If it's a long term relationship, then surely it means the two people involved are heading for marriage anyway? hmm if it were me, i'd just wait out the extra year or so, [i mean if you've survived this long without doing it -presumably] and then well the marriage should survive if you had a longterm relationship before it shouldn't it ?
Yea long term relationships are pretty much the same as marriage [if 'long' is like ...4yrs minimum imo]. I just don't want to leave room for regret later, that's all.