Going to the Chapel...on our own Time!
I have been dating the same man for three years. I fully believe that he is my partner and I wish it to be so forever. However, some well-meaning (and sometimes just plain nosey) people in mine and his life have made it plainly clear that we should be married by now. Or that we waste time by not being married yet. I am not angry at them by any means because, as I have said before, they are mostly well-meaning and just probably know what we know too...that it is bound to happen one day. And they want us to be happy. I know that. That doesn't mean that we don't tire of it, or that we do not feel the pressure at times. I have a friend that has been married for a few years. She and her husband have been through a lot together and I know beyond a doubt (as I always have) that she is an infinitely strong woman. And, while I have accused her at times of living in a Taylor Swift song (she can be quite the romantic), she gives great relationship advice. I was asking her once is her an...