News flash!
That your relationship will never lead to marriage!
Yo yo yo, I’m just kidding.
On a more serious note though, not every relationship will lead to marriage.
Although it’s a hard and bitter pill to swallow, but it’s the truth.
There are several factors that can contribute to a relationship not ending in happily ever after.
In this article, we’ll discuss the signs your relationship will never lead to marriage.
Let’s get right to it.
8 Signs Your Relationship Will Never Lead To Marriage
1. Your partner is taking long to make marriage plans
I recently came across an anonymous message on Facebook.
It was written by an embittered lady who was jilted by her long-time lover.
According to her, they dated for four years and he broke up with her when she began to pester him about their marriage plans.
She said that he proposed to, and started making wedding plans in earnest with his new woman barely eight months after their breakup.
One thing that’s evident in her story and its likes is that everyone knows what they want.
And they don’t waste time to make a move whenever they see exactly what they want.
So, if your partner is taking forever to propose, they might not see you as the one.
You might be getting excuses such as ‘they’re waiting for the click’.
If you pressure them too much or are unlucky to be with a wicked person, they’ll propose to you and tie you down with an engagement ring.
You’ll remain a fiancée for years, automatically bagging the tag, ‘Lord of the rings’.
Whenever you ask for their plans about a wedding, they never run out of excuses.
Can you relate?
Unfortunately, that relationship will never lead to marriage.
2. The relationship has no potentials
If a relationship has no potentials, it’ll likely never lead to marriage.
This type of relationship is based solely on friendship and doesn’t have any hope of being more.
For instance, one or both of the people who are involved are not interested in being intimate or sexual.
They just want to be great friends.
Being anything more than just friends will ruin the relationship.
So that’s where it ends – as just a relationship.
3. Your partner says that they do not want to get married
Sometimes, the signs you’re looking for are staring at you right in the face.
They’re not hidden but you’re probably blinded by emotions to see or make sense of them.
One of the clear signs your relationship will never lead to marriage is that your partner says that they do not want to get married.
If your partner points it out repeatedly that they’re not interested in getting married, it is what it is.
It’ll be in your best interest to move on from the relationship and seek happiness and companionship with someone else who shares your dream of settling down someday.
That’s if you desire marriage in the long run.
Don’t wait around for your current partner to change their mind and stance on marriage.
They likely won’t as they’re an adult and know exactly what they want.
So, no matter how perfect they may appear, or how well they treat you, it’s time to leave them and move on with your life.
Sad but true.
4. One or both of you are unwilling to compromise
It takes two to tango.
The success of every relationship and marriage depends largely on the ability of the couple to bend for or meet each other halfway.
There’s no monopoly of thoughts, opinions and decisions in marriage.
As such, a partner who is not willing to compromise has no business being in a relationship or even getting married.
Well, except if their partner is a robot.
Lol.
5. Your partner doesn’t take marriage seriously
There are people who do not take the institution of marriage seriously.
As such, they treat it as one of those official shenanigans and see no need to make things official.
Such people are usually championing the cause of cohabitation without marriage.
In their opinion, why should one go through the stress and expenses of getting married when one can have it all by simply cohabiting?
These set of people forget that there are rules to everything.
If anyone desires the joy of companionship and raising a family, they need to follow due process to achieve it.
However, we listen but we don’t judge.
So, just like everyone else, they’re entitled to their opinion.
Dating someone with this mindset equals waiting endlessly for a marriage that will never happen.
6. Your partner wants to keep living like they’re single
I know a lady who turned down her boyfriend’s marriage proposal.
When the buzz died down and she could talk about it calmly, she revealed the reason for her action.
According to her, her boyfriend puts everything else before her and their relationship – his friends, work, etc.
He always said that getting married or being in a relationship will not change the way he lives his life.
Obviously, he wanted to keep living like a single man even in marriage.
She said that he was living out his wishes in the relationship.
She’d make plans for romantic dates and outings, and he’ll either cancel on her or stand her up.
He preferred to hang out with his friends and go clubbing than devote some alone time to her and their relationship.
The marriage proposal came to her as a surprise especially because he never valued her or the relationship.
She wasn’t ready to be taken for granted forever.
There are certain commitments and sacrifices that come with being in a relationship or getting married.
If one wants to keep having all the ‘single privileges’ when one is with someone, then, one has no business being in a relationship or getting married.
You can’t eat your cake and have it.
7. Having an immature partner
An immature partner in a romantic relationship is like a flat tyre – you can never go far with the person.
Perhaps you’re dealing with someone who do not have a mind of their own.
As a result, they cannot make decisions and take action by themselves.
Instead, they depend largely on and allow other people such as their parents and other loved ones make decisions for them and have binding opinions in their lives.
Honestly, being in a relationship with an immature person can be very frustrating.
Let’s say a couple decide to take certain steps for their success and wellbeing.
It’s very disappointing for one of them to turn around and oppose everything they’ve planned simply because a parent, sibling, or friend thinks otherwise.
No one wants to put up with such mental, emotional, and physical torture for a lifetime.
Even a desperate person who rushes into marriage with such a person will equally rush out because they can’t endure or deal with such gross immaturity.
8. You both want different things in marriage
The importance of the saying, ‘communication is key’ cannot be overemphasized in any relationship.
Every relationship begins with communication.
It’s only ideal to service the relationship constantly with communication too.
If you plan to get serious with someone who you’re dating, there are some questions you should ask and things you should know about them.
You need to be sure that you’re on the same page with them on the weightier matters of marriage.
Such things include the desire to have children, the number of children to bear, how to take care of housechores, how to contribute to the home expenses, running a joint account, location to settle and build a home, among others.
If a couple are not on the same page for these things mentioned above, proceeding with the marriage will be a disaster.
This is because these important things are the foundation of every marriage.
If they don’t see eye-to-eye on these topics, I doubt they’ll make any progress when they get married.
It’s one of the signs your relationship will never lead to marriage.
