so i have a friend of mine who has a girlfriend who wants to get married shes 19 and he's 23. he says he does'nt feel mature or stable enough to want to get married yet, but she keeps bringing up the issue. She also keeps bring up her friends who are like 18 and 19 who are also getting married in 2009. He feels like he's getting pressured but at the sametime does'nt want to lose his girlfriend. do you guys think he should just wise up and marry her?
have any of you been in this situation before?
First of all, it sounds like she wants to get married because her friends are. I know she love him in all, so that's not the only reason, but she seems to be wanting to now because of her friends.
Women, ignore what I'm about to say because you may or may not understand. No man should get married unless he his ready to. Taken on a wife, is similar to taken on a child..... in a good way.
*I see torches lighting* He is responsible for her well being. He has to take care of her, provide for her, shelter her, ensure her security & safety, and spoil her. Those are the tangible things. Much like a child, he has to be there for her... underline for her. In the form of love and nurturing, comunication, finacial, etc. But two things a man have to be willing to do..... that is commit to her and yet, give her space. Most men find it difficult to do. You maynot always do that, but he has to be willing to.... underline willing to.
Now I'm saying women don't have a responsibility to him, but lets face it, most women wants to get married, they jump right into it, even if they know it's to the wrong man, because their love for a person is that strong. Men are cut from a different cloth. We are not quick to and have to be prepared for it and willing to do it. That's what I would tell your friend. Don't do it just because you affraid of losing her..... if that the case, you probably better off without her.