DEAR ABBY: Partner waits for a proposal that may never come
DEAR ABBY: I just turned 29. My partner, “Jeremy,” and I have been together for six years and have talked about getting engaged. He set the timeline for an expectation of when he’d propose early on in our relationship — by “five or 30” (meaning either we’ve been together for five years or he hits 30). Both of those marks hit last year, and I expected him to propose, but it didn’t happen. I am mortified because I keep getting asked by people, “Why not?” I don’t have an answer, except that Jeremy is just not ready.
