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"OK, I don&amp;amp;#8217;t want to freak out or anything, but it might be a bad sign of things to come for a couple when their relationship is sort of at a standstill for a little too long. Let me explain. Alison Pill and Jay Baruchel met in December 2010, announced their engagement in 2011&amp;amp;#133; and then things kind of stopped moving along after that until they just stopped altogether. Sources say the couple had planned to tie the knot in September 2012, but it never happened. About a month ago Jay was quoted saying, &amp;quot;Unfortunately, we&amp;#x27;re two busy people who are intrinsically lazy. So in our free time the last thing we want to do is book flights and organize hotel rooms for people.&amp;quot; He said that the wedding would &amp;quot;happen at some point.&amp;quot; But now, after a two-year-long engagement, the couple&amp;amp;#8217;s decided to call it quits, Us Weekly confirms. Jay tweeted about the breakup shortly after Valentine&amp;amp;#8217;s Day before it was officially announced, saying, &amp;amp;#8220;Alone again, naturally. Heartbroken. I won&amp;#x27;t be on twitter for awhile gang. Getting dumped rules.&amp;quot; (He then deleted the tweet). Boo, I really liked them together. So, it kind of makes you wonder. Is it ever a bad sign if a couple is taking a little too long to take the next steps in their relationship or putting off already planned milestones (engagement, moving in, wedding, etc.)? I personally know some couples that have been together for over four years who aren&amp;#x27;t living together, not planning on &amp;quot;moving forward&amp;quot; anytime soon, and are 100 percent happy together. Plus, there&amp;#x27;s April cover girl Kate Hudson&amp;amp;#8217;s momma, Goldie Hawn, who&amp;#x27;s been dating Kurt Russell for 30 years and still doesn&amp;#x27;t have a ring on her finger. But they&amp;amp;#8217;re also very committed and have a clear direction for their relationship, even if that doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t include walking down the aisle. How do you guys feel about this? I feel like it&amp;amp;#8217;s such a tricky subject and it definitely depends on the couple. Maybe sometimes going the traditional route isn&amp;#x27;t everything? I think that as long as you and your partner have a clear idea of what you both want out of your relationship long-term (and you&amp;amp;#8217;re both on the same page), you&amp;amp;#8217;re probably safe to analyze which milestones you&amp;amp;#8217;re hitting together, which you&amp;amp;#8217;re happy to skip over or postpone, and which just aren&amp;amp;#8217;t going to happen. But if you get engaged, set a date, and then never ever plan the wedding (no matter how busy you are!), it might not be a great sign. Just saying. Photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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