DEAR ABBY: I have been with the same man for 17 years. I would like to get married, but he is not saying anything. What should I do? -- STILL SINGLE IN NEWARK, N.J.
DEAR STILL SINGLE: You have been incredibly patient to have waited this long for a proposal of marriage. Tell him it's time the two of you tied the knot. If he gives you an argument, perhaps it's time for you to consider whether you're better off with him or without him.