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Friend being off due to my relationship

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Moyaingoya · 30/04/2024 08:33

Hello, I’d appreciate some thoughts on this. Since meeting my now fiance last year, a close friend of mine has expressed disapproval every time I’ve told her that we have done something in our relationship (moving in together, getting engaged, booking the ceremony) and I really feel like I’m walking on eggshells and can’t mention my fiancé at all because I get the sense she doesn’t like it. I don’t think it’s a case of her being jealous as she has a new(ish) partner herself and that seems to be going well, it’s more that she thinks we are moving too fast and has said as much - none of my other friends/any of my family or any of my fiancé’s have this attitude and everyone else is really happy for us, and I really can’t get my head around this. She is a lot more cautious than me (hasn’t considered whether she and her DP want to move in together for example) which is fine obviously but I feel that the implication is that I’m being really reckless or that there’s something insidious going on (“what’s the rush to get married…?”) - I want to address it but I’m not very confrontational so not sure how best to

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Quitelikeit · 07/05/2024 12:50

It’s obvious why she is erring on the side of caution

believe me after 6 months you don’t know this guy in the slightest

after three years yes you’ll have a better idea of him - think of it as like a new job you wouldn’t know what you were doing completely after 6 months would you ?

things take time and relationships are no different

SamW98 · 07/05/2024 13:00

My now ex moved in with me after 6 weeks but I was already renting the flat anyway so if it went wrong it was mine to stay.

After 8 months he bought a house and I moved in but it was 2 years until we changed to a joint mortgage once things had moved along and we knew it worked.

We lasted 23 years before we split amicably and are still good friends so it can work out but I’d always advise caution and a back up plan.

mumonthehill · 07/05/2024 13:03

Met and got married within 14 months. None of my friends raised any concerns, they were happy i was happy. Do I think we were a bit quick, maybe but 26 years later we are still together. In your gut is your relationship healthy, do you fell loved, do you feel equal, if yes then carry on.

80s · 07/05/2024 13:33

We were just renting, and could have moved somewhere else pretty easily, but when you are living together the relationship feels more serious and it seems a bigger deal to break up. I think I felt more pressure to make it work. Not that I believe in giving up on relationships at the drop of a hat now, but I'd have an uncomfortable feeling if one of my children seemed to be in a rush to commit.

Today I've gone to the other extreme and have been with my current partner for 7 years without moving in together :D I know that doesn't work if you're at the stage of wanting to have children but there are lots of advantages. I like the feeling that we could have broken up any minute if we'd wanted, so the fact that we are still together shows we really want to be together. There's no practical reason or imagined pressure to stay a couple.

LeaveTheClocksAlone · 07/05/2024 14:26

ComfyButFrumpy · 04/05/2024 15:45

I've got some bacon in the fridge older than your relationship

Please don't invite me for dinner 😃

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