hi everyone, i would appreciate some advice if anyone is willing to give any.
a little back story: been with my partner for 5 years, lived together for 3. we met when we lived 350 miles away from each other and went long distance..then moved in together. never had any major problems.
over the last few weeks the subject of marriage has been cropping up here and there, we will see something on the tv about weddings and he will say something like "when we get married it wont be like that" etc
we have talked about marriage and he has said on a number of occasions that he wants to grow old with me etc..
last night before going to sleep we were talking and again marriage came up, he told me that he knows he will marry me, and that he sees us being married "in the next 10 years or so" because he would love to save up money for a "wedding to remember, a great honeymoon, and a solid future"
thats great, it really is, because for me its not the wedding that matters, its the marriage that follows, i dont want to sound selfish in any way, but am i really expected to be with someone for 15 years before even getting a proposal? by that time i will be 36 years old!
by the way, as a side note, i have known from the beginning of the relationship he is not one to get engaged, he is the kind of guy to ask and then do it.
am i selfish to even be thinking of this? i mean, we have been together for 5 years already, i feel bad for feeling this way.