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I was chatting with my brother yesterday, and he mentioned a friend that's been in two very long term relationships back to back -- he'd never really dated anyone else. My brother couldn't imagine what it'd be like to have dated so little!
I was in one very long term relationship before meeting Mr. Bee, and other than that, I didn't date very much.
What about you? How many serious relationships were you in before meeting your Mr. Bee?
oooh great topic. Before meeting Mr.Esq, I was in two very serious relationships, 2 less serious, but monogomous and long term, relationships and then there was a whole bunch of guys I dated anywhere from a few dates to a few months, (but nothing serious or committed).
Two other serious relationships and a few other not so serious... I guess I had to kiss a few frogs to meet Mr RIght! :)
I didn't date a lot. I guess there were a lot of guys that only lasted through "talking" and a few dates to figure we weren't right for each other. I had one on-again, off-again relationship with a man who loved me a lot, but we were better off as friends. Although I hadn't dated a lot, I had seen enough to know my FH was a keeper within a few months.
Honestly me and the Mista has been together for 11 yrs and this is the only serious relationship I've had and I wouldn't change it for the world!!
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only one serious relationship and one casual shorter one. I'm so glad to have dated so little! In my opinion it keeps the slate much cleaner and it's a less dramatic and less baggage-filled marriage.
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I was engaged previously before meeting Mr. Calioc. I've been in 3 relationships that lasted about 1 1/2 years each, and at least 10 that were between 3 months and 6 months. That said, I'm not the youngest bride on here at 35yrs.
I'm glad I got all the dating and craziness out of my system before meeting my husband. I was never ready to settle down before and I've had so many wonderful experiences. Luckily, Mr. Calioc has had similar experiences as mine.
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3 serious relationships. one for 3rs, one for 5yrs and one for 7yrs. my FI and i got engaged after 6 mons. i believe you know it when you know. all of a sudden what was a scarey thing for me it seemed so simple and easy.
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Before meeting myMr, I was in one serious relationship for a little over two years. There were a few little ones here and there but nothing serious. Then I met my man, and we INSTANTLY fell in love. We were engaged 8 months into our relationship. Now, we have been together for two years and fall in love more and more every single day! :)
I've only been to the "I love you" phase with 3 guys before my fiance...a couple other close ones, but most of my longer relationships had a long distance element, and luckily this one has all been in the same city..got engaged on our 2 year anniversary (friends before that) 
Just one other before my hubs and it lasted for about a 1 1/2 years while I was in high school. I've done very very casual dating, but I found my man and just aobut 6 years later I couldn't be happier with who I ended up with. I'm glad our history is similar because it brings us with not too much baggage, but just enough to have gotten life experiences we both needed.
I had a few other relationships... a couple that were 3 years in length, even. But looking back on how I felt in those relationships and what I feel with Mr. Doctor, I see that though I spent a significant amount of time dating those people, it definitely wasn't "serious".
There may have been some intense feelings and quantity of time spent, but if I had to be really honest, I don't even know if they were truly love. I guess I never understood how fabulous a relationship could be, so I had no idea what I was missing. I kept trying to make a pretty good thing into something more... but then he cam along and showed me what real love can transform your life into.
I really do feel like the luckiest girl!
My only serious BF was my FI. I had dated another guy on and off for about a year and a half, and had a few dates otherwise, but I never really wanted to date around. It just wasn't for me. Looking back it might have been more fun than I thought to date around, but we have been together for about 9 years, and I wouldn't want to change that for a few more toads.
My only serious BF was my FI. I had dated another guy on and off for a year and a half or so, and I had 1 other fling, but they just didn't stick. I never wanted to date around. I was always looking for something long term and I finally found it with my FI.
This is a good topic! I had the infamous "high school" relationship. Lasted 3 years; can't really say I saw it going anywhere though. I had a serious relationship that lasted 3.5 years (on and off) and many mini relationships (3-6 mths at a time) and dated a lot before meeting Mr. Sushi. I definitely got my dating crap out of the way. No regrets and no looking back.
