How long were you with your SO before you got engaged?

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  • LovingLisa2012
    LovingLisa2012 Posts: 775 Member
    tech, he asked b4 we met in person .. but once I moved in with him, (within a couple weeks) we were talking about it, and I said it wasn't official since it was over the phone, so he got down on 1 knee and asked me .. (that was almost 13 years ago and we have been married 11 years)
  • jolinemariem
    jolinemariem Posts: 462 Member
    i was with mine for 2 years before i was engaged. .....then married about 6 months later we have been married for almost 3 years and i am 23
  • xoEmmyBxo
    xoEmmyBxo Posts: 10
    I know this wont help but my best friends parents were dating for 6 weeks then got engaged , then married and like 25years later still happy as anything .... they were in there late 30s though!!
  • bpetlock
    bpetlock Posts: 109
    I was with my husband for two years before he proposed. But every couple is different of course. Have you asked him how he feels about this? I didn't read through the thread so forgive me if you have already answered this question. I hope that all works out for you!
  • chachita7
    chachita7 Posts: 996 Member
    We never got engaged, we married 30 days after we started dating (if that is what you can call what we were doing, I think the correct term is hanging out, lol)
  • mrs_schultz2012
    mrs_schultz2012 Posts: 395 Member
    we were dating for 7 years before he proposed...getting married in September :)
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    we have been together for 3 1/2 years and are not engaged or living together.
  • blueroses_78
    blueroses_78 Posts: 85
    I was with my first SO for 5 years before we got married. We divorced 6 years later. I was with my current SO for 2 years before we got engaged, and we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary this past May.
  • SaraBelle0312
    SaraBelle0312 Posts: 328 Member
    My husband and I were together 5 months before we got engaged and married 2 months after that. I am still a newlywed been married for almost 4 months now. But I KNOW he is the one <3
  • FreedomReigns
    FreedomReigns Posts: 195 Member
    Exactly two months! And got married 6 months later! We have been married for 12 years now and have four amazing kids!
  • Kitten2629
    Kitten2629 Posts: 1,358 Member
    I proposed to my husband 1 year into the relationship. He re-proposed a year later b/c he felt the man was supposed to do it. We didn't get married until year 4.
  • missikay1970
    missikay1970 Posts: 588 Member
    we moved-in together 7 months after we met. we got engaged 6 months later. we got married 8 months after that. so total, we were together for 1 year and 9 months before we got married. we were 21 when we got married. that was 20 years ago :smile:
  • Im_NotPerfect
    Im_NotPerfect Posts: 2,181 Member
    We were together for 9 months when we got engaged (living together for 6 months) and got married 2 years later. We waited 2 years because at the same time we got engaged, we also bought a house. Expenses were tight that first year...been together for 12 years, married for 10 now.
  • Ejwelton
    Ejwelton Posts: 331 Member
    We moved in together after 6 months, got engaged after 7 years, and married almost exactly a year after the proposal.
    Just celebrated our second wedding anniversary.
  • rsdgirl
    rsdgirl Posts: 241 Member
    about 18 days, i know its fast but weve been together for 7.5 years now and married for 4.5 years :)
  • MrsORourke
    MrsORourke Posts: 315 Member
    7 months. It's been a whirlwind! A fantastic whirlwind!!
  • vick9180
    vick9180 Posts: 144 Member
    I knew my boyfriend for 10 years before we became a couple, we've been together for 6 1/2 years and got engaged about 4 weeks ago.
  • ashreynolds09
    ashreynolds09 Posts: 257 Member
    We had been together for about 3 years ...and 2 kids... before my DH proposed to me....then we were engaged for 10 months before we just went to the courthouse and tied the knot (no family!)
  • Barbellsandthimbles
    Barbellsandthimbles Posts: 205 Member
    6 Glorious months! Married 6 months later...No, wasn't pregnant. I was 28, he was 34 and we knew what we wanted and what we were looking for. At least, I did. He's stuck with me now! hahaha...Next Jan we'll have been married 9 years.
  • GretchenReine
    GretchenReine Posts: 1,374 Member
    We were dating maybe a month before we started discussing marriage. We just knew!
  • roseombre
    roseombre Posts: 7 Member
    Love your pugs!
  • cici1028
    cici1028 Posts: 799 Member
    Friends since we were 15 but we started dating when I was 19. I was with him 4.5 years before we got engaged. We had already been living together for three years at that point. We got married two years later (6.5 years) and then bought a house after that. I know it seems like everyone is getting engaged but doesn't mean you should. :) Take your time. The wedding is just a day. The marriage is the fun part and that is for the rest of your life. Sounds like you two are on the forever track, so enjoy the ride!

