...that's up to the man and woman involved .

Your point is invalid.

If you don't want cohabitation, then marriage is the inevitable thing in a serious, very long term relationship. If you're dating for more than half a decade, it's not unreasonable for your partner to want to take that next step.

You're obviously not in love with her and are just stringing her along

Lol, just break up with her, you guys wont last anyway, she'll cheat on a goon like you

...the next step is engagement and marriage not cohabitation .

Do you have slow internet?

Your 50 year old message just posted now in 2016.

...the message is much older than 50 years .

Are you still so childish that you prefer your douche bag friends to your girlfriend? If that's the case cut it off with her because obviously she cares about you more than you do her.

You'll probably end up regretting the decisions you make now, a good life-long partner is really the greatest accomplishment anyone can achieve.

Here's an actual scenario, happened to one of my aunties' father.

2 Guys grow up in Malaysia during a war, they were teachers together and are still good friends.
Both go on to have families, but very different focuses in life.
1 becomes a multi-billionaire (one of the richest in Malaysia) and the other simply continues his relatively humble existence as a teacher.

The one who gets super rich (Mr Rolls Royce, people actually call him that) doesn't spend time with his family, he has bankers and business partners around all the time.
His kids went to the best schools and are given everything money can buy.
He thought he had the better life until it came time for him to retire and pass the company down to his son.
Everyone who he thought was his friends were really only hanging around with him for his money and business.

The other guy was the best and most encouraging teacher, father and husband anyone could ask for - he lived solely for them.
Even in his retirement, students from 50-60 years ago invite him to events and fly him around the world because they admire him so much.

Mr Rolls Royce's only true friend was also his old teaching buddy, his children don't even care for him.
He said to his old friend "You are the richer man, I'm so lonely, my whole life I only cared about making money and now I have no one. Even my family only care about the money"

Moral of the story is that it is much more fulfilling to live for the people around you than to be well-off and unloved.

LOL

i rly dont get this point, why you have to move on and try to take the "next step" in your relationship?

to marry someone isnt necessary in our modern live.
its a lifestyle that you get exemplified by the media and other ppl who think it is the only right way to go.

why ppl dont get their own sake? everyone is try to get the same, as they get told to be.

Force her to have anal sex 3 times a week in exchange