Help this frustrated lady:'Why should I act like a wife if he won't marry me?'

 

He is so unwilling to marry me

My boyfriend and I have been together for six years. I would love to get married, but it looks like that’s never going to happen. He’s just not interested in marriage.

I love him very much and I don’t doubt that he feels the same way about me, but this marriage thing is always at the forefront of my mind and I feel hurt by his unwillingness to commit.

I think part of the problem is that we live together and I’m tired of playing the “wife” without actually being a wife.

As a result, he’s recently had to pick up the slack at home, doing things like housework, cooking, grocery shopping, and laundry. I haven’t said so, but I feel like I’m on strike.

I’m beginning to think that we shouldn’t be living together if he won’t consider marrying me. I want to move into my own space and continue to date him, but I don’t know how to say so without him thinking that I’m leaving him. Please help.