In today's Dear Annie column, Annie Lane hears from a reader who got tired of waiting for a proposal and now wonders if a woman should ever propose to a man.

He said he’d need to “see what his finances look like” -- and then a week later, he broke up with me via text.

After nine years of waiting for him to propose, I finally decided to take matters into my own hands and popped the question myself. His response? He said he’d need to “see what his finances look like” -- and then a week later,