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On Feb 7th, my boyfriend and I will be together for 2 years. We moved in with eachother after 6 months of dating, and just looked at rings the Tuesday after Christmas. I am starting to get all anxious and antsy as to when it will happen. Am I being silly?? I know 2 years isn't too long, but then again, my best friend is getting married in June and her FI popped the question after 8 months!!
When did you start to get really antsy??
I don't think I did, because I never had the chance. My FI proposed after we'd been together for three months. It was the most natural thing in the world to us!
We started dating my senior year of college - and kept dating 4 1/2 years before he finally proposed. I went to law school and didn't get too antsy about it until my last year of school and my first year working because I was ready and knew I was moving back to be with him. I totally understand though how hard it can be to watch friends (especially those who've been dating a shorter amount of time) get engaged. Push through. Looking back, this is the right time for us to get married - we weren't ready earlier (even though I certainly thought I was).
He proposed after almost 6 years of dating. I've never been really antsy, we talked about it and knew it would happen at some point in the future. He totally surprised me with it, but we are definitely ready to start official married life after all this time.
Lately I've been thinking back to early in our relationship- it is an amazing thing to see how it has evolved and how we have both grown in it. I can't wait to see how it continues!
He proposed on our second anniversary. Before we knew we'd get married but it didn't feel urgent.
5 years for me! I NEEDED to find myself and mature...and Im SOOOO grateful we took our time, because we're both financially,mentally and spiritually stronger 
10 years!
we've been together since high school so i wasn't even "antsy" until after 8 years or so... we both needed some time to grow up and get our careers in full gear!
8 years. I got antsy around 6 years, then calmed down, and then got antsy again a few months before he proposed.
We dated 4 years before the proposal...but we're planning a 2 year engagement, so it will be 6 before the wedding!
I have to say I am shocked to say that most of you ladies were with your men more than 3 years before the proposal. Maybe it is because all of my friends were with their men no more than 2 years. I think this is a sign that I should try to calm down a little, take a step back and enjoy being his girlfriend. I really shouldn't let my friends relationships determine mine. I think I will enjoy my proposal and engagement more if it comes more naturally, rather than him feel pressured into it, which I am afraid I have been doing.
Thanks for your stories, so far!
We got engaged on 6/19 and our two-year dating anniversary was on 7/12. Had he waited until after 7/12, we would have needed to have a discussion. And for reference, at least two of our couple friends started dating after we did and were not only engaged but *married* prior to us getting engaged. My fiance will be the last of his close friends to get married.
He proposed after 3.5 years of dating, and it will be almost 5.5 years when we tie the knot. Truthfully? I started to feel the emotional 'tug' about 3 years in, but tried my bestest not to pressure him into anything before he was ready. It's a good feeling to know that he did it on his terms.
About a year and a half. I wasn't expecting it for another year at least :)
We got engaged after being together for a little over 4 years. But we were only 19 and 21 when we started dating. I didn't really start getting "antsy" until we moved until together a few months ago. Luckily I didn't have to wait too long. ;)
We got engaged just shy of 4 yrs of dating. I was slightly antsy starting around the 3 yr mark and pretty seriously antsy for about the six months prior to getting engaged. He could have done it sooner in my opinion but it all worked out in the end.
we met 4th of july 2003, i was 16 he just turned 18!! he proposed right before my 23 b-day...so over 6 years (and 1 baby later!!)
We'd been together exactly a year when he proposed. He specifically planned to propose on our one year anniversery. But he's my best friend and we'd been close friends throughout our college years. Which is funny to look back on. When I first met him my sophomore year, I didn't like him at all. I thought he was loud and annoying! Lol. He's is very loud and blunt, but now I just find it amusing. :)
We had been together around 4 years when he proposed. I started feeling antsy around 3 years when we were moving in together and in building a life together. His sister had gotten married the year before and I think that started all crazy my thoughts :-).
We'd been together about 1 1/2 years. I started getting antsy about 3 months before because we both knew it was going to happen and I really wanted to get married before we moved off to grad school (August 2010). I also wanted a year to plan. Then his best friend/roommate proposed to his girlfriend, and they hadn't been together as long as us, so I got super antsy. He told me later that he moved up his timing because he could tell how annoyed I was that the other couple got engaged first. But we're getting married 3 weeks before them, so I'm ok with it!
3.5 years! It seemed like so much longer when I was waiting, but looking at the length of some of your waits, it wasn't so bad
We started dating in November of 2005 and he proposed in April 2008, so I guess about 2.5 years.
four years, one month and 2 weeks, hehehe...but who's counting? :)
i started to get antsy spring of last year, and then i got REALLY antsy last fall a few months before our 4 yr anniversary.
My FH proposed when we were 1 month & 3 days shy of 2 years. I was getting antsy after about 1 year. I think it really depends on how old you are. My FH and I are 25 & 26 and both working so I think we were ready a little earlier than younger couples with school and debt.
we got engaged on 07.15.09, which ended up being our 4 year anniversary as well=)
he proposed after just under 3 1/2 years. i started getting antsy a few months before our 3rd anniversary and we started talking about it more openly and less hypothetically around then too
We were together nearly seven years when he proposed. But we had started talking about it when we lived together for college (we had been together for 3.5 years when we moved in together). We already knew we wanted to get married, but waited until we had the money to do it & finished up with school.
We were together a yr and 9 months when he proposed; I was thinking more around our 2 yr or possibly even Christmas (which would have been after dating 2 yrs and 3 months).
We got engaged after 11 months... but compared to my parents that is a LOOOOONG time! They were engaged after two weeks.. and coming up on their 22 anniversary! :)
He proposed after 3.5 years. I started getting antsy around 2 years. Good luck!!
Just over a year when he proposed ... but we had known each other as friends for close to 6!
What a neat poll- anyone else a little surprised that 3+ years is the highest response? I think its great, I just didn't expect it! Sometimes during that wait, you start to think you're the only one. ;)
Wow I feel like I'm definitely in the minority- we were together for 8 months... but when you know you know!
@Halloween- yay! that makes 2 of us.. glad i'm not the only one that "waited" a decade! haha
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