Face your emotions.
Once you’ve cooled off a bit, take a look in the mirror and acknowledge how you’re feeling. Resisting normal reactions to such an important life event only leads to get stuck in sadness and depression. It also can make you regret impulsive decisions about your relation because you are looking at it via eyes of sadness and hurt.
Ask yourself why you really want to be engaged.
Is it the dream of a fairytale proposal you are looking forward to, or the anticipation of actually marrying your significant other? Evaluating your intentions for getting engaged is important, according to Cohen, as it brings forward whether or not you’re after the realness of it all or the fluff.
It might be possible that you both are slow dating and hence the delay of the proposal. If you both are not into the fast-and-furious world of dating, the slow dating trend may be right for you.
You see, though plenty of people have had a FWB (friends with benefits) situation before, there’s a not-so-new trend that’s making a comeback which slow dating. And it’s on the other end of casual dating, challenging singles to not only take their time, but invest their energy into one person and one person only.
Those actively looking for a meaningful experience have started to try slow dating, a modern way to court another person. Infact, If you’re ready for a serious twosome that could be “the twosome”, here’s what you need to know about slow dating.
To be Continued………..
By Emmanuel Osei Akoto
