What is my boyfriend thinking about our relationship?

My boyfriend (22, almost 23) has told me before that he will ask me to marry him on our 2 year anniversary. He also wants to get married about 6 months later. This was fine with me when he brought it up 6 or 7 months ago, but now that I have thought about it, it annoys me. Why? Because 1) I want time to plan a wedding, and I can’t do that in 6 months. I don’t think he understands. 2) He already acts like we’re engaged or married, and so does his family and most of mine. We are together constantly. We go on vacations together already, go to all of our family things together (show up together like all the married couples do, not with our parents). His mother took a family picture of us, and I didn’t know it, but it went on her Christmas card. It has their last name on it, and I am the only person in that picture that isn’t part of the family. It’s his parents, him, his brother and his wife and kids, and his other brother, and me. Nobody acted like this was weird at all. At a Christmas thing the other day, a woman that lived next door to his grandma asked about me and if I was his wife. His aunt was like, no, but we’re expecting it soon!

It just annoys me, too, that he acts like we have a superior relationship to others, and has our future all planned out. I wish he would ask me, because I want to get married then too. I want time to plan the wedding and I want to stop feeling like an idiot when people ask when the wedding is. All our friends are engaged and didn’t start acting the way we do until they GOT engaged. It’s weird and I just want to know:

Why is he acting so serious? Does he think it’s okay to be this serious/treat our relationship like this without MAKING it official?? Thanks!! Any input or advice on any part of this will be appreciated.

Answer #1

wow. my boyfriends almost 23. I was just in his Christmas card(only person with out the last name). and we just got back from Mexico together. that is f*ing crazy. we have the opposite problem though he doesn’t want to get married until hes 30 (and he doesn’t even know if he wants kids at all). well it sounds like you need to take control or else you will end up with a wedding too soon that he will plan most of. 6 months isn’t even enough time to plan a bridal shower much less a wedding. well since our relationships are so paralleled I would appropriate you point of view on my issue it you have time. good luck

Answer #2

Well, on the planning thing, I think you should be getting ideas NOW. My parents(married almost 20 years now) were married 6 months after they started dating. MARRIED, not engaged. And from what I hear, the wedding was great. Wouldn’t know because I wasn’t even conceived yet.

And really and truly, there’s no reason to NOT be taking the relationship seriously. There’s nothi9ng wrong with getting used to the married setting, with the exception of the physical part of the relationship, of course. There’s nothing wron with being enthusiastic about the relationship, or becoming a part of each other’s families. I think you just need some time to relax.

You seem stressed, and rightfully so. Take a couple days off to relax. Maybe even without your fiance around for some of it.

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