I've had a couple of women tell me this on separate occasions: "if the guys is not willing to get married after a year, then it's probably not going to happen."

I've had a couple of women tell me this on separate occasions: "if the guys is not willing to get married after a year, then it's probably not going to happen." These women don't know each other. One of them learned it from her mother. Sometimes a woman's drive to bear children is very strong, and her biological clock is telling her that she doesn't have the option to wait. Finally, an ex-girlfriend told me this: "Women get married when they feel it's the right guy. Men get married when they feel it's the right time." I don't know about the women's side, but the men's side seems to hold, and the right time is about 30 years old, as most of my friends got married within a few years of each other.