MemberI’ve been reading a lot of the waiting boards recently as I am kind of officially waiting now. It seems like there are a lot of bees that have been waiting for quite a bit, so I’m curious as to how long some bees dated before getting engaged.
MemberDated 3 years but we were on the same page about getting engaged so I was waiting only about a month and a half.
HostessWe had been dating for a little over 3 years when we got engaged, we were together a few months short of 5 years at the time of marriage.
But, we also knew each other for about 3 years prior to dating as well.
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MemberWe’ve been together for almost 4 years now but we were never shy about discussing the future. We were on the same page and found that it was just time to get engaged. I never felt like I was waiting because we were always talking about it.
MemberHe proposed after 14 months together. But then we had a 27 month long engagement so we were together for 3 1/2 years before we got married.
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doggymom: We were together a litter longer than a year and a half. We had also been living together for a year at that time. Fiance wants kids before he’s 30…. told him I needed a new last name first.
Memberdoggymom: Dated just about 4 years (3 years, 10 months to be exact). We started talking about getting married about a year and a half before he proposed, but I was still in school and he had just graduated so I knew it wouldn’t happen until closer to my graduation. I guess I was technically “waiting” for a proposal for about 9 months. Our engagment will be almost exactly 2 years long, so we’ll have been together just about 6 years by the time we’re married…I wish it were shorter, but I think we’re making a smart decision by taking our time with spending and planning!
Member8 years. 9 months. 10 days. We started dating when i was 16, he was 17, so it was worth us having the time to mature and see where our paths were going before totally comitting to spend the rest of our lives together. luckily, over all this time (we’ve been together 10 years now, getting married in march) we’ve only grown together and not apart 🙂
MemberHe proposed after 5 years and a half and we will be getting married a month and a half after our 6th year ;]
MemberDated for 4.5 years before getting engaged, had an 18 month engagement. We were 3 months shy of being together for 6 years by the time we were officially married.
I had hopes of being engaged around the 4 year mark, so I waited about 5-6 months.
MemberHe proposed a week after our 5 year anniversary and we will be getting married 5 months after our 6 year.
MemberWe dated for 4+ years before he popped the question, but I was never really “waiting,” just happily dating.
Memberdoggymom: We dated for just over a year. We met in January, were a couple by March, and were engaged by the following April. We were engaged for about 15 months before the wedding and will have been together for three years in a couple weeks!
Memberdoggymom: He proposed a week shy of a year. On our wedding date we will have been together for 2 years and a month. I was never ‘waiting’. We were just together, being happy.
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