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"[#image: /photos/5695b50f16d0dc3747ed96ad]||||||\n\n\n\nWe've talked about [genius wedding ideas](http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/genius-wedding-ideas/), like [going swimming](http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/2008/11/genius-wedding-idea-go-swimmin.html) and [photo-booth invitations](http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/2008/09/adorable-idea-a-photobooth-wed.html). And now [Gisele and Tom Brady are engaged](http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/slaves-to-fashion/2009/01/gisele-and-tom-brady-are-engag.html)!\n\n\n\n\n\nBut what if you're head over heels in love and ready for marriage--but your man just isn't popping the question? Here, one reader tells us how she's started dropping hints...\n\n__Here's our reader's story...__\n\n\n\n\"My boyfriend and I have been dating for two years. We're madly in love and know that we want to be together for the rest of our lives. We talk about our future kids and where we'll live when we're older, and he's always saying that he wants me for all time.\n\n\n\nThe catch? He hasn't proposed yet and I'm kind of flipping. As a working woman, a feminist and a bit of a control freak, I usually plan everything in my life. And it's weird not to have any control over this enormously important part of my life...just because tradition says that the guy should propose. I mean, we're not even \"supposed\" to talk about it!\n\n\n\nSo, all of a sudden, I've turned from this strong, independent woman into a trying-to-figure-out-what-my-man-is-thinking, eyelash-batting, proposal-obsessed nut. (That's so *not* the real me, I swear!) Every time we go to a fancy dinner, I'll think, *Maybe this is it!* My friends take polls about when he'll pop the question. When I get tipsy, he'll say, \"I love you,\" and I'll say, \"But do you love me *officially*?\" We laugh, but I do want to know! I swear I'm not crazy; it's just so weird being a modern woman but not having any control over it.\n\n\n\nWell, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.\n\n\n\n__Dear readers, have you ever hinted to your man that you wanted to get married? Do you talk about marriage with your boyfriend or is it all left unspoken and secretive? I'd love to know!__\n\n\n\n*****Want more [true dating confessions](http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/true-dating-confession/)?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  * \"[I say 'I love you' way too much](http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/2008/10/true-dating-confession-i-say-i.html)\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  * \"[I'm a really chatty girlfriend](http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/2008/11/true-dating-confession-im-a-re.html)\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  * \"[I'm 18 and have never had a serious relationship](http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/2008/12/readers-dilemma-im-18-and-have.html)\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  * \"[I'm jealous of my boyfriend's exes](http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/2008/09/are-you-jealous-of-your-boyfri.html)\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  * \"[I'm worried that I'll never get married](http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/2008/12/true-dating-confession-im-worr.html)\""
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