new boyfriend..

[angelromero]

So I finally began dating someone new and I'm just really worried. I really like him but I'm scared of getting hurt. He hasn't done anything wrong at all.. I'm just worried since its been a week and he's already asking me to marry him. Advice please?

[chieko]

How old are you? I mean, are you guys old enough to marry?

[angelromero]

I'm 17, the main reason we were talking about marriage is because I'm moving... But I'm still worried. We liked each other long before we began dating, but does it count? We already say we love each other and he always makes it habit to tell me he wants to be with me forever, and I feel the same way, but what if it's not real?

[Living For Love]

Your only 17, isn't that a bit early to marry yet. You might want to wait a few more years until you finished school, got a job, started a career, had your own house, and then perhaps marry him.

Only you can say whether it's real or not, you need to somehow try to see if the things he does, the things he say are genuine or not.

[WeAreOneRepublic]

Just an statistic, roughly 1 in 2 marriages in Australia fail within 5 years I believe so you would honestly want to make sure you have the full feelings for him but also stable footing(career, home, schooling) because that can cause a lot of stress. I would tell him t possibly slow down the marriage thing at the moment because if it is really causing so much conflict with you then it isn't right. Keep it to just dating for now?

[angelromero]

Just an statistic, roughly 1 in 2 marriages in Australia fail within 5 years I believe so you would honestly want to make sure you have the full feelings for him but also stable footing(career, home, schooling) because that can cause a lot of stress. I would tell him t possibly slow down the marriage thing at the moment because if it is really causing so much conflict with you then it isn't right. Keep it to just dating for now?

Thank you, this actually helped alot

[WeAreOneRepublic]

Thank you, this actually helped alot

You are welcome, I would say PM if you need more advice but you aren't up to 100 posts yet, I will just keep watching this thread in case you have any more questions :)

[ninja789]

after a week I would say no

[FullyAlive]

If you guys have been dating a week and you're already throwing about the word love and you actually mean it then I'm impressed. Personally if someone told me they loved me after a week I'd tell them to wait it just would seem very quick and like they felt like it was expected instead of just feeling it and needing to tell me. I'd want to know it was real.

And talking about marriage and forever when you're only 17 and have been together a week now that is extremely quick. I'd suggest slow down, you don't know if you can go a month let alone forever. Of course everyone steps into a new relationship hoping its forever or else what's the point of starting it, but realistically the majority of relationships will end and a week seems like far too little time to know about forever. Even if you've known each other for longer being in a relationship is a whole new dynamic.

I'm not saying you won't be together forever and get married or that he doesn't love you I'm just suggesting you take a step back and make sure you're being realistic you don't want to get your heartbroken because you threw yourself into something too fast.