How do you turn down a marriage proposal??

well this has actually happened to me,

I cried cause no one had actually proposed

to me like he did before, anyways long story short

we were alone and after the tears i explained to him

that marriage is not in my future at the time ( divorced dont want

another one. ) and that we should continue our relationship and see what happened in the future, well sure enough 2 years later we broke up.

so i would say honesty is the only way.

Tell him just that....You don't want the relationship to end you love the way things are and you don't want that to change. Maybe later when you've been together longer.

Although I've gotta say...

Accepting a marriage proposal though really isn't that bad either though. Your not married but it makes you both take things a little more seriously.

Instead of looking at your significant other as just a boy/girlfriend you're now looking at him/her as a possible life mate. You tend to look a little deeper.... those temper tantrums they may have and if they hold grudges, or you look at how they treat or feel about kids, if that is something that's important to you.

If you're not thinking that this is the person for you, be honest, he/she may be looking for something that you will never be able to give him/her, and that's not fair.

Two options. Take the ring to buy time. Tell him you'll marry him but need time. I was engaged for almost five years waiting for the right time and conditions before we felt it was right to be married. Unfortunately, she died shortly before the long awaited day of days but that's a different story.

The other option is hope he's understanding enough to know that you do love him but still am not sure if you want to marry him yet.

Both are rather dangerous terrain but it's softer a blow to just say no and hope everything will be just as it was before. That's a big question and no guy goes into it wondering what the answer will be. He's rather certain and anything other than that is a huge hit in place no guy wants to be hit.

Good luck.

You said as best anyone can; "You love him/her and don't want the relationship to end, but you are not ready to accept a marriage proposal as you're not convinced yet that they are who you shoud spend your life with".

But be prepared to openly share the reasons and concerns you have for not accepting the proposal

Try saying I love you so much, but marriage is forever and it's not a step I think I am ready to make just yet. Let them know that it isn't ruled out for the future.

Just be honest. Tell him/her that marriage should be a life time committment. Tell the person that although you love them dearly, you are not sure that you are ready for such a committment. "Let's just see where our relationship is before we talk about marriage".

Tell this person that too many marriages end in divorce and you don't want this to happen to you. You want to be completely certain of your life plans.

Just say that you care for him but you aren't ready to make that kind of commitment right now, maybe sometime in the future.

YOU could say that you're not ready yet and think you should wait till you are older/have been together longer till you get married.

You just have to be honest....you shouldn't string somebody along. If you already know that this person is not the person you want to be with for the rest of your life, then break it off. Stop wasting your time and his.

Just say, i really like you but im not sure that im ready for that kind of commitment yet. if he really like you then he will stay with you