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When engagement becomes a way to avoid marriage

We have been engaged for three years and every time we try to plan the wedding something comes up and I am starting to think we are both scared to actually get married.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sometimes the promise of commitment becomes a substitute for commitment itself.

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