    Enjoy your relationship and see where it takes you! :)
  • Dare2BThin
    Dare2BThin Posts: 211 Member
    We started dating at 16 almost 17 moved in together at 18 had a child at 21, got married at married at 26, 6 month before our 10 year anniversary
  • soehlerking
    soehlerking Posts: 589 Member
    9 months. Please don't use other people's lives as a way to direct yours. That will not end well.

    8 months for us. And this ^^^
  • LaniCanDoIt
    LaniCanDoIt Posts: 41
    We dated for 5 years before we tied the knot. :)
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    six years...married 9....hopefully the divorce will be final by the end of July :flowerforyou:
  • krawl78
    krawl78 Posts: 115 Member
    We dated for about 5 months, got engaged after 4.5 months and married 2 weeks later. No, I wasn't pregnant :) I've been married for 5 very happy years. Sometimes you just know.
  • ReclaimingSarah
    ReclaimingSarah Posts: 250 Member
    11 months and we were 21 and 22. We got married a year after that and are celebrating our 5 year anniversary next month!
  • Sharyn913
    Sharyn913 Posts: 777 Member
    Met November 5, 2005, got engaged May 28, 2006, freaked out and broke up, gave the ring back, he gave it back to jeweler. A week later we got back together, I picked out a new ring, and got married November 3, 2006. Still married.
  • jamaicanlady
    jamaicanlady Posts: 878 Member
    I've been with my boyfriend 6 1/2 years now, even though we are younger (about to be 22 and 23) I really feel like it's time to take next steps in our relationship. We're planning to buy a house within the next year and I'd really like to either be engaged or married by then. I find that everyday more of my friends are engaged or moving in with their boyfriend/girlfriends I just hate that we aren't at the next step yet. So, how long were you with your SO before getting engaged?

    I understand how you feel, I am seeing all my friends and familly getting married or engaged or buying houses or having babies and sometimes it makes me very depressed.

    But I tell myself that my boyfriend wants to make the demand perfect so he is waiting for the perfect time. But I will admit that everytime there is something special on our agenda, trip, visit, romantic dinner, I always have a little voice in my heart saying, tonight might be the night. Sometimes after a wonderful night of hoping we go home and nothing... I feel depressed and unwanted but I know it's me.

    Tell yourself that when the time comes you will be extremely happy because you know he is the one (I'm a little girl that still believe in the one true love) and you were strong enough to wait for what you wanted!!!

    When you see a friend getting engaged, think about what you have that she/he doesn't.

    Hang on and it will happend!

    Thanks and I know exactly how you feel, I get all giddy when we go out or go on a trip thinking it might be the night. I try not to let it get me down when it doesn't happen because I feel like it'll happen when it is right for us. He told me like two years ago it would be within a year, that obviously didn't happen ;) so I try not to get my hopes up!

    My bf went on a trip and brought me back one of those ring cases. I swear I was about to be proposed to, my heart went to my throat. Turns out it was a pair of earrings, really nice ones too, but let me tell you, I've never been more disappointed in my life.

    PS. We've been together almost 6 1/2 years now and I'm still waiting...

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