Mr. Sushi had a casual high school hook-up and one serious relationship before me (his baby's mama) and that's pretty much it. He was the typical player, casually dating lots of gals at the same time.
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I'd say 2... high school, grad school... then i met FH in law school and we've been together since. I had a lot of off time inbetween each though...
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Hmmm, I had a few long term relationships, but I would only call them semi-serious. Mr. Taffy and I have only been dating for 2 years, but when we met we were both done with school and well into our careers, which led us to focus more on our relationship.
Good topic.
One very serious, a couple inconsequential but committed relationships and a firestorm of dating.
After my VERY serious - live together for 6 years but knew I didn't want to marry him relationship - I didn't date for a couple of years, just wanted to figure myself out, get to know myself again, etc.
Then, for about two years, I dated, and dated, and then dated some more. I wanted to date every type of guy out there. My friends even called me a dating machine.
For me, this is what I needed to do. For multiple reasons that I won't bore you all with. In the middle of the dating firestorm I met my now fiance. We started out kind of friends ( I was dating someone else when I met him). Then we both were single and having a beer together and I said him..."I kinda like you, you should ask me out" He did and we haven't stopped smiling at each other since.
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No serious or non-serious. My first date ever with a guy was my fiance. He has been my only date, boyfriend, everything. Some people find it odd, I just find myself lucky.
I had been in 4 relationships that we semi serious. I dated to find out if we were right for one another, which we weren't. I went on quite a few dates with other guys, to get to know them better but they never resulted in anything.
My fiance on the other hand never dated anyone, which I found just amazing. I wish I had not put all that time and effort into those previous 4 relationships, but you live and learn.
When we started hanging out and getting to know one another he made his intentions clear, that he would not date someone he could not imagine marrying. He's is so loving and committed! And now we are walking down the aisles in less than 3 months =)
Before the current, I had one I considered serious and probably 4 that the guy considered serious. I wasn't really a very good communicator...
I was a serial monogomist, usually ended things around 2 years - which my father even joked about it in his toast! Something about how he knew my DH was something special when he passed the 2 year mark :) Starting around age 16, I had 5 ~2 year relationships, and started dating my husband when I was 27 - so not a lot of time for just casual dating!!! I basically ended things when I realized that I wasn't anywhere near ready for anything more with each of them!
This is a fun topic but is hard to apply it to me. I started dating my husband when we were both Juniors in High School (17 years old) So, I can't say I have had any really true "serious" relationships prior. I did some dating of other guys older, my age. Was on and off with one guy for about 2 years but, it was high school so lets get real here nothing is too serious then. Although, my husband and I have been together going on 7 years now and I can't imagine my life with anyone else. We both kind of knew (even though we were young) that we were done dating that there was really no one else that was worth our time.
I had one long-term relationship (5-yrs) prior to meeting my husband. After a hard but fortunate break up, I realized that I had learned a lot about myself, what I needed and wanted from a partner, and how to have a successful relationship. DH had a very similar experience (following a 7-yr relationship). I know it’s the secret to our smooth marriage.
Recently I realized that the entire time that I’ve known my husband (and soon to be father of my child) is less than three years – about half of the length of my last relationship - which is kind of funny.
I had three serious relationships, and all three of them proposed to me. I don't think my family takes engagements seriously when it comes to me, but how can you say yes when it just plain WRONG? Mr. Sapphire asked, and my heart skipped a beat (never happened before)! I just know he's the man for me!
Two serious, one semi-serious, several not-so-serious, and a couple that were just for fun... yeah, I kissed a few frogs before I found my prince.
I wasn't really interested in dating until high school and then my freshman year I dated a junior for around 6 months...it seemed serious at the time, but now I laugh when I think about it! For the next year and a half it was lots of casual dating. My FI and I started dating our junior year of high school, so it's been just over 7 years! We joke that we may not be ready for this big step after such a short amount of time, but everyone (us included) knew it was going to happen eventually!
I had two serious bf's in college. Was pinned to both and both fell short of engagement. Last bf, we broke up b/c I went away to professional school out of state and he went to law school.
