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ElizabethAnne
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I have been dating my boyfriend for almost a year, and I think he is going to pop the question on our anniversary in two and a half weeks. He’s an amazing man and a great Catholic that I met at Mass in college.
As soon as we started dating, I knew that I was going to marry him. The Sunday after we started dating he came to the very late Mass we had at school, even though he had to get up early, because he knew I would be there. I liked that he was willing to do that for me, and I realized I was more than willing to give up my routine for him.
We’ve had an amazing relationship that has brought me closer to God, drawn me deeper into the faith and just plain made me a better person. I’ve had to recognize faults I didn’t want to see and try to do something about them.
We’ve discussed marriage a lot, and he’s been dropping a lot of hints about our anniversary. Of course, it may not happen on that day, but he has told me that it will be soon.
I want to meet other people who are in the same situation. I don’t have any good friends who are engaged, and I have very few good orthodox Catholic friends. I find it difficult to speak with the friends I do have about my relationship with my boyfriend because they do not understand my views on chastity and cohabitation.
As soon as we started dating, I knew that I was going to marry him. The Sunday after we started dating he came to the very late Mass we had at school, even though he had to get up early, because he knew I would be there. I liked that he was willing to do that for me, and I realized I was more than willing to give up my routine for him.
We’ve had an amazing relationship that has brought me closer to God, drawn me deeper into the faith and just plain made me a better person. I’ve had to recognize faults I didn’t want to see and try to do something about them.
We’ve discussed marriage a lot, and he’s been dropping a lot of hints about our anniversary. Of course, it may not happen on that day, but he has told me that it will be soon.
I want to meet other people who are in the same situation. I don’t have any good friends who are engaged, and I have very few good orthodox Catholic friends. I find it difficult to speak with the friends I do have about my relationship with my boyfriend because they do not understand my views on chastity and cohabitation.
they have a tendency to get away from me as fast as possible…because I am a “geek” or “loser”, etc…some of the labels that modern day society gives people like us. Congrats on your relationship and good luck…I will pray for you to have a long and happy marriage.
Hello! I was in your position not long ago. I am still a newlywed, having gotten married in June 2004. It’s wonderful! My fiance-at-the-time and I had known each other for a bit over two years by the time we were engaged (probably would have come sooner if I had been living in the same state!). We lived near each other during the year of our engagement, but not together, of course. I think it was a great witness to some of our friends and family who would think we could have saved a lot of money, etc, if we had just moved in together! Having to say good-bye in the evenings was difficult but the best thing, since now we look back on that time and know that we were doing the right thing. From time to time, we comment to each other how grateful we are to be married and waking up next to each other each day!
