I’m with my boyfriend for EIGHT years now… and he still won’t marry me! -r/BORUpdates | Reddit Stories | EP2379

"I'm with my boyfriend for eight years now, and he still won't marry me." Hmm.

Let's double it.

Make it 16 years.

Yeah, 32 years.

"I, 32 female, have been with my boyfriend, 36 male, for eight and a half years, and we've been living together at his apartment for five years.

Like any long relationship, we've had our ups and downs, but in the last two years, everything has been great.

I know he's my person, and I am his." And by the way, this comes from user Luakiji.

And, uh, I'm Dakota.

I'm Keyon.

I'm Riley.

And we're here to give you good advice goofily, emphasis on the goofily, 'cause we don't have all the answers.

We just know what we would do, kinda.

So if, uh, if you would do something different, why don't you just let us know in the chat? You know what I'm saying? "He's a great guy, my guy.

He's not just a great guy to me, but to my friends, family, and even strangers.

He cares a lot about me and shows affection, communicates well, has financially supported me while I finish my degree, and we have a great time together, both in daily life and on special events like travels and all.

We pretty much are already living a married life without kids, but that alone doesn't fulfill my dream of marriage.

I want a celebration of our love.

I wanna share this moment with our friends and family.

I want to be a bride and plan this major life event with him, and I have voiced this to him a few times.

A few years back, he was unsure of our future together, but we worked on our relationship and are now in a great place.

So now when I talk about planning a wedding and marriage, he seems to be on board with it.

At least he entertains my thoughts, but so far I haven't seen any rings.

I've kind of given him two ultimatums.

I won't invest any money in buying a bigger place together if we're not married, as we've been cramped in his bachelor pad for the last five years and are getting tired of it.

I also won't celebrate double digits of being boyfriend and girlfriend, but even that seems like too long of a stretch now.