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[quote=Anonymous]Sounds like you need to have a deeper conversation about this. Does he want to get married eventually but to someone without kids? Does he not want to get married at all before his kids are grown? Do you know why he doesn't want to marry someone with kids (e.g. he doesn't want to blend families, he doesn't want to support another man's kids)? Is this his way of saying he doesn't want to marry you in particular or that the type of light, low-key relationship you have now is all he wants?

Why do you want to get married? What do you want out of marriage that you wouldn't get from staying in the relationship but unmarried (shared home, shared finances, the symbolic status, legal protections & responsibilities)?

Unless you examine questions like these and know the answers, you cannot know if this is a truly irreconcilable difference in relationship goals or things that may be reconciled with time (e.g. marriage after kids are grown; with a prenup; a committed, live-together relationship with some sharing of resources and obligations but no legal marriage, etc.). You're better served sorting this out now before spending more time in a relationship that may never become what both of you want[/quote]

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