my fiance proposed last july, and we planned the wedding for end of june 2011. we are both nineteen. ive been out of my parents place since i was 17 and now he lives with me. things have been going pretty well, we have known each other for years and i knew something was up when a couple of weeks ago he started making comment about me planning for the wedding and that we have plenty of time for it, (i had asked what his half siblings last names were). last night i finally got him to open up: he wants to post-pone the wedding for an indefinite length of time. i understand he feels he needs to go out and enjoy himself but to really party the way a young man does, well i dont know if i can have him living with me for the next four plus years while he parties, drinks, and enjoys being young. i feel lost cause i love him and i want him happy, but im selfish and want him to want to be with me. advise on what to do with my suddenly not so ready fiance? do i let him grow out of it while living with me, or do things need to change?
Re: feeling lost
fwiw - my ex-H and I were 19 and 20 when we got married, and in hindsight we were too young and impulsive, and had no business being married at that age.
My fiance and I were dating at that age, but quite seriously. He was the best man in his good friend's wedding at the age of 21. That wedding scared the bejesus out of him and we broke up the day after. It wasn't because he didn't love me, it was because marriage was a serious step and he wanted to be a little more free. It was horribly painful, but I have to respect that he was honest with me. We got back together (three years down the road) and, in retrospect, it was the best thing that could have ever happened for us.
[QUOTE]my fiance proposed last july, and we planned the wedding for end of june 2011. we are both nineteen. ive been out of my parents place since i was 17 and now he lives with me. things have been going pretty well, we have known each other for years and i knew something was up when a couple of weeks ago he started making comment about me planning for the wedding and that we have plenty of time for it, (i had asked what his half siblings last names were). last night i finally got him to open up: he wants to post-pone the wedding for an indefinite length of time. i understand he feels he needs to go out and enjoy himself but to really party the way a young man does, well i dont know if i can have him living with me for the next four plus years while he parties, drinks, and enjoys being young. i feel lost cause i love him and i want him happy, but im selfish and want him to want to be with me. advise on what to do with my suddenly not so ready fiance? do i let him grow out of it while living with me, or do things need to change?
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I went through a very similiar thing. T and I got engaged when we were 19 and talked about a wedding in 2 years well after a while we realized we just wern't ready to get married, we were so young and theres a lot to experience.
We called of the engagement and stayed together and grew up TOGETHER. You can definitely do that, talk to him- make sure he stil lwants to be with you.
It's very likely that he wants to be with you but just doesn't feel ready for marriage and that is ok.
Its been 2 years since T and I called of our engagement and we're still together and talking again about getting married. We will likely get married sometime next year.
I am so, so glad we waited. Looking back I see how much we've matured and experienced and wouldn't trade that for anything.
ETA: T and I lived together when all this happened and we continued to live together, we just took a little step back and slowed things down. At 19, there is no hurry (even though it feels like it)
You are still so young and have your whole life ahead of you. Enjoy your youth, and accomplish all the goals you want to. I would definately let him go, if he comes back it was meant to be. If he doesn't come back there are plenty of fish in the sea. If we had gotten married at 18, I don't think we would have made it this long.
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