April 2012 I fell in love with the most amazing guy. Through a fate of luck (bad luck maybe?) my roommate lost her ever-loving mind and I moved out to protect my sanity and in with him February 2013. We bought a house together in June 2013 and started talking about getting married, having kids, etc. shortly after that, but in November 2013 we'd just adopted a dog, the house was a lot of work, I had just started working after finishing graduate school, and he'd switched companies so we shelved it for 6 months. He said "Give me six months - things need to settle down."
Fast-forward to April 2014 and I finally brought it back up. We fought. A lot. He made it clear that he wanted to marry me, but didn't show any investment in the in-between of getting engaged and preparing for a wedding. Late May we had a few really long talks and he contacted his dad who got a diamond out of the safety deposit box that my BFs mom had left him. We looked at rings a couple weeks later and found the most amazing one. It was perfect. We both knew it. And we walked out of the store...without it.
He promised me the engagement would happen this summer before the middle of August. I feel like he's running out of time on his own timeline. I have no idea if he's gone back to the store or given up the whole idea of the timeline. He talked to my parents and his mom's parents and everyone was hugs and congratulations all around (I wasn't there, but no one keeps their mouths shut in our families) so I know he's serious. But I'm GOING CRAZY! Anyone else every have these...set ups that you know it'll happen?
It's like saying "Here is this wonderful, beautiful thing that's yours BUT you can't have it because someone else decides when it's going to happen and you have to be in the dark. Just make sure your finger nails are perfect and you don't have any crazy zits and that you don't fight with him EVER because then you might just scare him off, but you'll get there eventually just wait. Forever."