Something I've Heard...

He proposed to her, but it's not like it was only his idea. She wanted it to happen as well. So why is it that he is being blamed for ruining her life?

I heard through a mutual acquaintance that her mother doesn't understand how "he" could do this to "her". That she should be free to date other people. That he shouldn't be holding her back, that she has a life to live other than waiting for him.

Well, this was their decision. Not his decision. I know my son well enough to understand that he wouldn't have asked her to marry him if it wasn't what she wanted as well.

With this kind of pressure from the "home front" the next year may be a little tough on her and through her tough on him as well.