HappyCat
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2008
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Hi there!
I''ve been lurking for a while, and I''ve enjoyed reading everyone''s posts so much that I thought I''d step up and introduce myself and tell my story!
BF and I have been together for 6 1/2 years. We started dating in undergrad, when he was a senior and I was a junior. After 1 month of dating, he graduated and we entered into a 4 1/2 year long distance relationship while I finished college and graduate school. Two years ago we moved in together and things couldn''t be better.
So now that we''re cohabiting and settled into our lives, my mind is naturally turning towards thoughts of marriage. Of course, it''s hard not to think about marriage when everyone around you is getting married/engaged!
I''ve known for a while that this was the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. We''ve talked about marriage a number of times (sometimes seriously, sometimes offhandedly/jokingly) and what our long term goals and plans are as far as buying a house, career choices, and children. We''ve even talked about rings, though nothing specific, just general trends. He has excellent taste, and I''m quite happy to let him pick and be completely surprised! Right now it seems to be a timing issue. BF is very careful about stealing other people''s thunder, and the last thing he''d do is take away from someone else''s big moment. For example, his brother proposed to his fiancee last September, and they are planning a September ''09 wedding. BF wants to time the engagement so that we''re married within 1 year of the proposal, but we can''t have our wedding too close to his brother''s because they have a lot of out-of-state relatives who would have a lot of traveling to do. So I think it will be a while still. Probably at least another 6 months if not longer. But I''m quite happy to enjoy the giddy expectation that precedes the actual proposal (just like Christmas eve as a child!). It also helps knowing that there is a wonderful supportive forum here! I know that I am in excellent company! Hope everyone''s pre-proposal period is exciting and filled with love and joy!
I''ve been lurking for a while, and I''ve enjoyed reading everyone''s posts so much that I thought I''d step up and introduce myself and tell my story!
So now that we''re cohabiting and settled into our lives, my mind is naturally turning towards thoughts of marriage. Of course, it''s hard not to think about marriage when everyone around you is getting married/engaged!
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