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    katiekess
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    Hi April,
    I’m really unsure of what to do and I’m hoping you can give me some advice. I’ve been with my boyfriend for 3 years this month. We are both in out late 20s. Believe it or not, I am the first serious relationship he has ever had, though I had a few long term boyfriends before I met him. We’ve been monogomous, met each other’s family’s, and in general have what I would consider a “serious” relationship, but I do feel like a lot of the times I am “teaching” him how to be a boyfriend..but I guess that is a totally diff. topic. Anyway, when we first started dating he mentioned that he was unsure about marriage. His parents went through a divorce and he is a bit jaded because of that. We haven’t talked about it for a long time, but I would guess that he still feels the same way simply because he hasn’t said otherwise. At this point, I know I love the man and do not want to be with anyone but him, but Idon’t think he has any plans whatsoever to propose to me. I am in the process of buying a house (my first) by myself and I’m now starting to freak out. I realize that though I have this boyfriend, truly I’m alone. Buying the house by myself, when all of my other friends are married or at the least making big decisions like this with their boyfriends, made me realize this. All along, I was that stupid girl that thought I’d be the person to change him, but it doesn’t look like that will happen. Should I bring up the marriage idea to him? I feel really stuck..I don’t want to break up with him and the idea of being with anyone else is hard for me to even imagine, but if he says no to marriage I feel like I almost have to. What do you think? This has really been weighing heavily on me the past few months…

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    I don’t advise you to bring up marriage. You’ve dated the guy for three years. You’re in your late twenties. He’s been pretty clear with you that marriage isn’t on his agenda. If he wanted to propose to you, he would have.

    I know you already know this, and you need me to tell you. So, there it is.

    And, you know the mistake you made — investing your time and energy in someone who doesn’t want the same thing you do, and made it clear. Now, you’re trying to correct that mistake, three years later. Unfortunately, it’s too late.

    If you want to get married, you need to find a man who wants what you want. If you stay with him, you’re going to continue to feel alone because you want something that’s important to you — marriage and a family — and he doesn’t. It’s hard to break up with someone who has a lot of great qualities, but ultimately, if you both want different things, and those things are deal breakers, the relationship won’t work. That’s why you have to move on. 😳

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