Love my girlfriend, we’ve best friends and live together. We’ve been dating for almost 4.5 years, and we’re both not in a rush to get married, but I’ve recently started to feel the anxiety creep in because ultimately I do want to know what’s next. She’s not been pressuring me to propose which has been nice for no pressure, but now I feel like I’m the one that is pushing or at least starting to push for clarity. A big reason if we’ve talked about kids, and I think I do want them and she still isn’t sure. We’re late 20s, and I’m starting to realize how little time we actually hav to get married and start a family, OR, if we realize we’re not life long compatible, date, find someone new, get married, and start a family. A part of me is also trying to figure out, do I really want kids? Or is that just what I’ve always thought on the surface level. Maybe there is a world where we don’t have kids and live a very happy life together. Anyways, it’s tough because again we have such a great present life together, we also live together, which I dont think I would do again if we did break up before marriage because it does complicate if you decide to split, but that’s another post. Appreciate any help from people that had a great relationship, or handled this conversation with a partner to either get on the same page or understand that it’s not going to work submitted by /u/Firm_Lecture6483
Originally posted by u/Firm_Lecture6483 on r/AskMen