 years and doesn’t get a ring, it’s going to ruin her.
“We have entwined our entire lives together, and if I’ve waited “too long,” I would fall apart,” she said.
“I would have to move states. We have all the same friends, he owns the house we live in, and it’s paid off, so I haven’t had to have a job for the last year and a half and have just helped him run his business… my life would be turned on its head if we didn’t end up getting married and I spent all of this time, my best years, thinking that we were going to.”
“Is there really such a thing as “why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free”? It’s never crossed my mind, but now I’m not so sure. Have I been naive this whole time, thinking that 6 or 7 years before a proposal doesn’t matter if you’re thinking of spending your lives together?”
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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