Is he going to propose or is he stalling?

Asked by chelle21689 (7907) February 6th, 2019 from iPhone

Some of you know my story. I’ll be 30 next week and my bf is 29. We have been together 7.5 years but have been living together for 2 now. Before moving in together I told him my expectations of marriage and he said I wouldn’t have to wait long but he wanted to make more money to support a family.

I thought last year would’ve been the year but too much happened. Three family weddings and two funerals of his grandparents. Despite these events, he hinted at marriage and kids all the time. Everyone and I was sure he would’ve proposed in December on the big family trip but nothing.

So my annoyance inside was growing. I asked him about marriage. If it was still what he wanted and when. He said yes and said this year it’ll happen and how I felt. He said he was waiting for a special date to do it. I don’t know what that meant but he said I shouldn’t ask more or it wouldn’t be a surprise. I don’t think he has the ring though… so everyone on other forums says it’s probably a stall tactic and too many women end up waiting 12/31 and still no ring. They say we should be already shopping for rings together by now. My family thinks he meant it.

I would ask him a more specific time frame but then I guess it wouldn’t be a surprise like he wants it to be.