+1,000 Your grandmother is right. |
I find it so disloyal that your friend disclosed all of this to you.
She has made everything much worse for you plus she betrayed your boyfriend's confidence in a horrible way. Oh well....It's done now. I advise you to try not to place too much focus on this which I know will be easier said than done. Try not counting down months + weeks, etc. Let everything happen in an organic fashion. Trust me, when your boyfriend is ready he will know. |
+1. What on earth is wrong with you that you expect the man to propose? |
You can also take matters into your own hands. DH proposed on the second date, I turned him down, and starting talking to him about getting married 2 years later. I picked out the rings and everything. At least we both got to propose! As a woman brought up in a socially conservative household, I don't understand why the man should have exclusive rights to the whole marriage proposal spectacle. |
If you don't live with your partner before getting engaged you're a pathetic fool. It's how mature adults learn to build a life together. |
That's right. Kind of like "mature adults" call strangers names on anonymous message boards and assume that their own experience is universal. |
Your GF is a horrible person. |
The GF is fine, none of this is a big deal to people who aren't basic bitches with tedious lives. |
Do women REALLY propose? Because I have yet to know one woman who has proposed to her boyfriend..... |
My DH and I didnt move in together until after we got engaged. We have kids and a home and such, so I think we overcame the offs re: building a life together. |
Moved in together before getting engaged. It was great. |
Then explain why people who live together before marriage have higher divorce rates than those who don't. |