Lena Dunham reveals why she's STILL not ready to walk down the aisle with Jack Antonoff... despite previous intentions to wed once same-sex marriage became legal nationwide

Many expected her to walk down the aisle after same-sex couples won the right to marry nationwide by the US Supreme Court on June 26.

But as of now, Lena Dunham has revealed her surprising decision not to marry longtime boyfriend Jack Antonoff in a new essay penned for The New Yorker on Friday.

The 29-year-old Girls star explains her complicated thought process about further postponing a nuptial ceremony, in which she recalled telling her 31-year-old musician beau: 'Let's not talk about marriage for a while.'

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Hold off the wedding bells: Lena Dunham revealed her surprising decision not to marry longtime boyfriend Jack Antonoff in a new essay penned for The New Yorker on Friday

Hold off the wedding bells: Lena Dunham revealed her surprising decision not to marry longtime boyfriend Jack Antonoff in a new essay penned for The New Yorker on Friday

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The Girls star both blended in with the carpet and looked like she was getting ready for Valentine's Day in this racy shade of red. We love her satin dress, which featured a deep V-shaped back and a dramatic dipped hem.

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Lena was one of the most outspoken activists in support of legalizing same-sex marriage in the States, even going as far as boycotting marriage until every human was given the right.

'I liked that our anti-marriage plan wasn't absolute, and that it teased at a brighter future for all (a future where I might get to wear the fluffy white dress),' she wrote about her wedding fever.

'Soon after, another kind of text started to trickle in: "Now you can get married!" "Hello, bride to be" "So, when's the wedding??"' the actress fondly remembered after the Court decision.

Her joy was overshadowed with thoughts of second guessing her stance on wedlock, as she explained: 'We were exposed, vulnerable to marriage's strange power once more.

Working Girl: The 29-year-old actress shared this photo on her Instagram page after the essay was published online

Working Girl: The 29-year-old actress shared this photo on her Instagram page after the essay was published online

'Had a perfectly earnest moral and political stance actually been a convenient stalling tactic?' 

As Lena recollected, Jack felt no immediacy, 'because, as a man, his entire life has not been shaped by a desire for, or a rejection of, a fluffy white dress.'

In fact, she was the first one to bring up the idea of deferring their future nuptials.

'I held Jack's hand and said, "Let's not talk about marriage for a while, O.K.?" He looked grateful and relieved. I felt unburdened but sad. The subject wasn't particularly loaded for him. It never would be.' 

No marriage license yet: 'I held Jack's hand and said, "Let's not talk about marriage for a while, O.K.?" He looked grateful and relieved. I felt unburdened but sad. The subject wasn't particularly loaded for him. It never would be' (pictured on April 12)

No marriage license yet: 'I held Jack's hand and said, "Let's not talk about marriage for a while, O.K.?" He looked grateful and relieved. I felt unburdened but sad. The subject wasn't particularly loaded for him. It never would be' (pictured on April 12)

Lovebirds: The couple have been dating since 2012 

Lovebirds: The couple have been dating since 2012 

'Immediate and all-consuming regret': Dunham now rues her decision to suggestively tweeting about marriage after same-sex couples won the right to marry nationwide by the US Supreme Court on June 26

'Immediate and all-consuming regret': Dunham now rues her decision to suggestively tweeting about marriage after same-sex couples won the right to marry nationwide by the US Supreme Court on June 26

Poignant commentary: 'Had a perfectly earnest moral and political stance actually been a convenient stalling tactic?' (pictured on May 28)

Poignant commentary: 'Had a perfectly earnest moral and political stance actually been a convenient stalling tactic?' (pictured on May 28)

That being said, wedding bells are not entirely off the table for the couple of three years, and remains a definite maybe.

'I have the professional luxury of wearing at least three fluffy dresses a year. One of them could be white if I wanted it to be,' she continued. 

'The fact is that wanting everyone to have the right to marry and wanting to be married are two very different things. I am not foolish enough to think I have made a final decision about marriage.' 

Adding: 'But it turns out that what I was waiting for was not the chance to marry but the chance to think about marriage on an even playing field, in a world where its relevance is a little harder to question and its essence a little harder to reject.'

Out and about: The star pictured on Friday in NYC

Out and about: The star pictured on Friday in NYC

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