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I watched the show the other night, and sadly I saw myself in those women.  Not the ME now, but the ME 10 years ago.  When I was 20, I met and fell in love with a wonderful young man.  We were together a year when we decided to go off to another city for university.  We lived together throughout  our undergraduate degrees (4 years) and were pretty comfortable.  Then, I made the "mistake" of mentioning our future and marriage.  Well, the last year we were together was depressing.  Like Robin said on the show, I was ready for marriage and children and even told him that it didn't have to be "right away" but that after 6 years together, I wanted the assurance that this relationship was moving toward marriage.  He just couldn't commit.  We broke up and I moved back to my home town.

6 months later, I met the man of my dreams.  He and I were both at the points in our lives where we wanted marriage and children.  We were married a year to the day we met, and have been happily married for the last 8 years, with 2 beautiful girls.  The ex-boyfriend?  Well, we still keep in touch, and sadly he has been stringing his latest girlfriend along for 8 years!  They've bought a house together, but no marriage.  Some guys just aren't the marrying type I guess.

I watched the show the other night, and sadly I saw myself in those women.  Not the ME now, but the ME 10 years ago.  When I was 20, I met and fell in love with a wonderful young man.  We were together a year when we decided to go off to another city for university.  We lived together throughout  our undergraduate degrees (4 years) and were pretty comfortable.  Then, I made the "mistake" of mentioning our future and marriage.  Well, the last year we were together was depressing.  Like Robin said on the show, I was ready for marriage and children and even told him that it didn't have to be "right away" but that after 6 years together, I wanted the assurance that this relationship was moving toward marriage.  He just couldn't commit.  We broke up and I moved back to my home town.

6 months later, I met the man of my dreams.  He and I were both at the points in our lives where we wanted marriage and children.  We were married a year to the day we met, and have been happily married for the last 8 years, with 2 beautiful girls.  The ex-boyfriend?  Well, we still keep in touch, and sadly he has been stringing his latest girlfriend along for 8 years!  They've bought a house together, but no marriage.  Some guys just aren't the marrying type I guess.