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How long did you know your FI before he proposed?

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    august15bride    August 15, 2009   St. Petersburg, FL

    I knew my fiance an unusually long tme - fifteen years before he proposed! We met in 6th grade, and he proposed at age 26! :) Granted, we didn't date that whole time, but we did know eachother that long!

    How long did you know your FI before he proposed?

     
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    Jessie516    May 16, 2009   Ann Arbor, MI

    We had known each other almost 12 years when he proposed.  We didn't date that whole time--in fact we were friends for almost 9 years before we got together.  We met at my freshman orientation for college and became friends.  I don't think I could have ever guessed that he was my future husband when I met him. :)

     
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    Mrs. Spring    May 10, 2009   California

    Wow, that's quite a history!  My husband proposed about 3.5 years into meeting, 3 years into dating.  I think he would've liked to do it sooner, though.  :)

     
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    L breezy    10/03/09   Chicago

    we met in may 2005 at a job.  we totally had the hott's for each other but we were both in relationships at the time.  2 years later we started dating, and 2 years after that he proposed.

     
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    I knew him for a little over 6 years before he proposed, but we only dated for 1 year and 3 months of that. I guess we just had to wait a long time before the timing was right!

     
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    glowawber    4/18/10   New Haven, CT

    We'd known each other for three months when we decided to get engaged, and he proposed two months later. When you know, you know.  How long did you know your FI before he proposed? :  wedding Icon Biggrin

     
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    MrsT2Bee    June 12, 2010   Ontario, Canada

    8.5 years. we had only been dating for 1.5 years though :)

     
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    mrsbee    March 5, 2005   New York, NY

    i knew him for 6 months (after we first met).  but he knew my online persona aka my personal blog for a year! 

     
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    Erindesmar    October 17, 2009   Boston, MA

    @august - we grew up in the same home town...so I can't remember exactly when I first met him, but it was probably around age 12.  we were in class together at age 15 (biology, same lab bench, big crush!).  And he proposed when I was 28.  So between 13 and 15 years!  Well worth the wait : )

     
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    jesstagirl    February 20, 2010   Italy

    He proposed two years and two months after we started dating and three years after we met!

     
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    ES123    April 25, 2009   Laurel, MD

    We knew each other for about 10 months before he proposed. We tried to wait a year before we got engaged but we didn't quite make it!

     
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    hamster    May 30, 2010  

    My FH proposed 2.5 years after we first met each other!

     
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    Mermaid1082    September 4, 2010   St Louis, MO

    7 years!  We met in college and were friends for a long time before we started dating. 

     
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    cinemaparadiso    July 16, 2015  

    same as Mermaid, 7 years! :)

     
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    penguin    June 7, 2008   Berkeley, Ca

    My husband and I dated for 6 years before we got engaged. We met in college!

     
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    WindyCityBride    September 25, 2010   Chicago, IL

    Almost 10 years, and we were dating for almost 6 of those years.

     
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    LanaJade    June 2010  

    We've known each other for 10 years, have been dating for 7. He proposed a few months after 6 years of dating. We'll be getting married on our 8-year dating anniversary.

     
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    tessabella76    September 12, 2009   Ohio

    We got engaged about a year after we first started dating. We will only be together a little over a year and a half by the time of the wedding.

     
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    Shae726    June 20, 2011   Columbus, OH

    We started dating our freshman year of college in 98, sooooo yes that makes it 11yrs.

     
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    dorsay    August 2009  

    Almost 6 months <3

     
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    GaBGal    September 25, 2010  

    just about 6.5 years! We dated for almost all of it (6.25 years).

     
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    mouse    September 11, 2009   Austin, TX

    About 3 and 1/2 years. 

     
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    emg    October 3, 2009   TX

    6 months! I knew he was the one right after our first date :-)

     
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    budgetbeautiful    9/26/09   Fredericksburg, VA

    He bought  my ring on our 6 month anniversary, and were officially engaged five days later when it came in.

     
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    RoddyBride09    September 5, 2009   Bethlehem, PA

    We met a little over 3 years before he engaged.

     
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    ErinMarguerite    July 2009   DC Area

    We knew each other for about 8 years, and were dating for just shy of 7 of them.

     
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    A year and 4 months... had been dating for a year and 2 months.

     
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    Jenniphyr    February 2, 2013   Alberta, Canada

    Let me think...we'd been dating for 2 years and 12 days when he proposed, and we'd known each other for 5 months before that, so...roughly 2 and a half years.

     
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    Mrs. DG    July 18, 2009   Seattle/Tahoe

    I knew him for seven years, but we only started dating 2 years and 4 months before he proposed.  It was perfect for us, but I'm so glad he waited to date me until I was ready for a relationship!

     
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    ke3    09.05.09   Sacramento, CA / upstate NY

    He proposed 2.5 years after we met, which is a month or so longer than when we started dating.

     
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    AnnieAAA    October 25, 2009   Dallas, TX

    My FI & I started dating a week after we met, So there was 4 1/2 years of knowing him before he popped the questions :)

     
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    krissycake    November 21, 2009   orlando,fl

    We were dating about 7.5 mos before he proposed, and we had met only about a week before we started dating so, less than 8 mos.

     
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    Samisomsam    March 13, 2010   Longview, WA

    I knew FI about almost three years before he proposed. We worked together before I moved away and then started dating when I moved back home eight months later.

     
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    moderndaisy    June 2010  

    He proposed 4 years after meeting and 1.5 years after dating! :)

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    Karma007    10/10/2009   Bay Area

    I think I set the record so far- 14 years! We dated off and on for 6, then I became seriously involved with someone else for 8 years. We're back together for good this time. I just say we took a break...

     
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    daniellemybelle    June 19, 2010   Baltimore, MD

    We talked seriously about marraige after 3 weeks, so I win for shortest time haha!

    He hasn't officially proposed yet, but started planning our wedding after about 3 months.

     
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    teaparty    Aug. 28/2010   Ontario, Canada

    8 years and counting...

     
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    hoodjeam    7/18/09   Iowa

    We met in July.  Started dating in November and got engaged in March.  When we get married it will be about 2 years after our first meeting.

     
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    Abilee    5.21.2010   Youngstown, Ohio

    We met last May (I was dating a friend of his at the time), starting dating in July and got engaged in December. By the time we're married, we'll have been together for nearly two years.

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    Miss Bravo    October 31, 2009   LA

    We met on a trip to the snow while he was home from Iraq for his R & R.  We knew eachother for 9 days when I went to the airport with his mother to see him off and he told me he loved me.  Less than two weeks into his being gone he told me he was going to marry me. :)))  It's been almost 6 months and we talk 2 to 3 times every day and I write letters to him multiple times a week (he makes my heart feel like pure poetry).  I'm meeting him on the other side of the country when he comes back home in August.  He is the absolute love of my life. (::sigh::)

     

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