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    FutureMrs       New York

    Just curious- about how long were you dating before you got engaged?

     
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    FutureMrs       New York

    Oh, and how long between the date of your engagement and the wedding too?

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    sweetvenus    05/02/09   Nashville, TN

    We had been dating a little over three and a half years when we got engaged, and our engagement will last about a year and a half. We are getting married the day after our fifth anniversary.

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    rebecca    September 13, 2008  

    5 years and a few months before we got "officially" engaged (meaning, when i got the ring). we had been talking about it for about 6 months before the official engagement though.

    our engagement will be 9 months.

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    amysue    6/6/09  

    Dating for almost 3 years. Engaged for 22 months.

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    AOEBuckeye    June 26, 2010   Alpharetta, Georgia

    We dated for 3.5 years before the engagement, then our engagement is turning out to be 2.5 years.  We were really going for 1.5 years engagement, but we delayed it to deal with a family illness.

     
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    Anti-Zilla    Civil: 11-4-08 / Church: 8-8-09   Civil: Hawai'i / Church: Long Beach, CA

    we started dating in march of 2006; engaged september 2006; getting married august 2008

     
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    karieck05      

    We got engaged 1 year to the date of our first date! When you know you know!

    7 month engagment! 5 months left! 

     
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    emilie01    6/21/2008  

    Dated for a little under a year and a half when we got engaged, engagement will be 10 months. 

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    MsPeacock       Austin

    Yeah...dating for over 6.5 years...will be engaged for 11 months...

    I know what you're thinking...it was about time!  and I agree :)

     
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    tater    10/11/08   CT

    We were together for just under 4 years when we got engaged and it will be going on 6 by the time the wedding rolls around- we have a 21 month engagement.  

     
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    honeydew    June 6, 2009   Chicago

    Dating for 5.5 years and will be engaged for 16 months. 

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    jilian    April 28, 2007   Blacksburg, VA

    Dating for almost 11 months, engaged for 4 months.

    I guess this quote could descibe us.... "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody you want the rest of your life to start right now" - billy crystal, when harry met sally

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    clessy00    9/6/2008  

    dated for 2.5 years exactly, engagement will last four days shy of 1.5 years.

     
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    nash0922    05/24/2008   Minneapolis, MN

    We dated for just over 5 years and will be engaged for 16 moths.

     
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    ErinMarieMack    06.27.09   Denver, CO

    We dated close to 3 years(1 of those was long distance) and have a 21 month engagement. Our wedding is in June 2009.

     
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    suzanno    7/12/08   Richland, WA

    We dated for 21 months, and will have been engaged for 9 months when we get married in July 08.  (We have been friends for 21 years.)

     
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    happyOCgirl    July 12, 2008   Orange County

    We got engaged on our 11th month "date-iversary" and engaged for 6 months (almost to the day) when we get married.  It's been pretty whirl-wind-ish planning, but lots of fun!

    Carrie

     
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    Kimbeerlee    11/1/08   New York

    dated for 5 1/2 year and the engagement will be about 1 1/2 years.. so it will be 7 years when we tie the knot

     
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    melbride    June 21, 2008   Gaithersburg

    dated 3.5 years before got engaged and about a month over our year of engagement come wedding time. =)

     
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    Jenningsblue    October 4, 2008   Mississippi

    Oh I am bad at math....We dated for 21 months (Apr. 2007-Dec. 2008).  We will be engaged for 11 months (Dec. 2008- Oct 2008). I think...

     
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    caliocteach    8/9/2008   California
    • Met May 3rd, 2006
    • Started talking about marriage December 2006
    • Moved in together in March 2007
    • He proposed November 19, 2007
    • Wedding date, August 9, 2008
     
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    graceiegirl      

    We dated for 11 months before getting engaged and our engagement period lasted 5 months.

