why do you answer these questions but not my complicated one? :(

LOL! thanks Cary, i needed that :)

Wise-Ass strikes again!

mkay is so right! Too funny. Can almost hear the questioner stamping her foot, too!

*giggling*

If you wanted to get married so badly, that should have been discussed within the first year of dating. I'm not suggesting that you have to go all Bridezilla (honestly I would love to punch a Bridezilla in the face), but you should have gathered his thoughts on marriage a long time ago. If he told you from day one he had no desire to be married, then yeah thats pretty much it.

Where do you go from here? 8 years in itself is like a mini marriage. Just be upfront and tell him this. If he's dead set against it, move on. Because before you know it 8 years will turn in to ten, and then so on and so forth, Marriage isn't a done deal, a man can still walk out on you. So if your down with the domestic partnership of it all... Then be happy..

Don't we live in a world that's progressive enough for women to propose to men?

Go to Wal-Mart. Buy one of those nice $19.99 fake diamond rings. Wear it. Admire it. Show it to other people. Hold it under the light and smile. In front of your boyfriend. Tell him you're waiting for the upgrade.

You are married.

In most states, 8 years is a common-law marriage (assuming you've lived together).

Just mess with him - he doesn't want to marry you anyway, so you might has well have some fun with him. I'd start with the ring suggestion above.

Heh. It's probably because your question requires an answer that uses more than one word.

definately not a wise answer....just an ass.