how can you tell if you're ready to get married?

Hi Beth84! In my own opinion, marriage is a BIG decision. It's a vow. Deciding about who will be the man whom you'll spend the rest of your life with should be thought about a thousand times. Feelings isn't just a consideration. You should also consider his family background, his attitudes, your beliefs, differences, jobs, etc. It just needs a lot of time with your partner for both of you to get to know each other. If you're still in confusion, don't rush yourself into marriage. It's important that you're REALLY sure about that decision and you'll stick to it co'z there's no turning back. However, every decision should be told to your parents and should be prayed over. Pray to the Lord, ask Him guidance and wisdom about that. It's better not to rush things and inspect about the considerations in marriage. Marriage is a lifetime commitment, and one should not just get married for the sake of it. God bless! And may the Lord give you guidance in that decision. ------------------------------ My personal blog: http://prestidigitation.blogdrive.com

i'm really confused..it is your boyfriend?..So why can't you marry him?...Marriage requires only two things,the consent of both partners...

You shouldn't marry someone just because you don't want to lose them at this point in time. A year from now you could fell the opposite about him. You should marry someone because you can't imagine the entire rest of your life without them, you have the same goals and interests and you know you won't mind waking up next to them when you are both old and gray.

Yes I do think marriage is a big step and it should not be taken lightly. Unfortuantly so many people just think oh well I will just get a divore if it don't work out. But it should not be like that at all. My family used to get mad at me so much because I wouldn't settle down. I was a single mom of two and they kept telling me you need to for your kids, but I didn't want just anyone or whoever wanted to. I wanted to be with someone great with my kids and someone I loved very much. Now that I am married I couldn't be happier. We knew we both wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. I would say don't marry him not to lose him, he should respect your decision that you just don't want to get married yet. Marriage just like any relationship you compromise and give up so much to each other. I knew I wanted to get married and I knew that is who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with and that is why we got married.