How long did you wait.

totustuus11

Got engaged after 11 months of dating
Will be married after 3+ years of being together
2+ year engagement.

totustuus11

My friend did this. They're expecting their first baby and have only known each other for about a year and a half... but if it works it works!

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_long-did-wait?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:de6c6cc4-f420-4eab-85ce-92a3c5ab257ePost:2735a4b1-e6a1-40df-9a17-e2330c8aa1a0">Re: How long did you wait.</a>:
[QUOTE]Will and I only dated 3 months before we got engaged.  We are getting married on 1.1.11 only 5 1/2 months after we met.  It's true - when you know, you just know  :)
Posted by bethwillis7[/QUOTE]

brookelynpaisley

We got engaged after 8 months. We were married 9 months later.

[Deleted User]

Bubbalub, I win on this one.  We have been together for 19 years.  We really decided to make it legal about six months ago and will be married, if he doesn't mess up, in twelve days.

pisci1kn

We got engaged 2 years and 7.5 months after we first met and are getting married 11months + a day after we got engaged!

I don't think anyone can tell you its too short or long of an amount of time before an engagement - it all depends on the couple.

blackjewel136

My fiance and I got engaged about 2 months after we started dating. We'd known each other for over a year and a half beforehand just as friendly aqcuaintences. When we started to really get to know each other and become a couple we just knew this was it. On our first date, I could just feel it as we kept talking. We just had a connection right off the bat. We didn't feel like waiting long enough for it to be "proper". We've been living together for about 3 weeks now, and a couple of days before we moved in together we were handfasted--an old celtic tradition of a "trial marriage for a year and a day"--so we act as though we're already married because in spirit we are. We just haven't signed the contract yet.

FutureMrsH11

We went and bought rings after 7 years of living together & 9 years of being together.  Officially proposed, with a past, present, future necklace at the 14 year mark & we are finally getting married in May.

ducharm9

Engaged: 1 year 4 months
Married: 2 years 5 months

LilStormy1216

I met him in 2000. We started dating in 2004. Dated for 5 years and 1 month until we got engaged. By the time we get married we will have been engaged for 2 years and 7 months!

staceymhanson

engaged after 1yr 3months ish and we will be married at about the 2yr 3months ish mark our engagement is exactly a year long, totally didn't plan it that way it was just the only date the venue we wanted still had open!!!

bbennett23

we were together for 12 years and 1 month before we got engaged and we will be together for 13 years 5 months and 5 days before we are married. We were together so long before we got engaged because we started dating when I was only 13.

Bjenn12

I met my FI in August 2009, moved in together in September 2009 (yes, a month later), and got engaged in March 2010. I'm getting married Sept. 2012.
Things moved very fast with us and I have no regrets. I won't have any surprises after we get married because I already know his bad habits. My mom thought we were getting married too soon but she had a talk with me one day and said, "I have never seen you happier, than when you are with him."
She is right, and I don't care what anyone thinks.
Every relationship is different. I don't think anyone can say if it's too soon...but you.