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My boyfriend refused to marry me, but he promised his late wife.

I think you've got your order of operations mixed up.

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You make promises to the one that can still talk to you.

For context.

I have been with my boyfriend for almost two years now.

Throughout our relationship, he has been the most attentive, loving, and thoughtful partner. We share house drawers. He would buy me little gifts every now and then. He would call me every day while I'm on my way home from work. He always talks about me with his mates, etc, etc. Like, I can't even find a single irritable thing about this guy. By the way, this comes from Pione Diary. And if you want to submit your own stories stories go to the R slash okay story time subreddit.

Well, except that he won't marry me because he promised his late wife that she will be his only

wife. That is the thing we are up against. She passed away six years ago from an illness and he was

pretty effed up for about three and a half years. After lots of therapy, working on himself, he

gradually opened up and we met through a board game group. He never really spoke about her until we became serious. According to him, she was the one that made him believe in true love and the idea of his soulmate. He also claims that she has moved on, but to honor her memory and promise to her, he will never have a second wife. After we have discussed this, he has never mentioned it. Again, it's our second anniversary soon. And I'm just thinking about what I want in my life. I really like to get married. I want someone to propose to me. I want a groom with tears in his eyes as he sees me walk down the aisle. I love this man with all my heart and he has given me everything I could ever want in a husband, except he won't be my husband. Honestly, I don't know what to do. I know it's common thing for partners and it's all just paper and all, but I guess I'm a bit of a traditionalist. I feel like maybe deep down side of him, I'm still second to her. How do I navigate this? And we have some comments. The first comment comes from Annamar 69. So his late wife

made him promise at 34 that he would never marry. I would never do that to my husband. I would

want to make happy again. Good point. Does he have children? Does he want any more? Do you want them?

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