<human>: As the title says, I broke up with my bf whom I love very much because he wants a 1.5 year engagement period after dating for so long (he hasn't proposed yet either - I think he's planning on doing it early next year). Another reason I broke up with him is because I'm PANICKING - I'm turning 30 in a year! But I suppose I wouldn't care about being unmarried to my boyfriend of a decade at 30 if there was a good reason for it. He literally has no reason to offer other than "I need to plan".

It seems to me that if he actually wanted to marry me it wouldn't be this hard to get married. He quit his high paying job for a riskier venture within a week of deciding to, so he can certainly be decisive when he wants to.

I'm having a hard time dealing with all my friends and family giving me those looks of pity and worry - like I'm pathetic enough to be with someone who I have to chase after so much.

I feel like I'll be fine being single and meeting someone new to date and being 30 while that happened if I knew that the person wouldn't drag things out and want to date forever before making the decision to marry (can someone help me out with what I'm trying to articulate here?).

I guess I'm just asking for perspective. Did I do the right thing? I don't want to talk to anyone I know because I don't really want them to think negatively of him etc. So I would really appreciate any feedback/thoughts/anecdotes/words of support.

Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: boyfriend of 7 years won't propose and wants a 1.5 year engagement period after he does. I broke up with him. Did I do the right thing?