When To Propose

It depends on your age. If you're 24 or under and have been together for 3 years, that's not a problem, because a lot of times people just take a long time. The closer women get to their 30s, the sooner a proposal should happen. If he is 28 and she is 26, and they have been dating for two or three years, and marriage hasn't even come up, it's time to bring it up. Don't wait for him at that point. Women should never bring up anything about marriage during the first year, because it is going to put pressure on him. Men like to set the pace. Usually, a man who is interested in marrying a woman will propose or start talking about marriage within the first 2 or 3 months. After a year, you can ask him what his intentions are. If a man doesn't talk about marriage and does not propose marriage within two years, he is not going to marry you. If you are in that relationship with a man and all of a sudden he meets another woman, then three weeks later he marries her, you know you should have seen the signs.