Woman Rethinks Her Options When Long-Term Boyfriend Refuses To Commit to Marriage, Wonders if the Relationship Is Worth Saving: ‘I’m so scared I’m wasting my fertile years’

Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."

Sep 18, 2024 10:00 PM EDT

Every woman has their own timeline they want their life to follow. In some cases, the timeline is loose enough that you leave room for "error", or rather, unforeseeable circumstances that might cause a blip in the road. I'm talking mostly about romantic relationships, but the same thing can also be said for hardworking women who want their careers to skyrocket. As we age, many women hope to tie the knot with Mr. Right and have beautiful babies that share his eyes and your hair.

What do you do when you think you're with the perfect man, but he is "deflecting" all of your attempts to truly commit? There's no easy answer, ladies. It's all dependent on how your man handles the way you're trying to reason with him. If he's standoffish and makes you feel like you're overreacting, you might be at a point where you should acknowledge and analyze his past behaviors.

The original poster (OP) of this story is a woman who has been with her boyfriend for three years. Multiple times, she has mentioned that she would like to know his timeline for marriage and children, as she's 29 and he is 31. The OP expresses that her boyfriend keeps putting off the much-needed conversation, claiming that he "just doesn't think" about that kind of thing. She feels like she is the only one taking the relationship seriously, and is worried that by the time he's ready to commit, she will no longer be able to have children and she just feels stuck. She claims he is otherwise "perfect", but his behavior suggests otherwise.

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