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December 6, 2011

SCAM ALERT! The Infamous Relationship Timeline Ultimatum

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Written by: Victor Purcell
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 SCAM ALERT! The Infamous Relationship Timeline Ultimatum

Women are beautiful, strong, and delicate creatures. It hurts my heart, my soul AND my loins that many of our girlfriends/woman/etc. have been led astray, bamboozled, duped and have fallen prey to one of the biggest scams in modern day history…The Infamous Relationship Timeline Ultimatum.

I feel that it is my duty to express some things that many “Smugger Gentlemen” want to say to their women. Some of us haven’t fully grasped what the issue is yet so hopefully this will help you gentlemen out a little.

A lot of women put time constraints on a relationship with the expectations that a man will “cave and wife her” based on a timeline she established for him…MISTAKE! Of course you have your dirt bag boyfriends and immature grownup boyfriends, but this observation is primarily intended for the mature to semi-mature boyfriend (insert definition here). In reality, a lot of women don’t realize that setting an artificial timeline/ultimatum for a man is a risky move that will only risk her having to start from scratch or at the least stagnate progression because of misguided focus. In reality, this may set her back a few more years. 

SUGGESTION TO WOMEN: Put some serious time and effort into figuring out what you can do to make your man comfortable enough to move on to the next step. Men usually take the lead in terms of trying to please and impress a woman early on in the game and it sets precedence for failure sometimes. If woman focus more on “learning their man” aka what makes him tick, what he likes, what he doesn’t like, how to supplement his weaknesses, what makes him proud, etc…then they may have more success with this timeline thing. Think about this; if a woman claims to be ready for her man to make the “next step”, he apparently is satisfactory in her eyes…so why does he not feel the same? ANSWER: He may FEEL THE SAME, but she hasn’t put enough effort into showing him WHY he feels this way.

Men are not perfect (duh) but they are fully capable of knowing “a woman’s worth”… but you have to show us to make us believe you are “The Last Mohegan”. It is perfectly normal to have relationship expectations and life goals as woman, BUT don’t think a man will just marry you off default (unless he is a weirdo LoL).


 SCAM ALERT! The Infamous Relationship Timeline Ultimatum



About the Author

Victor Purcell
Victor Purcell
Victor is a co-founder and marketing director of The Smugger. He is a problem-solver with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. From developing marketing campaigns and revenue strategy to producing music for digital media content, his blend of creative and business expertise allows him to play a dynamic role at The Smugger.




  • http://www.youtube.com/ZaeSavant Zae Savant

    Much respect to the Author of this article a one Victor Purcell, This is only going to be understood by those who truly want to be happy in their relationship. Those who understand its a 2 way street and that there is nothing wrong with taking your time…. Doesnt mean take forever, but it means allow yourself and your mate to be ready for the next step. Preciate you being our voice brother.

  • http://www.twitter.com/hesmug Jeff Toliver

    I couldn’t have said it better myself my boi..lol..but on a serious note, I held this exact conversation with a lady friend of mine a few days ago. I asked her why a woman (whom is in a great relationship w/ minimal problemos) would break up with w man that they have been with for, lets say 2-3 years, if he has not thrown a ring on her finger yet…

    I just don’t fully understand it…a woman’s way of thinking in regards to this whole marriage thing i mean. If the relationship is great, but he is just not exactly ready to be married just yet, why would you end the relationship? It may have only been 1 more year and he would have thrown a rock on you the size of Beyonce’s pregnant stomach lol… but instead a woman will end a perfectly great relationship, risk being single for at least 1 year minimum, be in a new relation that will last another 2-3 years on average before that man even pops the dig question, and then have a 1 year engagement before the Big Day… that’s adding at least 4-5 years to her so called “time-line” lmao…

    SN: i wish this was FB so i could click the like button on what i just wrote..lmao.. #POW

  • http://www.TheSmugger.com Victor Purcell

    We have to change the comments to the Facebook plugin

  • http://www.TheSmugger.com Victor Purcell

    Zaus and Jeff, I don’t think most people realize how important this is…but if nobody speaks up, how will they know? This would reduce the divorce rate if both parties focused on actually learning the person they are with.