5 Reasons Why Your Lover Will Delay To Love You or Proposing To You

It’s marriage itself. He’s either experienced the damage a bad marriage can cause – he may be divorced himself or come from a broken family - or simply doesn’t see the point in getting hitched.
Once you’ve made it clear that you do, and would very much like him to be the one to whom you do the hitching, there’s not an awful lot you can do to change his mind.

1. He’s more sensitive than you realise
When a woman becomes preoccupied with what her man is not giving her, she dishonours what he is providing.
He might already have a mortgage with you, be 100 per cent committed to the relationship or even be the father of your children, but the message you’re giving when you focus on his lack of proposal is that these things don’t count. And you know what? That hurts.
There is also the possibility that he’s keen to propose but terrified of rejection, especially if he’s been hurt in the past. It’s up to you to make him feel safe enough in your relationship to finally take the plunge.

2. There are many different reasons why he may not want to marry you…yet. Timing is a major one; if he’s just not ready to settle down, then nothing is going to get him down that aisle.
If he’s an old-fashioned guy and currently doesn’t feel able to provide for you and a family, he’s not setting foot inside a church.

3. It’s not him, it’s you
There was a reason he fell for you in the first place. Are you still that vivacious, interesting, sexy creature? Yes, you probably are, but does he get to see that? And (because we’re woefully shallow beings) does he get to see other people seeing that in you, too?
Do you still have a lively social life? Are you still making an effort with your appearance? Are you doing the things that really make you sparkle, whether it's that Tuesday night crochet class or long-distance running? Are you the kind of person others want to be around?
Most importantly, are you the kind of person this man wants to wake up to every morning?

4. Your partner may be holding back for fear of rejection - or he may be against the idea of marriage altogether.

5. You're not real to him, he still watching you.