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Boyfriend says he isnt sure if he wants to marry me?

I have been with my guy for almost 5 years. Started dating when I was 18 and he was 19. So we are still very young. We have been completely happy until he moved away for a year to study abroad in Germany. Now, he is having doubts about us. Its 3 months and Im supposed to meet him in 2 months to go on a eurotrip with him for a month during summer so we CANT break up yet.

Anyways we got in a fight 3 weeks ago because I was jealous he went on a group trip that involved a bunch of girls. I know I shouldnt have but its veryyy hard not seeing him for so long and I freaked out. Now he says he's 50/50 about us staying together and ending up married. Is it normal for him to feel that way? He dated 4 girls before me and I never dated anyone else before him so he keeps going on about how it sucks we got serious so soon and should have dated a few years later after experiencing more people.

But at the same time he also doesnt want to lose me because he thinks that he would be making a huge mistake leaving me just because he isnt sure. I dont even know why he is bringing up marriage! Im 23 and he's 24 and I dont want to get married for at LEAST another 5 years.

What is ur interpertation of this? I get those feelings too...especially because I am the person who hasnt dated anyone else before. But I would never tell him that because it just seems like a mean thing to do unless I really want to leave him. He on the other hand wants to tell me how he feels because he says that we should be open with each other.

Any thoughts? Please no mean comments on how we should just break up. It would really suck and if he wants to break up with me then its up to him. Im not gonna do it just because he is scared. But any advice? Has ur husband or bf ever felt like my bf does? Is it normal? Or is he trying to break up with me? I told him that he should leave if he isnt happy and he said he doesnt want to. He says he's commited, but he still cant help but feel some doubt. : (

Help! What do I do? How do I act? Do I just give him space? Act normal? Act lovey dovey with him even though he doesnt want to say "I love you" right now because he says he feels weird? So confused!! : (

Update:

I did talk to him and he said that he is worried that my trust issues would affect us if we got married. He says that I act too jealous sometimes and he doesnt know if we would be able to make each other happy because he doesnt want to feel restricted in hanging out with ppl. It sucks cause its just hard for me to get used to him being gone... and trust is especially hard in a LDR.

Update 2:

You are completely right "Been There." Thank you. Its just hard not to have this conversation now because it will be 2 more months until I see him. But I will do my best to keep it normal and save any "talk" we need to do for later when I actually see him. I do have a lot of self esteem issues and its probably driving him away. He says that it's not fair to me because I cant change. But I feel that everyone can change if they see something wrong with themselves and try to fix it. I dont want to have a low self esteem forever because whether Im with him, or any other man, it will still affect the relationship and myself.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    You need to tell him you are not ready to get married yet.

    Also, if this is true, that you hope it will be to him.

    Understand 2 things:

    1. NO important conversations should take place except face-to-face. Since the majority of communication is non-verbal (body language, facial expressions, tone of voice, pacing of words, eye contact, etc) .. and even skype is inadequate in this ... please try NOT to discuss things in person. Put any discussion off until you two are together.

    2. As for your jealousy, this is YOUR "work" to handle it. Don't dump on him about it.

    It is always this way in any relationship. We must work with our own emotions ourselves, and not expect the other to stop being themselves so we don't have to do our work.

    You cannot accept him until you take full emotional accountability and responsibility not only for your own emotions and how you handle them, but even for the fact that you are creating your own emotions .. not him.

    And unless you can accept him, you two will never be able to open up fully and enjoy that psychological intimacy which is the bond that holds two people together.

    As my mother-in-law once told me (she has now been married over 65 years and they are both still very much in love) ...

    You either accept or you risk losing the relationship.

    Now, of course, that presupposes that what he is doing is not a deal-breaker. Abuse is a deal-breaker. Infidelity is usually a deal-breaker. There ARE deal breakers. If your partner does one of these, you don't even try to work with them .. you leave them.

    Otherwise, pick your battles carefully, because each one could break the relationship.

    And start paying more attention to your internal processes .. the ones that produce your emotions. Almost guaranteed, it is your fear that caused you jealousy. And that your fear is based on inner fears that you are not worthy enough to hang onto a man's love. You need to turn and give your self-esteem a thorough examination and take action to correct those shortcomings. It's not his fault you are insecure.

    But don't be too hard on yourself. It IS difficult to feel secure when your partner is far away, especially for a long time.

    What do you specifically do? Act like normal. Until or unless he tells you that things have changed, carry on as usual. You aren't supposed to read his mind .. it's up to HIM to communicate to you. And if things have changed, it's up to him to tell you that.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Concerned, The main reason why husband and wife loses interest on each other is because of too much familiarity. Because they have been together for quite a while that there is no more mystery. You know what to expect and he knows what will be happening during the sex act. deja vu as they call it. To ignite this, you have to create some variations in your sex life. You have to change places where you will be doing it, as they say romantic ambiance ignites something that you don't have before. Go on vacation. have sometime with each other. Make yourself beautiful every time comes home. Just be patient with him, and soon stress or problems that he may have now will evaporate. pray hard for i believe that you have a wonderful husband. God Bless. Congratulation too. If you have other question i am just an email away. Relax.

  • 8 years ago

    first of all, he should do his best not to make you feel insecure especially in a long distance relationship. but you also have to trust him. so it has to be a mutual thing or else it won't work.

    he might have doubts because he knows you don't trust him (maybe just guessing), and that it won't be good in a marriage (won't last long without trust in each other, will cause fights and even divorce) but idk this is only IF he is thinking about marrying you. if he is not then maybe he has doubts because since he just moved to a different country, get to know more people, the urge to experience things develop. but it shouldn't be the reason why he will leave you if you mean alot to him. just talk to him and ask him what is causing his doubts. and what can you do to help. since you guys have been dating for so long, its a good thing to start talking about the future. at least get things straight of what you want for your future and what he wants is the same thing. or else you r just gonna be wasting time.

    Source(s): i want to at least travel the world before i get married :) but doesn't mean i will leave him just cause of that.
  • 8 years ago

    I think that you should save the relationship for later. Demote the relationship to friendship so you can both experience other people as well as stay in contact with each other and get the feel for what it's like to have you all to yourself again.

    A little later if you guys have a mutual want to get back together again, do it.

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  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    If he isn't EVERYTHING that you want him to be right now BEFORE marriage,... then you

    can forget about him becoming anything other than what he currently is.

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