I did the unthinkable and met the "wildcard" (my xh) shortly after college graduation. I'm a girl of tradition and usually dated guys I went to college with but my xh was from another state. I was with him for 10 years..2 years dating and the rest married. We divorced in 2004. I wish I could have nice things to say about him..well I do have the most wonderful and loving and precious child in the world though!
After my divorce, I dated one of my 2 college bf's two years ago for about six months. It was long distance and didn't work because of that. Everybody thought it was "to be". But it wasn't.
I met my guy about 14 months ago and it turns out we'd been dancing circles around each other for years, since we both moved to Atlanta. Been in same places at same times, attending same concerts, same favorite restaurants, etc. What's even wierder is his family's home is the next county over from my parent's home several states away. We did not attend the same college, so we would have never met. But the timing was right and everything is right. He is the ONE. Serendipity had us meet at the right time in our lives.
He's also like me. He didn't date a whole lot. Dated one girl in college (his xw) and married her. Had one gf in high school. He was a serial monogamist.
My sister and bro in law have the longest term r I know of! He grew up 2 streets behind our home and our parents were friends. He was literally the little boy who pulled her pigtails and made my sister cry! They just celebrated in December their 15th wedding anniversary! And my grandparents will be celebrating in august their 70th wedding anniversary!
Is it horrible that I dated a lot of guys casually in addition to my two serious boyfriends before meeting my FH? It seems I'm the only one so far. On the other hand, he's dated just one girl before me and they were very serious. I wouldn't change my dating history though. For myself, I know I needed to get some things out of my system. And after having dated so many people, I feel very confident about our relationship now because I know how good I have it. :D
Two and a half for me. The half was on and off throughout high school, several months at a time, the other two were about two years long. I had a tendancy to look around while I was in long term relationships and think about what it would be like to date the other guys around me, because I felt that something was missing. I didn't realize this until I started dating my FI and realized that I wasn't missing anything anymore.
A couple non-serious 9th grade relationships that lasted a couple months or less. Then I found my soul mate, and have been with him for 7 years straight!
I was in one serious relationship before I met my mister. My ex and I dated for five years--from 16-21. I knew my FI for a long time before we got together (we were great friends in hs) and I actually caught the bouquet at his first wedding (and got seriously drunk at the reception because part of me knew that I was losing the man that I always wanted to be with). It was sort of like "My Best Friend's Wedding." We got engaged after one year of dating and are going to be married in 21 days!
Sometimes life can be ironic.
I was in 1 serious relationship after high school that lasted 3 years, and FI was in one for 4 years. We were single only a few months before we got together, and now we're getting married. Can't say that it works for everyone, but it sure worked for us.
I was in one long-term relationship prior to meeting my FI. He was in several short term relationships.
I was in one very serious relationship before Mr. Powder Puff. I dated casually here and there, but there was only one guy I was seriously with before him (i.e. talking about marriage, etc).
2 semi-serious high school relationships (1-2 years) and a previous engagement (relationship lasted 2 1/2 years) plus some casual dating here and there.
Mr. CC had a couple serious relationships, maybe 2, and some casual dating.
1 high school romance, 2 serious college relationships, THEN... the one that broke my heart came after college. It took me several years after that to come to the place where I Was when I met the Mr. So, 4 before my FI. There were several dates in between, but no one worth mentioning.
The Mr. had 3 girlfriends.
I had 2. First, I had a serious 3 year relationship in high school which broke up during my first year in college. Then I started dating a guy friend of mine who I met in college and had serious 2 year relationship. After that, I had a few shorter (less than 1 year) not as serious relationships until law school where I met FI... and the rest is history
I had one serious relationship before my FI that lasted almost three years. A few other not-so-serious ones as well, but they were in high school and I've never really thought they "counted" for anything.
My FI had two serious relationships before this, one in his senior year of high school and the beginning of college, and one for his senior year of college and a couple of years after that. I was surprised to hear this when we started dating -- that at the age of 27 (at the time, 30 now) he had only had two girlfriends before me.
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