This might seem like no big deal, but placing a little space between the two of you can help. Give him a sense that you’re not 100% happy in the relationship – but don’t start any quarrels. Don’t be rude or adverse. Be nice, be yourself, just become a little remote. Sometimes when a guy thinks that you’re okay with just being his lover, instead of his wife, he won’t make any move to commit. You should send some signals to him that you’re not going to be just his girlfriend forever.

2.  See Him Only Once or Twice a Week for a Few Weeks

Often a man needs to get the chance to miss you. If you’re always accessible, he might start taking you for granted. When I was a child my father had to travel often for his job. Since he wasn’t at home all the time, I remember it being a huge deal to me whenever he was around.This is how your boyfriend should feel about you: He should enjoy the fact that you’re there.

3.  Go on a Trip With Girlfriends

Take a weekend or even a week-long vacation with your friends. Sometimes this will really do the trick to remind him you have a happy, full life without him. When he sees photos of you on Facebook travelling and having a great time, that will really make him miss you. Think of Sofia Vergara and Nick Loeb. They split, and then she went on vacation with her girlfriends. She was shot in bikinis on the beach, smiling and looking happier than ever. What happened a little later? Their publicist announced that they were engaged.

4.  Ask What His Objectives Are

Well, if he just can’t get the hint, based to relationship experts Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider, you will have to bring it up. In fact, they say that if you’ve been dating for two years or more and he hasn’t brought up the subject of your future together, you should bring it up. This is the only way that you’ll know for sure if he wants to be your husband and the father of your children.

In ‘Not Your Mother’s Rules: the New Secrets for Dating, Fein and Schneider say that after two years, you can ask him nicely, ‘Where do you see this going?’
If he says that he plans to marry you and that you’ll get engaged ‘soon’, that’s a good sign. The book goes on to say that if he makes a statement like that, give him six months to a year to produce an involvement ring and begin setting a date for the wedding.