Should I be worried?

United States
June 12, 2011 9:30am CST
I have been with my boyfriend for 10 months and he's taken on my kids as his own but I feel like he's never going to deepen the commitment by marrying me. Should I be worried?
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@pickwick (858)
• India
12 Jun 11
Hi bslovers.What is it that makes you doubt that he will not deepen his commitment to you?Sometimes our subconcious mind registers some small act which guides us in the right direction.I would suggest you to spend sometime in silence , relax yourself and try to follow your gut feeling.try to recollect any small incidence or something which he has said which makes you feel so insecure.I would also suggest you not to date him exclusively till he commits.Hang around with your friends and do things which you love doing rather than anxiously waiting for him to commit.
• United States
1 Jul 11
Okay 1st off thanks for writing. 2nd I wrote only 10 months we've been together almost 24 months (not too sure what I was thinking sorry about that) I think that his mom and step dad waiting like 7yrs. to get married. I've already been married for 5yrs. and I am so done with the dating scene. we live together, he's taken on my kids completely disciplines them, loves them everything. I just want to know how long I'm going to have to sit around and wait for him to propose. I feel like it's taking forever and I guess that's partially b/c my ex and I were only together 6 months before we were married. Am I crazy? Do I wait? I don't want to give a deadline b/c I want him to marry me b/c I want him to want to marry me. I'm o confused!
• United States
15 Jun 11
I suppose that would depend on how important commitment is to you. It sounds like this kind of thing is very important to you. I would say that you should spend some time talking this kind of thing out with your boyfriend. Remember, he is suppose to listen to your concerns and be able to communicate with you. If you have not asked him about this, then it is difficult to tell if you should be worried. It could be the case that everything is perfectly fine, and you are just overly concerned. In order to know for sure though, you would need to ask him directly.
• United States
2 Jul 11
Thank you! We have talked about it in the past & I always felt like there was one excuse after another but we talked last night for a couple of hours and we've decided we'd like to be married within the next two years or so.....Hopefully the ring will be coing soon then = )
@mansha (6298)
• India
12 Jun 11
You have not told us why you feel that, getting involved with your kids is something that is a good indication that guy is serious about you. And you have been together now for ten months, just don't rush things up and watch and wait. ten months is too little time to worry about deeper commitment. If the guy seems right then it would work out for good in the end, we women generally push away good guys because of our own insecurities Guys take a lot of time to make up their minds and if its worth it then we must have patience and sometimes our close friends have better insight in to our relationships then us ourselves. ask a mutual friend about it he or she will really let you know where you are in the relationships it has always worked out forme and people I know.
• United States
1 Jul 11
Hey thanks I meant to write a yr. and 10 months! Sorry. Which I believe no matter how long you've been together, if you love each other and want to be together marriage is not a bad thing nor is it too soon. but... next month well be together 2yrs. and I feel like it's time. He's reenlisting in the military and he's wanting to move I do not want to move to another state where I don't have child care, no health insurance, no family with the commitment of a boyfriend. If we are married at least he's financially responsible for me and my kids and if we split I won't be up a creek without a paddle b/c the courts will make him help. I don't know maybe it will come soon but if it doesn't I have some serious decisions to make.