My boyfriend and I have been together for almost a year. We have been talking about getting married, buying a house, moving in together, etc. However, it has been a year already, my birthday, thanksgiving, Christmas, and new years all passed and no ring! I couldn't take it anymore and I brought it up to him saying that we have been together for a year now, we have said the year is our mark, we have even talked about how many children we want together and there is no proposal. He says he is waiting until the end of January (this month) to receive his bonus from work so he can afford the ring. However, we haven't been ring shopping, he has made no mention of getting engaged, etc. Is he stringing me along, or do you think he is really going to follow through with this? Am i being impatient, or do you think that there should at least be tell tale signs of this happening? Please help!