My DH was 40 and probably gun shy about marriage (with old girlfriends he definitely had “the talk”). I think early on I said, “I want to know where this is going” and that was it.
Another friend resented when everyone told him to get married. But once he did he was (and is!) over the moon! Go figure!
Good Luck!!!!
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