To Every one firstly, Hello! this is my first of mainy posts to come.
tina1981:- Firstly, please be aware that although anyone can give advice on matters of the heart but mostly that adviced will have been shaped by personal experiances.
These experiances will have been between two (or sometimes more) other people with completely different lifestyles, financial situations etc etc..
So, these people will not only be bias in their opinions but you must also understand that these people are not you or the person that you are with.
My advice is, it is down to you to decide if this person is going to be compatible with you and your family, if you truely love this person and want a life with them. If the answer to these is yes then start calling him up on ALL of the promises. I suspect that very soon his frequency of promises will dramatically diminish.
When he talks of a week-end away, pursue it with him, look at how much it will cost, how you will get there etc and start actually planning it together.
If after all of this you still feel like the situation hasn't improved then take a serious look at whether this really is the right huy for you.