Am I Being Selfish?

Back in October my fiancee & I "postponed" our wedding becasue he got cold feet. We decided to elope coming up on March 21. He told me last night he thinks we need to postpone AGAIN because he is feeling guilty about not telling his family before we wed. He thinks they will respond negatively and not approve of our marriage & "cut him out of the family"...which I think won`t happen. Anyway, I told him we either marry Friday or not at all. Am I being selfish? What are anyone elses thoughts? HELP!!!
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Posted by angelakelly813; updated 03/19/03

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Can`t he tell them about the wedding today? That would be advanced notice.
Posted by Becky; updated 03/19/03

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I told him that too, but he still thinks we need more time. We have been dating for 6 years and feels he needs to know my family better & his family know me better. Am I being nieve here? What am I missing?
Posted by angelakelly813; updated 03/19/03

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Honey, not being the devilĀ“s advocate, but after 6 years dating, does he still need to know your family better?
Posted by raquel; updated 03/19/03

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I totally agree :)~

Thanks for the smile :)
Posted by angelakelly813; updated 03/19/03

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You can take my opinion or throw it out the door.... But i think hes just stalling!!!! he wants to be single, he dont want to title of"ball in chain" or a ring on his finger saying hes taken, I think the cold feet thing is just a way to dodge the ball of being "tied down" which alot of men think thats what happends when you get married.
Personally i dont think your being shelfish at all , if my man told me that i would tell him he has a choice of marring me or get out.
Its been 6 yrs and hes twice told youhe wants to post pone the wedding!!
Hes messed up, and really needs to think about YOUR feelings too. And i think after 6 yrs i would think he would know your family...who said he had to know every little detail about them, i think its just a excuse. My fiancee doesnt know my family that much but its not stoping us. For that matter he `s
Only known them for about 5 months!!
Well, i think you need to really sit down w/ him and ask him is there really something else that your missing in the relationship? and thats why your dont want to get married.
Well, those are my thoughts....
Posted by Amanda; updated 03/19/03

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I know I`m coming in on this late, but...........
Is your fiance marrying you or your family?
I don`t mean to be rude, but it sounds like he`s making up excuses because marriage isn`t in the cards for him right now. Besides, would you rather marry him because he wants to marry you or because you gave him an ultimatum?
Posted by Tara; updated 03/24/03

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You are NOT being selfish at all. He postponed one time already. Twice now! I would be pissed. He should take his family out to dinner tonight and tell them what your planning.

He is the one being selfish not considering your feelings. Sorry if I sound rude.
Posted by Maddy; updated 03/24/03

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Hi,

I think you are 110% right, I would be saying its now or never 6 years is a long time what is he waiting for? I think he`s being selfish in not considering your feelings this is your day you`ve wanted since you were little just like the rest of us so lay down the law girl! I`m not big on ultimatums however sometimes enough is ENOUGH!
Posted by Mary Loughner; updated 03/24/03

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Sorry You have to go through this but if I where you I would have done the same. As a matter of fact I dont think that I would have even watied the four years and four months. You are an angel in doing that. Have a bit of confidence in your self dont let him walk all over you
GOOD LUCK
Posted by janice; updated 03/25/03

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Well, It`s the 24th of March, I`m wondering what happened...did they get married or not?!?!?!?!?!?
Posted by Mandy; updated 03/25/03

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GOOD QUESTION MANDY. NOW YOU HAVE ME WONDERING TOO????? LOL!
Posted by Maddy; updated 03/25/03

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No, You are Not being selfish at all!
If You were my Kelly Angel, I would not hesitate to marry you for one second!
Furthermore, I would spend my entire life making sure you were the happiest person alive, no kidding around!
Life is much too Short for games, misunderstandings, or grudges!
Just Give Me the chance to be happy again and I guarantee you that I would never screw it up!
True Love does not make excuses, remember that if love means happiness to you and that is what you want to find.
Posted by Tony; updated 08/20/07