     
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    glittergrl    Planned my wedding in just under 6months. Had the most super fabulous enchanted, eclectic, bohemian forest wedding on the planet! :)   CA

    We met in 2001 and started dating casually. Broke up for a while (5months) and then in late 2002 got back together.

    so yeah, 7yrs I guess!

     

     
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    mtyf       Chicago

    We started dating in high school in May 1996, and got engaged in February 2007, so almost 11 years between getting together and engagement. We'll be getting married in May 2008, so about 15 months between engagement and wedding.

    We would surely be married already except that we went to grad school in different cities from 2001-2007, and there was no way we were getting married but living apart! And, I wanted our wedding date to be the anniversary we've always celebrated, so it worked out well for 2008...

     
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    futuremrstaj    5/31/08   Arlington, VA/Cary, NC

    Met in June 2002

    Got engaged Dec 30 2007

    Getting Married May 31, 2008 

     

     

     
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    Bride2bee2009    9/6/09   Westchester County, New York

    we dated for a year before we got engaged. We had moved in together for about 4 of those months and our engagement is a little under 2 years.

     
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    Maegan       Los Angeles

    We met in April 2005.  Engaged in April 2007.  Wedding in March 2008.

    I'm getting married in 14 days!!!!!!!!

     
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    fallgirly      

    Dated for a year before we shacked up.

    Got engaged 6 months later.

    Our engagement will be exactly 1 year and 1 day!

     
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    Sweeney2Be    Aug 23, 2008   Twin Cities Minnesota

    Started Dating March 11th of 2006 

    Offical proposal was Aug 20th 2007 ( we had decided lng before we would be getting married.)

    Wedding August 23rd 2008

     

     

     

     
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    jkl216    May 2009   Pittsburgh

    We started dating in February of 2006, got engaged December 2007 and are planning a May 2009 wedding

     
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    GetMarried4Less    November 1st, 2008   SC
    • he noticed me in September of 2002
    • i didnt notice him until January 2003
    • we became friends in March '03
    • we became official in May '03
    • he proposed New Years Eve 12/31/07
    • wedding date 11/01/08

    Dated roughly 4.5 years. engagement will be 10 months.

     

     
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    kmac    7/26/08   Wilmington, DE

    We dated for 9 months and will be engaged for a year. Apparently it runs in our families. My parents dated for six months before getting engaged, and his only dated for five months. Both sets of parents have been married for over 25 years, so we really believe that when you know, you know 

     
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    staceyb    may 10, 2008   los angeles

    we dated for 21 months, and will be engaged 8.5 months when we get married in may. :)

    this is far shorter than either of our parents, who were both around the six months dating/two-three months engaged mark, or my grandparents, who dated for six weeks, got engaged, and got married two months later. :) our parents are still together, and my grandparents were together till my grandpa's death, so i agree that when you know, you know. it all just comes down to when you're ready. :)

     
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    navybride      

    We dated for two years before he popped the question, and we'll be engaged for about 16 months. . . .longer or shorter depending on the needs of the Navy

     
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    nigelsbride    October 8, 2006   East Bay, CA

    We began dating in February 2006, dated for 3 months then got engaged, and got married 5 months after that, in October 2006.

     
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    ashlop2    5.17.08   Atlanta, GA

    We dated for 4 1/2 years before getting engaged and have an 8 month engagement!

     
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    tylacy08    October 18, 2008   Canada

    Started dating in April 1998, getting married October 2008 on our 10 1/2 year anniversary. Engagement period will be 16 months.

     
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    cupcake    September 20, 2008   Philadelphia

    We dated for 3.5 years: The first two years we were long-distance, then he moved closer to me for a year, then we moved in together, and 5 months later he proposed.  We will have had a 19 month engagement by the time the wedding rolls around!

     
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    Kamy7181    7/12/2008   Portsmouth, NH

    Dating started Nov 2005

    13 months later engaged- Dec 2006

    18 months later will be married!  July 2008 

     

     

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