WIBU to ask…whether you’ve ever left a relationship/DP because they haven’t proposed?

[Chocolateaddict9]

The recent thread in here got me thinking….has anyone left a partner because after a certain amount of time they hadn’t got a marriage proposal? If so, how long did you wait before you finally accepted they probably were never going to marry you?

My own personal circumstances (which I don’t really want to go into but are not that dissimilar to the OP’s in the other thread) has got me wondering…

pantone I agree.

I was a wedding co-ordination for 5 years. The majority of the time the groom sat in the meetings without uttering a word. I would say 95% of the weddings I did consisted of the men sat drinking coffee just nodding along with their bride to be.

Obviously I wasn't there for the proposal, so can't comment on that.

But I do think most weddings/marriages are driven by the woman. I also believe that most women who have a 'surprise' proposal aren't that surprised.

People see a surprise proposal and think it's so romantic. But I really think a lot of them aren't surprised, but pretend they are.

I think a man would be mad to propose to someone when there was no indication that's what they wanted.

I definitely agree with Pantone363's theory!

I had one of these threads about 5 years ago.

I was given the mn hymn sheet that if I wanted it I should do the asking.

But I didn't and still don't want to ever marry someone who doesn't want it enough to ask.

I'd rather not be married at all.

And that has what has happened.

I'm still with the same dp. Have another (planned) DC.

Relationship stronger than ever.

At the time of my thread loads of people from school/Uni were getting married and so I think there was a lot of peer facebook pressure.

But now, 5 years on a good few of them are divorced. Some are married but in unhappy relationships.

What I've come to realise is its the quality of the relationship that counts not whether the couple have wed.

As to 'financial protection' working ft is the best way to ensure this-plenty of married women still end up screwed over financially.