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Every time someone doesn't want to get married to their partner, even when their partner has been with them for years, is in a stable and happy relationship, and *wants* to be married... I always end up sensing commitment issues...

Let's be honest -- if you think you're going to stay with your partner for the rest of your life, you may as well *get* married. (At least if you're living in the US). There's a lot of clear tax benefits, social security benefits, financial benefits, and medical emergency benefits that come from being married.

In fact, there are only 2 really good reasons *not* to get married, if you're in a very stable, long-term relationship:

1) One or both partners has a moral/legal/political bone to pick with the concept of marriage; or

2) One or both partners wants a relatively easy "out," in case the relationship doesn't work out. Breaking up is hard enough for anyone in a multi-year relationship; getting a divorce is even *more* terrifying. The spectre of alimony haunts many commitment-resistant people.

Your partner seems to want to say that he's in Slot 1. It's up to you to decide if that's it truly.
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