I have a serious question for all you guys out there. I really want to understand. Gals input ok also. This is the situation. My man does not want to get married. Old enough kids are not an option. He has been married twice before. Wives cheated. I was married 36 years to a mental and physical abuser. Therefore usually have little confidence. We live in his home. He is a kind and generous, gifted man. I love him so much just the thought of loosing him to seperation or death takes my breath away so bad I really can't breath. On a recent trip back home to see his family he called me almost daily said he missed me, came home a week early vowing we would never be apart again. He couldn't stand it. At first he was talking marrage then when I said name a year and date it all collapsed. His faults are not so bad I would ever leave him. And I'm definetely not the cheeting kind. Life is good. He has told his mom I saved his life the first winter we were together. (True he got double pneumonia and almost died.) And I would give my life for his if necessary. He is my life my world. We will be celebrating 4 years toghther soon. One of the reasons I want to be married so bad is I have a difficult time living with and sleeping with a man who doe's not intend to marry me. That is not the way I was raised and it goes against the grain morally. Please help me understand. If I could understand maybe it wouldn't hurt so bad to be rejected this way.