[Poohbah]

So he finds a woman who's willing to wait for marriage, but HE isn't willing to commit after dating and abstaining for six months.

I usually advise my friend to date for a year before getting engaged.

[hellinahandcart]

I never said they should get engaged (formally) after six months, but she needed assurance that they weren't going to be Friends Forever and that all the abstaining would be to a purpose, someday.

He couldn't give her that, and probably should have known his feelings weren't equal to hers a lot earlier on.