With Valentine's Day fast approaching, many may be hoping their partner is preparing to get down on one knee.
But for some, it will be a much longer wait than expected.
Men opened up through secret-sharing app Whisper to reveal the reasons they were reluctant to pop the question, with many revealing it wasn't a matter of time - they just didn't intend to at all, according to Daily Mail.
![Photo / Whisper](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6GA562UPJWTNMCJSIVJSWZD4LM.jpg?auth=f1c904d9b639e579c196fffd28c2bf026bf9d1a1174dcafecd4aa224fe972ed7&width=16&height=16&quality=70&smart=true)
"As soon as you're married, it goes downhill", one user wrote, implying it wasn't so much his partner that was the problem but the institution.