My Boyfriend of 9 Years Said He’d Put a Ring on My Finger When I Acted like Wife Material – I Didn’t Argue, but the Next Morning, He Stared and Murmured, ‘You… You Can’t Do This to Me!’

“So when is he going to propose?” my friends kept asking.

“It’ll happen when it happens,” I always said.

I almost opened it. But I pictured Simon down on one knee, and I didn’t want to ruin it for him. So I slid the box back into his pocket, fixed my face, and went back to the table.

“Why are you smiling like that?” Simon asked.

“Like what?”

“Maybe I do.”

His father looked between us. “Oh, God. Are we finally doing this?”

“Doing what?” Simon asked.

His father raised his glass. “At this rate, you two are going to beat your mother and me for the longest engagement without actually being engaged.”

Everyone laughed. I looked at Simon. Here we go.

Instead, he leaned back in his chair. “Why would I rush into marriage when I’ve already got everything I need?”