Me and my girlfriend have been going out for 3.5 years now and have been living together for about a year and a half.
I love her and she loves me. I've considered proposing many many times. Problem is, I'm 25 and I feel like now is the time to be single and wild before I get married. My girlfriend is the only serious relationship I've ever had and she's the only one I've had sex with. As a result, I'm pretty curious to find out what else is out there. Here are my 2 main concerns about getting married to her now:
1. If I marry now, I'll never have the chance to have sex with any other girl.
2. Without having more serious relationships to compare to, how can I really judge if she's "the one?"
The situation now is that we had a marriage talk and I couldn't hold back my feelings any longer. So, I was completely honest with her and told her I need time and space to think things through. As a result, she's moving out of our apartment in about a week and I will be single once again. It was her decision to move out. We both are hoping that this will be a temporary break and we will get back together at some point soon (within a year). I truly have always imagined her as my future wife. I think she'd be a great mother too.
The past week since she made the decision to leave have been hard, obviously. Both of us are really sad about this but we're trying hard to enjoy each other while we still can.
My question is........what do you guys think about this whole situation and do relationships typically survive this sort of thing??
