Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Relationships

Mumsnet has not checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. If you need help urgently or expert advice, please see our domestic violence webguide and/or relationships webguide. Many Mumsnetters experiencing domestic abuse have found this thread helpful: Listen up, everybody

I asked my bf to marry me and he said no.

85 replies

iloveskittles · 20/06/2012 14:56

Oh, dear. I asked my bf to marry me in a drunken stupor the other night and he said no. (I's been thinking about it for ages now, and always thought it would come out in an overly cheesy way which i thought would be funny too. But it just built up and blurted out). I completely understand the reason's he has given, financial, age etc. but think my insecurities have surfaced greatly and am thinking as i always have done that he does not want me for the long run. It has been weird ever since i asked and we were about to move in together. Is it wrong of me to be wondering whether to go through with the move? We have spoken about marriage and kids in the past. I have always been against the institution of marriage, he on the other hand has argued for it. As time went on i've realised that i in fact do want it but only with him. I'd communicated that with him and we both said it was what we wanted. But even then i was wondering whether he was just saying it. I'm feeling like he has only said all those things about marriage because he has had the security of knowing that i've not wanted to get married and he never thought i would go through with it. I love this guy like no one before. He has made me question all of my core beliefs about love, marraige etc. Massively feeling rejected.

OP posts:
SweetTheSting · 21/06/2012 19:21

My opinion is the opposite to madamemax! I hope you move in together and are happy.

EverybodysSleepyEyed · 21/06/2012 19:52

Ok well that changes my opinion

Why on earth do you think he would say yes? You've only been together 18m and you have cheated on him! The fact that he is still with you and willing to move in together tells you far more than him accepting a marriage proposal!

Give the guy a break, chill out and stop trying to self destruct. What will be will be but relationships built on high drama rarely see the distance.

Enjoy it as it comes stop trying to pre empt the future.

noddyholder · 21/06/2012 20:37

'the security of knowledge we will stay together'? Marriage won't give that I agree with teh others prob shouldn't move in together yet either

JustFabulous · 22/06/2012 07:40

If you want him to stay with you for life I suggest you slow down a bit, don't cheat and watch the drinking if you do things that then cause you upset. If it is meant to be, it will be. IME Men don't like being pushed into things.

hattifattner · 22/06/2012 08:19

I think a serious chat is in order. Maybe with a timeline.

as in: I love you and I want to be with you always, but Im not prepared to wait indefinately, because I want marriage and a family. So lets live together for a year and see how we feel at the end and then we need to make a decision about our future together.

Abitwobblynow · 22/06/2012 09:45

Why did you cheat? What were you looking for?

Remember I did say at the beginning 'work on you'...

What do you want in life? What are you afraid of? What do you hope for? What pain do you want to leave behind and NOT bring forward into your adult life?

MissFaversam · 22/06/2012 13:47

I'm with abitwobblynow, you do seem somewhat confused in what you want OP. Pushing away and pulling forward? No wonder he said no.

Lizzabadger · 22/06/2012 13:58

Poor guy.

DoTheWrongThing · 22/06/2012 16:13

I think the posters who have advised you to work on yourself rather than focussing on this relationship so much are very wise. You sound a bit all over the place to be honest. If someone had cheated on me pretty recently there's no way I would be accepting a marriage proposal.

Abitwobblynow · 22/06/2012 21:27

Lizza don't diss her. I wish I had thought of these things when I was her age, it would have saved me mucho problemos....

Lovely OP, I do ask those questions, because actually THEY and not HIM are the key to your future clearness...

All the best, don't stop talking to us because some people have given you a hard time (which I really wish MN would not do! It doesn't make people feel grateful and open it shuts them down!)

We are here to help you.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page