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To All Former Waiting Bees: How Many Spots Did You Move Up on the Waiting List?

posted 5 months ago in Waiting
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    MissKat03    October 2012  

    I was just curious to see the average number of spots a bee moves up on the waiting list before they got engaged. What number did you start with and what number were you when you said "yes" to the big question? 

    Just for funsies! 

     
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    Taylor4    September 15, 2012  

    Soooo... I joined the list before there were numbers. Surprised

    My first number was 25, and I made it to 3 before he proposed!

     
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    MissBoPeep       New England

    I'm still waiting, but I want to play too, darnit! Haha

    I was #111 when I joined the list, I'm currently at #9!

    ETA: I've been on the list since 7/12/10

     
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    TequilaSunrise    May 2013  

    I haven't joined the list...But I'm not going to lol. If I end up moving up the list I'll get sad. lol

     
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    HisIrishPrincess    March 23, 2012  

    I went from 120 to 94 before he propsed.  Around the holidays it seemed like people were droping off the list like flies.

     
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    MissSawyer    September 1, 2012   Toronto, Ontario

    I can't remember exactly but I think it was 20 or so.. I'd have to look up the old threads to know. I think I was a waiting bee for 2-3 months?

     
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    desertgirl    March 24, 2012   Phoenix

    I joined the waiting list 10/24/10 at number 141.  I was proposed to on 4/28/11 and was at number 33.  So 108 spots is 6 months!!  Good luck waiting bees!!

     
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    TequilaSunrise    May 2013  

    Ok I lied. I just asked to be added to the waiting list. Lol..It might be fun to see the numbers change.

     
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    Wonderwoman217       Augusta, Georgia

    I'll play, too, even though I'm still on it :( I started at spot #130, and I'm currently at #13. I've been on it since September 2010.

     
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    MissBoPeep       New England

    @Wonderwoman217: I'll tell your SO to hurry up if you'll tell mine! Lol I'm hoping to be engaged sometime in the next 2 years.  Then again, that's what I was hoping for 2 years ago.  Le sigh.

     
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    MissKat03    October 2012  

    my stats: joined waiting list on 10/30/11 at #146, currently i'm at #126. jumped 20 spots in 2 months! wow! 

     
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    tea       norcal

    Aww, I kind of wish I could have watched my name move up the list. I've been #1 since the list was numbered (I'm another who's been on the list since the beginning) so no movement for me. 

     
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    sugarpea    June 14, 2014   Ontario, Canada

    I've been on it for a year and I went from #168 to #25!!!!!!!!! Uggh hahha I need to get off that list :(

     
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    Shel2523      

    I'm also still waiting, and will be another year =/  I started at 146 and have moved to 116 (30 spots) in a little over 2 months! I'm sure I'll be towards the top by the time I'm crossed off.

     
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    Wonderwoman217       Augusta, Georgia

    @MissBoPeep: Ditto. Every word!

     
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    ladyartichoke       UK

    Started at 135 on 10/30/2011 and now at 116.  Still waiting though.  I'm hoping to be out by the 70s but who knows :)

     
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    MissKat03    October 2012  

    @Shel2523: we started on the same number! 

     
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    MsMamaBear       Atlanta

    I'm still waiting, but I was on it before it was numbered. I'm #2.

     
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    Vegan    July 6, 2013   maryland

    I am still on the list I was like in the 100's somewhere when I joined last Janurary. Now I"m number three on the list. I told my SO about the list and he looked at me and laughed.

     
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    MissKat03    October 2012  

    20 spots is my lucky jump! 

     
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    MissKat03    October 2012  

    double

     
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    armychica06    December 8, 2012   CT

    Not sure- I should have paid more attention to that :(

     
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    KatyLovesJoey    September 21, 2013   Philadelphia

    I think I started at 120-something.  I believe I was right around 100 when FI proposed.  I was only on for a few months, I think, because I hesitated joining for fear of seeming insane - then I realized that the rest of the waiting ladies were just as insane as I was.  :)

     
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    MissBoPeep       New England

    @armychica06: You were number 160 the first time you were on the list, and number 138 when you were crossed off!  Let's call this sleuthing, not stalking ok? ..haha

    Sorry, I think I crossed the line into creepy. 

     
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    armychica06    December 8, 2012   CT

    I just went to go "research" my word how many pages I had to search through-

    when I was "officially" put on the list, I was #161 (two girls were marked in one spot so the recorded number is wrong). If I had known about the list earlier, my number would have been like 120/130s- a lot of new girls were added before me.

    When I was crossed off, I was #138- (but really #141 because I wasn't marked off in time before the new list came out.)

    However, I joined the waiting boards toward the end of my wait because I didn't know anything about it. I was waiting about 1.3 years and joined about 3 months before my fiance proposed. So imagine if I joined the boards when I first started waiting.... I would have been in the teens or single digits.

     
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    armychica06    December 8, 2012   CT

    @MissBoPeep: LOL- how did you find it so fast. I was going through pages on pages reading the memories LOL. (I saw your message after I posted).

     
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    MissBoPeep       New England

    @armychica06: I was on a mission... lol I think I have a bad habit of taking things as a challenge!

     
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    accorn    June 9, 2012   Texas/Louisiana

    I was on the list before numbers as well.  I had been waiting for awhile before so I was number 7 and moved up to number 3 before I left the list.  The higher you get I feel the slower the crawl.

     
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    accorn    June 9, 2012   Texas/Louisiana

    Okay, after doing extensive research my first waiting list was Christmas of 2009 and when I was first crossed off was 1/16/11.  I was engaged 1/7/11.  Phew, that took awhile. 

     

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