I am celebrating for all my friends who now have the right to marry, but I cannot celebrate for myself, because I still cannot get married. I shared the work I have been doing over the past two years, to spread marriage equality to people with disabilities on Facebook, reminding people that our work is not done if we want marriage for all. It received a firestorm of both criticism and support.

I would like to clear a few things up because people seem confused about the issue. I understand it better than most, so let me try to answer your concerns, and criticism, and questions.

Her exes keep getting married to the chick they date right after her. Last week, I got a call aisle. He’s been dating the same girl since we broke up two years ago, and the crushing.

Dear Wendy is a relationship advice blog. You can read about me here , peruse the archives here and read popular posts here. You can also follow along on Facebook and Instagram. New readers, welcome to Dear Wendy, a relationship advice blog. Does that mean he never will? Is it too soon to move in together? Mentioning a Future Together Between 4 and 9 months. These tend to be casual talks about how each couple envisions at least a short-term future together — planning a vacation a few months down the line, talking about spending the holidays together, making plans to introduce each other to their respective families.

Younger couples, either in school or early in the career building stages of their lives leaned towards the 18 month range, while couples in their late twenties and beyond tended to have these discussions in the 6 to 12 month range. Getting Engaged Between 14 months and 3 years. Losing Hope for the Relationship to Turn into Marriage 2 years plus.

But, we did find that many who were already living together starting to lose hope around 2 years if no solid marriage plans were being made. To this, I say: So, what do you think?