This isn't a direct example, but when my first husband and I got engaged, on Christmas, he was dragging his feet about calling his parents to tell them (they live in Italy). When he finally did call, he didn't say anything about our engagement, because, he said, his sister also announced her engagement that day and he didn't want to take away her attention. Huh? Well, the "timing wasn't right" and "timing wasn't right" and "timing wasn't right" for 6 months until eventually I told his sister and she told their parents. They were overjoyed. However, he dragged his feet for the next 3 years about getting married, and then ended up divorcing me a month after our 1 year anniversary.

That's my story about believing that "the timing isn't right".