Thank you for your advice. I definitely feel like things are coming to a make or break point. It is just so confusing. I have asked him point blank if he is truly committed to this, I have told him point blank that if this isn't going to end in marriage he needs to tell me, so that I can leave. He has never said he doesn't want to get married, so it is all the more frustrating. I told him not to string me along, and that I have given him 8 years, but I won't give him 9. I've made my terms crystal clear, and he hasn't led me to believe otherwise. However, my patience is weening significantly.