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Or how long were you together when you got married! (I always forget the already-married folks when I do these, sorry!)
I'm just curious about this, I've seen a lot of different timelines mentioned in random posts. We will have been together almost 5 years. We weren't in a hurry because we both came from parents that divorced multiple times. Definitely don't want to wind up like that, ya know?
Why are you choosing the time you are? If it's been a long relationship, why'd you wait, if a short one, why the rush? Any married peeps (did I really just say that?) wish they'd done it differently? Any other random thoughts I'm not thinking of?
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We had been dating 3 1/2 years upon our engagement and just got too busy with our new home to plan a wedding. We will be together at least 6 by the time we are married... Nothing wrong with a long engagement.
er....over 8 years! dated for over 7 years before we got engaged.
We were only together 4 months when we got engaged. Saying that makes me seem crazy I know :) But we both just knew it was right. Still do. When we get married though we will have been engaged for a year and a 1/2. So total almost 2 years together before the I do's!
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It was 1.5 years when we got married. Great question!
We got engaged on our 7th Anniversary. It will be 7 years, 9 months when were are married :)
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Our wedding is 10 days before our 2 year anniversary!
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we got engaged on our 10 year anniversary.... on our wedding day we'll be together for 12 years. ( we started dating when we were 16 ) :)
We'll be together exactly 4 years and 6 months- to the day. We're getting married 6 months after our 4 year anniversary, and 6 before our 5th :)
We have been dating for 8 years...sort of. There have been a few break ups in there, but we always found our way back to each other. :) We have been friends for 15 years though! (Since we were 11)
@august15bride- Yeah, we had some break-ups in there too! I just say we've been together almost 5 years cause it gets so confusing. I think a few break-ups are good! That whole "let it go and if it comes back thing" ya know? ^_^
These answers are all interesting! Wouldn't have expected 5-6 to be less than 6+ (which should have been 7+, oops). I guess most people either take the plunge fairly quickly, or wait a good while. Hmm.
We've been together for 3.5 years, but by the time we get married it'll be 5 years. I never really thought about that out loud, and 5 years sounds like such a long time.
We dated for 7 years before he proposed. It will be 8.5 years when we marry. We waited because he wanted to go back to school, and he did. As soon as he was done with business school, he got a job, moved closer to me, and then proposed.
I wish we didnt wait so long, but I understand why. I also wish the economy didn't have to be so sucky at this time.
We got married a week before our 6-year anniversary. We met as sophmores, so we had a little growing up to do before getting married!
a minority here, we will have been together 10months when we wed. We knew right away and it's been hard waiting this long!
I'm surprised to see 3-4 years is the most popular answer right now. According to my snarky co-workers, if he doesn't produce the ring after a year, he's never going to. Factor in 12-18 month engagement period and that would put most people at 2 1/2 years according to that logic. We will have been together 5 3/4 years when we get married. I'm glad to see we aren't the only ones who took the scenic route!
The reasons are complicated-- our parents are both still together but not happily (in the case of my parents) or have faced some SERIOUS bumps in the road (in the case of his parents) so we were conscious of how challenging it can be to hold a marriage together. (Neither of us believe that 'love will conquer all' or 'all you need is love' -- sometimes people just aren't compatible or aren't able to work through their issues even though they are well-meaning.) We also weren't sure how well our careers would mesh together geographically. Finally, we had to work through the kids issue (he wasn't sure and I was absolutely sure that I wanted kids).
We were married just a couple days after our 4 year anniversary.
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10 years on March 3rd! ^_^ Sometimes we joke that our dating is longer than some marriages. We're HS sweethearts, so the time together was great in helping us grow up together.
when we get married we will have been together for almost 6.5 years. doesn't really seem possible that we've been together for that long already.
We got engaged on our 7th anniversary. We also had a long engagement. By the time we get married in August, we would be together for 9 years plus 2 months. no breakup in between though.
And I'm glad we waited. Both of us knew we wanted to be with each other but we weren't in a rush. And we still aren't. ha ha. I went back to school after we got engaged and didn't want to deal with the wedding related stuff during school. But because we're getting married a few months after school ends, and some of the wedding stuff need to be done now, I sorta wish I had a few more months to relax after school then plan our wedding. Of course, that means longer time to change my mind. :0)
Ugh. there is a box for 6+ yrs!!!! (It's like checking that 30 year old or up box... I can't believe it) But I am glad there are other girls who have been together that long too! (It doesn't make you feel alone).
We met in March 06, engaged in June 06 and married October 06! I wanted a fall wedding but didn't want to wait a year and a half to have one in 07. Whirlwind relationships run in the family I guess. My mom and dad met in May 78, engaged in October 78 and married in May 79. They have been married for 30 years!
We will have been together for 7 years and 11 months when we get married! (We started dating when we were 17.)
We will have been together for a little over 7 years when we tie the knot. We started dating relatively early on in college, so we were never in a rush to get married. Even if we'd gotten engaged right after we graduated it would have been nearly 5 years....
2 years, 7 months. We knew we would be together in life after a few months of dating. But, I felt it would be important to not rush in marriage and take our time in getting to know each other and enjoying our relationship. I completely trusted my heart and it's one of the best decisions I made. I never felt that "rush" feeling or wonder if he would ever propose. My husband (now) always made me feel secured. Taking our time made our relationship even stronger.
Oops......2 years and 7 months when he proposed and 3 years and 9 months when we got married. 
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Can I say how pleasantly surprised I am that many of you have taken the "scenic route" (@sakora) I always get the eyebrow raise when people find out that we will have been together for over 8 years when we get married. We started dating at age 21 and it has been wonderful to be able to have "grown up" with my FI. I am, however, dying to finally tie the knot!
It is good to know that there are others out there who have waited, it will be 8 1/2 years once we tie the knot. I never thought that it would matter if actually set a date and where going to get married. Well, of course until the date was set. Now I'm having soo much fun planning. Good Luck to all of you!
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We got engaged after only 8 1/2 months of dating. Once we are finally married, we will have been together for 2 years 8 1/2 months. :) :)
We're planning to get married on our 6½ year anniversary! We're high school sweethearts, but went to different colleges so we've grown a lot both as individuals and as a couple. :) <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal">
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We got engaged just after being together for 6 months. We will be together a year and a half by the time we get married.
we got engaged 13 months after our first date and getting married 1 year and 9 months after the first date.
We got engaged after 14 months and will be married at 2 years 7 months
We just had our five year anniversary together and will be getting married riiiiight before our six year anniversary! We spent all but one year of college together, though, so it doesn't feel like it's been as long as it has. :)
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