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Interesting thread. I've been thinking of this very thing a lot lately and I must admit I'd be terrified to pop the question to my man. I guess if I were very sure the answer would be yes, I might be tempted to do so. However, I would definitely prefer to be propsed to.
I think marriage is definitely important. I myself am not religious and come from a broken household; parents are divorced. As stated previously, marriage is a declaration to the world that you love each other. The rings on your finger as a married couple are a symbol of this. Plus, analog, your right. The whole I'm his girlfriend, he's my boyfriend thing gets so old and tiring after a few years and to me (ok maybe this isn't justified), screams this relationship is very indefinite and could change at any moment. Plus at 30 it sounds so highschoolish. Not to mention, perhaps this is a lack of self confidence here, that if I was in a relationship for a long time and he didn't pop the question, I'd feel like what's wrong with me that this man doesn't want to marry me? To me marriage means stability.
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