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Age of SO versus "waiting" time?

posted 4 months ago in Waiting
  • poll: How old was your SO when they proposed and how long had you been dating?
    21-25 years old, less than one year : (6 votes)
    2 %
    21-25 years old, 1-3 years : (30 votes)
    12 %
    21-25 years old, 4-6 years : (24 votes)
    10 %
    21-25 years old, 6+ years : (14 votes)
    6 %
    26-30 years old, less than one year : (12 votes)
    5 %
    26-30 years old, 1-3 years : (47 votes)
    19 %
    26-30 years old, 4-6 years : (24 votes)
    10 %
    26-30 years old, 6+ years : (12 votes)
    5 %
    30+ years old, less than one year : (11 votes)
    4 %
    30+ years old, 1-5 years : (50 votes)
    20 %
    30+ years old, 5+ years : (10 votes)
    4 %
    under 21, less than one year : (1 votes)
    0 %
    under 21, 1-5 years : (5 votes)
    2 %
    under 21, 5+ years : (1 votes)
    0 %
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    mrand2008       Nebraska

    Out of curiosity, how old was your SO when he/she proposed and how long had you been dating? 

     

    Edited to add a poll (btw, we need more poll options! :P)

     
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    Gemstone    July 2011   Cincinnati

    We were both 21 when we got engaged (I was almost 22). We'd been together for just under four years.

     
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    love108    September 2014  

    My SO is almost 25, but I'm still a waiting bee. So hopefully he will be 25 or 26. We have been dating for a little more than 4 years.

     

     
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    CherryWaves      

    DH was 28 and we had been dating for 3 years. I never got to that "waiting" stage, though, as I was only 21 and not expecting a proposal for at least 2 years.

     
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    delirium.megans    April 30, 2011   CT

    My H was 33 when he proposed... we had been dating a little over 2 years.

     
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    misrusticj    January 28, 2012  

    He just turned 28 a few days before and we were together just under 2 years

     
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    sweetpea87    January 14, 2012  

    My FI was 23 when he proposed, and we'd been together just under 7 years.

     
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    futuremrsmaista    August 4, 2012   southern NJ

    I'm in the minority....FI was 26 at the time and we were dating for 3 months (but we've known each other for 12 years)

     
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    littlegraykitten    October 6, 2012   NH/NYC

    I was 24, FI was 26 and we were dating for 5 years, 8 months when we got engaged. We'll be dating for 1 month under 8 years when we get married (and I'll be 27, he'll be almost 29). :-)

     
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    MissSawyer    September 1, 2012   Toronto, Ontario

    FI was 27 and we had been together 2 years 5 months when he proposed.

     
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    Anriya    August 18, 2012  

    My FI was 27 and I was almost 22 when he proposed, and we were together for three months.

     
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    ChemistryBride    June 2012  

    My FI was 25 when he proposed, and we had been together over 6 years.

     
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    deathbydesign    February 18, 2012   Lives in Ontario, married in Quebec

    My FI proposed to me after 3 years of dating when we were 24 years old.

     
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    Dub D    May 25, 2013   La Mirada (ceremony), Long Beach (reception)

    @mrand2008:  We were both 28 when he proposed and we were dating for a little over 3yrs.

     
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    mrand2008       Nebraska

    Thank you for your feedback, ladies! 

     
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    msfuturea    November 9, 2012  

    @mrand2008: My FI proposed after dating for exactly a year and one month. He was 26 and I had just turned 25.

     
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    Bichon Frise    June 2012   NC

    Mt FI was 24 when he proposed. We dated officially about 11 months by then. 

     
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    Aure    October 6, 2012   Las Vegas

    FI proposed when he was 32 and I was 22. We had been together for 5 months.

     
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    pinkfrog    October 20, 2012   South Jersey

    FI was 30, and we were together about 2 1/2 years.  I was 27.

     
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    mrsbruff2b    June 20, 2012   Canada (wedding in Cancun)

    DH was 26, we've been dating 10 years. =)

     
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    ReymilizM    April 22, 2012  

    We were both 19 .. been together for 1 yr , living together for 6 months .. and now we r 24 :) 

     
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    Westvillebride    April 21, 2012  

    FI was 36 and we were together 8 months. I was 32.

     
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    janie-janie    February 16, 2010  

    He was 31 and we had been dating for 4 years.

     
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    FutureMsVW    August 4, 2012  

    23 when we got engaged, had been together for 7.5 years! :) 

     
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    andersonsarah    March 2012  

    He was 31, and I was 20. Big age difference, but not mentally, promise! We were living together for 1.5 years and together for 2 when he popped the question =)

     
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    LibraryBride2013    January 20, 2013   Philadelphia

    My FI was 2 weeks shy of 29, and we had been dating for about a year and a half.

     
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    Kewii    July 20, 2012  

    My FI was 37 and we had been dating for almost 2 years.

     
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    kerri13    September 8, 2012  

    He was 21, we had been together for over 5 years

     
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    AmeliaBedelia    March 3, 2012   Georgia

    He was 22 (and will be almost 24 on our wedding day, jeez) and we'd been together about 3 years.

     
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    GeekChic    June 2012   Ontario, Canada

    He was 26 and I was 25. We'd been dating a little under a year and a half.

     
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    ladyartichoke       UK

    SO is 33 and I'm 21.  I'm a waiting bee but I think (pretty sure) the engagement is coming before the end of the year.  We'll have been together 2 years in May.

     
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    CarolinaCola    February 22, 2014   South Carolina

    My FI was 22 when he proposed and we'd been together over two years.

     
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    AubByAub    December 2017  

    FI is 21, I'm 20. He proposed last month, we've been together for 4.5 years.

     
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    sugarpea    June 14, 2014   Ontario, Canada

    We'll be 21 when he proposes (in the next couple of weeks!) and we'll have been together 3.5 years!

     
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    mrand2008       Nebraska

    If we get engaged when I'm hoping...he will be 21 and we'll have been together for 6 years. 

     
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    GroovyHippieChick    October 20, 2012   My Happy Place

    He was 40, I was 41.  We'd been together for a year and a half

     
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    UsagiTsukino    February 23, 2013  

    FI is 25, I'm 26 & we celebrated our 8th dating anniversary just a few weeks before he proposed.

     
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    KatM    May 26, 2013  

    We're both 29, been together a few months over 6 years. Proposal should be coming soon :) 

     
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    Shel2523      

    If we get engaged by the end of july, He's 20 and we'll be together 5 years, if it's earlier, almost 5 and if it's later, 5 years +months

     
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    amnystik    April 9, 2011   Texas

    DH was 20 & I was 25 when he propsed & we had been "together" for 2 months... also factor in a 2 year friendship where DH had WANTED to date since meeting me. He pretty much knew when I agreed to date him. lol

     

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