She[19/f] wants to be engaged, but I'm[21/m] not ready for it and now we're fighting over it.

Believe me, she isn't ready either. She is caught up in the romance and excitement of a being young and having a partner, but doesn't even know who she is herself, yet. At 19, the adult world is new to us and we have to set our sets on finishing the job of growing up. Her emotional maturity and life experience, her ability to navigate the hard times and not destroy her relationship, her future career aspirations - none of this is in place at 19.

If she loves you, she will wait until you are both mature enough, have your education done and your careers settled before you get married.

Don't let her mistake a wedding for a marriage. The first is a party, the latter is the day to day hard work of being the best you can be for your partner. Right now, she is not demonstrating that she is capable of that.

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