If a man says he wants a long-term relationship, does it mean he's focused on marriage? (Page 2)

[Likes2drive]

I’m looking for a long term relationship but not necessarily marriage but I wouldn’t totally take it out of the equation if I found the right person

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Not necessarily, It means long-term relationship. Marriage means marriage.

[AviatorTom]

Possibly thinking marriage, or he may just want a monogamous dating relationship, nothing more.

[anon1903]

Men generally weary of the notion of marriage so no, not necessarily. Like other people have already commented, he's into stability and monogamy.

[ohmyguy]

No.., it means he is wanting to settle down... he wants to be with a woman long term... marriage could be on the table... but not.. top teer priority... only if it's guaranteed to be for better than it's dictated to be on paper...

[WhitneySnow]

Not always. He might want a long term partner but never want to get married. Or he might be lying.

[Joshydavid25]

More times than not it's probably safe to say he may need that.. But you never know these days.. A lot of younger people seem to be marriage adverse..

[Yannae]

No. If you really want to know if a guy is interested into marriage you can ask up front. It's a very important topic. A make it or break it. Just like kids or no kids.

[nawtee_me]

Guy code 101:
Relationship means sex, long term means more than friends with benefits so you are not having sex with someone else too.
If it were marriage he wanted he would talk about marriage specifically.

[XXTruthfulOgrexx]

No, means he wants someone around but no permanent legal commitment.

[exitseven]

Not necessarily. I would think if he has been married before it might give him pause about doing it again.

[sage2021]

@exitseven
Yeah, it's called men-o-pause 😂🤗

[exitseven]

@sage2021 hahahaha too funny.

[Orangekiss]

Most long-term relationships refer to being married. So I would say yes.

[Simslover92]

Nope. He may just want a long term relationship without ever getting married.

[ColHathi]

I don't really like marriage. They're expensive, make me anxious, and I think they're needless.

[Twalli]

He's willing to see if it will lead to marriage. He wants to find his soul mate, so he won't stop dating you when the excitement of a new relationship ends.

[Ironco]

I would say no, he just found somebody he wants to be monogamous with and doesn't necessarily want to get married. But that's coming from an old man... lol

[A-John-W]

As with all things it depends on the person saying it; But that's what I would mean, yeah

As an aside, I don't really understand people who are looking for a 'relationship' that isn't long term?

[Jamie05rhs]

It depends. Some guys are fakers.

But if he means it, then yes. Unless he just wants to cohabitate.

[Massageman]

Simple solution - ask what he defines as "one-term".

[Nikki1989]

Yes, that is usually what it means.