Oh, I won't dispute your point that some relationships work out very quickly. My own boyfriend and I moved in together after two months, and we've already decided on marriage later on after I graduate and get a steady job. But then, we also know each other very well. We took the time and effort to each become comfortable with the other person to a degree that we can name off our favorite colors and foods, educational history, pretty much everything about each other, without really having to think about it. I suppose the real difference lies in how well the two people get to know each other. If your relationship moves at a fast pace and you step everything else up to match, things can work out. If you throw yourself into a relationship without really knowing the other person, that's just asking for trouble. But as this relates to the OP. I see a huge warning sign in the fact that he called her so often in such a short period of time, when he already knew she was otherwise occupied. The ONLY reason I'd find that behavior acceptable is if there were some sort of emergency that required they talk ASAP. I'm talking about a BIG emergency, like if a family member were dying or something equally horrible. Calling dozens of times within a few minutes to propose after only a week of dating.....that's not only a bit extreme, it's downright crass. I think a proposal should be done in person, or at least in a live phone conversation if the two parties live far apart. NEVER in a voicemail message.

Dude, he proposed after a week and cried and called her multiple times in a row while she was visiting friends. That's not judging. That's common sense. You have to be able to pick up on red flags like that or else you're going to end up in a lot of trouble!

Well, in most relationships, there is a dating period. I consider my boyfriend and I to have been together almost a year now, but we weren't bf/gf till last April. I wouldnt call anyone my boyfriend after a week. It's too soon and I wouldn't know enough about the person, yet.

I agree, and very well put, no one else seemed to hit the nail on the head. I don't really understand the fact that the younger people I know (and I'm not exactly old here) don't seem to have a word for casually getting to know a person through going out on dates (um, what I call dating?) but they have multiple words for levels of hardcore commitment (dating, as in being a bf/gf couple, "promised", engaged). Frankly it just makes my life complicated, as I am currently getting to know a guy to see if we want to go for a real relationship. Saying we're dating seems to be giving people the wrong idea, since, if we decide not to become a couple, there will be no drama and no breakup, just stopping going out, and I don't consider him my bf yet, but on the other hand saying we're friends is pretty insulting to him. I'm sure someone will say something like "labels don't matter", "follow your heart", etc, etc, etc.... in advance I say, I see your point, but he's taking me to a NYE party in my hometown with my friends, and he is from another state, so I will be introducing him all night long as my ...? I mean, once or twice you can get away with "This is Joe", but after a while he is going to notice. While my general theory on relationships is to be completely honest about everything, it's hard in this case because it's hard to ask what we are to one another/how he wants to be introduced without having the commitment conversation, which it is SO not time for. Doesn't calling someone your bf/gf right away just lead to more breakups? That's gotta suck.