going from dating, to engaged, to married.

christiancasey · September 2010

I was just wondering what other thought about going from dating to being engaged to being married. Was going from dating, engaged, to married weird for you? Did alot of things change? Did alot of things stay the same? I just think going from dating to engaged is so weird cause you got to start calling your boyfriend fiance, and introducing him as that and stuff but yet while going from dating to engaged nothing really changed for me, just the planning part which I love but also get super stressed out. And from engaged to married I haven't experienced yet so I have no idea.

JadziaDax · September 2010

Nothing really changed from us dating to being engaged. At the same time, we've been together over 8 years and live together. I hate using the word fiance though lol. I'll still say boyfriend sometimes and my FI corrects me.

[Deleted User] · September 2010

Not much changed for us either. H and I lived together for a year before marriage, and it really helped us work out all the who does what with regards to chores, paying bills, etc.

The things that have seemed weird to me are calling him husband (I think to myself - oh yeah, I am married now) and signing my new last name. But we have been married almost 3 months and they are both getting easier.

JenO24 · September 2010

going from dating to engaged wasn't wierd
we had been living together for 1.5 yrs by that point and now have been living together for just over 2 yrs and are getting married next weekend. so nothing really changed in our relationship besides the "word" we called each other during an introduction to someone new, which is what i think will be the only real adjustment once we get married as well. instead of saying FI i'll finally get to say hubby!!!

MissyCee · September 2010

I agree with the others that when we went from dating to engaged nothing signifigantly changed in our relationship with regards to routine or anything like that. But instead of thinking "I could spend my life with this man" I think "I'm so lucky that I will spend my life with this man" and we talk about the future and kids and growing old together much more. So I guess just our outlook on the future changed a little because we know we'll be spending it together!

vegasgroom · September 2010

I think the only thing weird will be going from engaged to married when I have to start wearing a ring lol.

christinelyn0131 · September 2010

Going from dating to engaged didn't change our relationship, but suddenly all my time was spent on TK... not that that's happened to anyone else.

Not married yet, but I'm sure it won't change much.

rbtrumpet · September 2010

dating to engaged wasn't a huge jump for me. A bit more stress, and a lot of planning (large wedding planned in only 7 months) - but it was exciting and fun.

Engaged to married was more of a jump (but I've only been married for 6 days, 2 days back from my HM, so it's still not "real" yet to me). We did not live together before marriage, so that was a big adjustment. My name looks weird to me (even though legally I am keeping my maiden name - since we are planning a big trip early Oct, and I don't think I can get all my documents in order and a new passport before then - I'll change my name legally when we're back from that). However, as the emotional side of our relationship goes, it felt very normal and natural. DH and I get along very well, and I have always been comfortable being myself around him, and he around me.

aerinpegadrak · September 2010

Getting engaged and then getting married weren't sea-changes in our relationship, they were a recognition that our relationship had reached a new level. Starting to discuss marriage was the big change in our relationship; once we'd decided that we were ready to commit our lives to each other, the engagement ring and the wedding were just formalities.

Pirata13 · September 2010

No big changes here either. I haven't been able to change my name yet either, I'm kind of excited for that. But I knew I couldn't get everything I needed change before we leave on HM tomorrow (married 3 weeks ago!) so it will wait til we get back.

HisCB · September 2010

we got engaged not long after we moved in together. so there was kind of a transition there. but we have our own home now that we just finished building about 2 months before the wedding. i dont really see what will change when were married. other than some legal stuff, like we will be combining some bank accounts and doing taxes together next year. we didnt date long before we got engaged i dont really remember any issue changing from girlfriend/boyfriend to fiance/fiancee. at first sometimes one of us or his parents would slip and say girlfriend but it wasnt any big thing for us.

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