Today's Question: Why?

I won't bore you with my political or religious thoughts today. I've beaten those issues to a pulp and need to relax a bit. So--I'll take today's blog to relationship issues. Lovely, yes? I know you're excited. So here is how this goes. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy drags girl along for years with the promise of forever. Boy decides when forever will take place. Boy doesn't share this information with girl. Girl gets frustrated and starts voicing frustration. Boy gets tired of hearing frustration. Still, there's no forever in sight. Why is it that social protocol outlines that man asks woman for marriage, not the other way around? Why do the guys get all in a huff and puff if the woman reverses this role and asks the man for his hand in marriage? It's ridiculous. It's the 21st century. So, my thought is this. If you are dragging your partner along, speed things up. There are a lot of things that are involved with getting married and it is simply not fair to drag your partner along--especially if your partner is a habitual PLANNER and does not like surprises in her life. Just get the ring and get it over with. The next 50 years will be bliss. (ha.)