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    vicarswifeintraining    September 9, 2010   Cardiff

    me and Simon were going out for 3 years before he popped the question in January. how about you guys?

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    My husband and I were together around 2-3 years.

     
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    krissybee    October 15, 2011   :: chicago IL ::

    we are high school sweethearts and dated for 10 years before he proposed.

     
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    lilyfaith    June 23, 2012   Lakeview, Chicago

    About 5.5 years. 

    We were middle/high school sweethearts. 

     
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    hsearle    January 15, 2011   ND/Getting married in Minnesota

    we were together about 2 1/2 years before he proposed.

     
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    beachbrideamy    September 18, 2010   DW beach wedding

    6 months! :)

     
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    Treasure43    September 18, 2010  

    1 year and 2 months

     
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    jslsbride62610    June 2010  

    3.5 months.  And we were basically living together in a dorm situation from like the second week!  TSK TSK!  Hahaha

    BUUUT, we're engaged for 2.5 years so it'll be almost 3 years before we tie the knot, and right before we make 3 years we move together.

     
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    katerdid    June 19, 2010   Virginia

    3.5 years :D but I knew him for 8 years prior.

     
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    lemondrop    March 13, 2010   Arizona

    Almost 6 years!

     
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    jackie-o    October 31, 2010   Seattle, WA

    FH proposed on our 2 yr anniversary - so exactly 2 years Laughing

     
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    ashimmin2    October 30, 2010   Kearney, NE (ceremony in North Platte, NE)

    We were dating for 4 years before he proposed to me!  We were high school sweethearts!

     
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    whiteorchid    September 3, 2011   Savannah, GA/Wedding in Columbus, OH

    4 years for us

     
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    veganglam    January 5, 2013   Philadelphia; Wedding in NYC

    If you're wondering about the average, this question has been posed many times on the bee so you might try searching, "How long were you dating" or "How long did you date" or something similar and taking a look at the responses in the many previous threads on the topic.  I think them most recent one is this: http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-dating-before-you-got-engaged-1

     

    If you're just looking for recent posters' responses, we were together for a year and four months.  We knew we'd get married about two months in though!

     
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    kjpugs    March 20, 2010   Indianapolis, IN

    One and 3/4 years... we just got married in March and this month was our three year anniv!

     
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    amberleadawn    September 17, 2011   Canada

    My sweets proposed on our anniversary of our first date (the first time we met in person), four years almost to the minute.  :)

     
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    trugem    January 2011  

    Almost exactly 6.5 years. We were high school sweethearts.

     
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    JoJo Bananas    August 21, 2010   Santa Cruz, CA

    Five years!

     
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    EvaBostonTerrier    July 3, 2010  

    Almost 4 years and then our engagement was/is 18 months long.

     
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    dns567    September 5, 2010   Oregon

    almost 4 years!

     
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    cecullaton    October 2, 2010   Cambridge, Ontario

    2 years for us... friends for 10 years before we started dating though haha!

     
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    Miss Bella    October 15, 2011   Blue Bell, PA

    5 years

     
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    sloth    May 14, 2011   Philadelphia, PA

    About 5.5 years.

     
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    Ms.Teddy    April 2011   South Carolina

    1 yr and 8 months! we were friends for 2.5 yrs before we started dating also.

     
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    MsTerrapin    June 19, 2010   Maryland

    8 years-- we met freshman year of college

     
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    RayRayFurious    May 2013   NJ

    One year and 10 months!

     
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    CCSR    November 27, 2010   Arlington, VA / Wedding in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    13 months.  We'd knew we'd be together forever from the first month though, but I'm glad he waited to pop the question, even though we already had our life mapped out in front of us!

    We're both 30, so we had enough experience to know this was special and didn't have to wait around forever!  (However, I strongly believe if you're younger -- specially less than 25, a few years dating will work to your advantage, no need to rush!)

     
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    gionnetto    January 11, 2011   Live: Italy, Wedding: Ireland

    6.5 years

     
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    bluespurrs    August 7, 2009   South-central PA, USA, Earth

    2 years and three months!

     
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    deebstation    October 17, 2010   Northern CA

    he proposed just before out 4th year anniv :-)

     
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    OttawaBride2011    May 21, 2011   Ottawa, Ontario

    About 2.5 years!

     
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    bunnylovesbear    February 19, 2011   north of Boston, MA

    We were dating for nearly 3.5 years.

     
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    WendyS328    February 11, 2011   Saint Louis,MO

    FOUR YEARS AND STILL COUNTING.................

     
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    artsybride10    July 31, 2010  

    erm... 7 weeks!!

    BUT. We'd known each other for 10 years before dating... And were very close friends.

    Most importantly... It wouldnt have mattered if it were 7 weeks or 7 minutes. I would have said yes! Ive always wanted him to be the one... ;)

     
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    brittanyharvey    June 5, 2010   cheyenne, wy

    2.5 years :)

     
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    amariem25    October 2009  

    3.5 years

     
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    lairdea    September 5, 2010   Ann Arbor

    We were dating almost 3 years when he proposed. You should add a poll to this post. It would be interesting to see the breakdown.

     
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    shannon1126    August 21, 2010   Washington, Wedding in Vegas

    we were together about 6 months before he popped the question and it was totally unexpected when he did it.

     
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    cbee    July 26, 2010  

    2 weeks!  No kidding.  But.. officially... I didn't consider making it official until 1 year... and even then... I wanted him to REALLY propose... so then he did in front of hundreds of people on stage- that was about a year and a half after we were together, 2 years after we had met. 

     
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    ms.pascua    June 25, 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    Lol...I'm definitely in the minority here: 11 years & 10 months!  Grant you, until about the 11 years & 8 month mark, neither of us actually wanted to "get married" (I'm one of those "converted" brides who believed it was an antiquated ritual forced on women by society's norms until she went to RCIA & learned about the SACRAMENT of marriage).  Once I told him "I think I'd like us to get married", he went right out & bought the ring; proposal came two months later.

     

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