<human>: This could be perceived as an essay here so please be patient. :)

Well, me and my boyfriend have been together since he was 20 and I was 19 (we are 7 months apart) and we have done absolutely everything together. He is the love of my life and the guy I want to spend the rest of my life with. We live together and pretty much do everything together and we never get sick of each other. 

For about a year now we have had occasional conversations on marriage. He used to very hesitant on marriage when I first met him because "it hasn't worked for any of my family, why will it work for me?". However, the other night he wanted me to look for something in his bedside draw and while scrummaging around looking for it I saw an odd looking box, badly my curiosity got the better of me and I looked in and it was a beautiful ring, I didn't bring it up because in case it actually wasn't an engagement ring and in fact just a family heirloom. (His grandma has recently died and she left him something which he never told me about). 

Now I don't want to ask him about it and put him under pressure but I am ready for it to happen. We both have steady jobs and he owns his own house. However I am going crazy thinking about it because I'm so excited at even the thought of the possibility of it. I don't know how to suggest something to provoke the thought in his mind? Redditers what is your opinion?

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<bot>: been with my boyfriend 5 years, been talking about marriage, got told to look for something found potential engagement ring, what should I do