My boyfriend proposed and I’m not sure how to tell him that I don’t want to marry him for now
So, long story short: me (28F) and my boyfriend (30M) first met around 3 years ago, became really good friends, and we’ve been together for 2 years and 6 months now.
For context, I am not from here and I left home to come here to work.
last week he proposed, and I’m not sure how to tell him that I don’t want to marry him for now, but it doesn’t mean that I won’t want it in the future, and it doesn’t mean that I don’t love him – I absolutely do.
The reason why I don’t want to marry him for now is because I believe is still too soon to make a decision like that.
I mean, this wouldn’t be just getting married. To move permanently here I’d be leaving all my life behind – family, friends, and etc.
I love him and I’ll miss him like crazy, but I believe our best option for now is for me to go back home, try long distance relationship, and see how it goes.
Again, like I said, I’m not sure how to word things in a way of making explicit that this is not a “no”, this is a “no for now”, and don’t hurting him.