I know that we keep going over the same ground, but their relationship really does intrigue me. I think one of two things is going on. Either, they are really really proper smitten with each other and they genuinely (probably more him than her) just don't feel a huge need to get married and find the whole thing faintly ridiculous, and just take all the speculation with a pinch of salt. Perhaps they want to keep some things private, and it's like their own little humorous secret. Someone mentioned that Alfie's parents got married after the kids were born so I can see how that would influence your own decisions; and I guess Zoe having divorced parents might affect her feelings about it.
Second option, and this is what I am leaning towards, is that yeah, they're way too intertwined with each other and so, while neither of them has done something tangibly wrong, and nothing is alarm bell-y enough for them to have "crisis talks"... they both probably know that they are way too involved for it to be an easy break up. Living in a big house like that at such a young age is a problem. While other 20-somethings live an easy and free life, not really weighed down by too much, these two are welded down to the ground with a bleeping huge anchor to that house, and his career really does depend on her. Not only that but their joint business as well, not to mention the family ties. Getting married doesn't really compare to all the other ties they've got to each other. I went through a breakup when I was 30 and it was hard enough having the balls to get everything on the table without my whole career and brand being linked to the other person, and thousands of eyes watching. If she is anxious and he is a massive childish dick, I think it's an elephant in the room that neither of them will acknowledge. It has to all come to a head somehow.
Second option, and this is what I am leaning towards, is that yeah, they're way too intertwined with each other and so, while neither of them has done something tangibly wrong, and nothing is alarm bell-y enough for them to have "crisis talks"... they both probably know that they are way too involved for it to be an easy break up. Living in a big house like that at such a young age is a problem. While other 20-somethings live an easy and free life, not really weighed down by too much, these two are welded down to the ground with a bleeping huge anchor to that house, and his career really does depend on her. Not only that but their joint business as well, not to mention the family ties. Getting married doesn't really compare to all the other ties they've got to each other. I went through a breakup when I was 30 and it was hard enough having the balls to get everything on the table without my whole career and brand being linked to the other person, and thousands of eyes watching. If she is anxious and he is a massive childish dick, I think it's an elephant in the room that neither of them will acknowledge. It has to all come to a head somehow.
lol just shows how little she has going on in her life that her porch is that important!!!!
