Let me guess?
You have been with your boyfriend
for a long time (at least 18 months and probably longer!)
You love him and he loves you. You
have spoken about your future together and you both agree that you see it with
you both together.
However despite this and despite the
subtle and not so subtle hints you have been giving him he has still not
proposed to you.
And time is pushing on. I mean how
much longer can you carry on waiting? After all you want to start preparing for
married life and a family and all your friends are getting married around
you......and your mum just can't stop nagging you!
It is normally at this point that
most girls get desperate. They so much want to get engaged that they can only
think of one way to do it. And that is by deploying the nuclear weapon of
relationships; the dreaded ultimatum.
Girls in long term relationships
often figure that their man loves them....and that love alone will see them
through this. So by deploying the nuclear weapon ultimatum of "marry me or
dump me" their man will definitely bend the knee.
The thing is this isn't necessarily
right. By deploying this tactic you may in fact be committing relationship
suicide.
Now it is totally understandable why
a woman would want to give such an ultimatum. After all waiting two or more
years for a proposal can do that to most people!
The thing is when I call the
ultimatum the "nuclear weapon of relationship politics" I am not
joking.
An ultimatum is just another word
for a "threat". And when a woman threatens a man and imposes on them
the "with me or without me" pressure then most times the relationship
will end.
Therefore if you are thinking about
deploying "the ultimatum" to force your boyfriend's hand then only do
it if you are fully aware of the potential consequences.
The chances are that if you give him
the love me or leave me talk then you may well end up watching him pack his
bags as he
So if you are prepared to confront
this truth then please go ahead and issue the ultimatum.
However if you are in a long term
relationship and you would rather have your boyfriend actually WANT to marry
you without you being all pushy then I suggest you check out the Get Married Club to see another way to do it without
using threats or potentially risky ultimatums.
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