Audrey Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) By "know" I kind of mean "dated," but you can put whatever means the most to you. I knew my dh for a almost 2 years before we married. We've only been married 12.5 years, though, so I'm still a newbie compared to many. ;) Most people I know that have been married a long time (like 15 or more years) knew their spouses for anywhere from 1.5 to 5 years before they married. For the purposes of the poll, you can count knowing them your whole life here. If it's longer than 10 years, you can put other and note how long in the comments. You can also vote more than one option if you've had more than one spouse. Edited November 12, 2010 by Audrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Six months. :D Met the last week of October '01, married the second week of May '02. Married 8 1/2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 14 months. When you know, you know. We met online. We've been married 21.5 years. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jld Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) A little over a year. We've been married 16 1/2 years. Edited November 12, 2010 by jld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Almost 4 years. We knew each other for three before nearly a year of dating/engagement. We have been married for 13 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm379 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 We were engaged 6 weeks after we met. And I had already turned him down twice. We got married 4 months later. We were going to wait a year and stay engaged 10 months but pushed the wedding date up so I could be his dependent during basic training. We were 19, I had a 4 yr. old and we've been married 10 yrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Met Feb '96, married Nov '97. We're coming up on 13 years next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Around 2 years, but baby was 15 months old when we got married. I was gun-shy after my divorce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Six years. I can't believe I'm the only one in that category! We've been together 11 years total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 3 to 4 years. We've been married for almost 18 years now. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 14 months. When you know, you know. We met online. We've been married 21.5 years. :001_smile: Um, wow. I didn't even know what *e-mail* was 21.5 years ago, much less the internet. :001_huh: I'd be interested in hearing that story! We met at the beginning of our freshman year of college, began dating near the beginning of our sophomore year, and got married just after our senior year (well, we both had a bit of finishing up to do--he had a summer class, I had student teaching). So 3-4 years, depending on whether you're counting how long we knew each other or how long from when we really started hanging out together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 We started going out in September of 1996, and we got married in May of 2000, so 3-4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I met dh in March of 1998 and we were married in July of 1998. I knew he was it for me and have never second-guessed myself. ETA: We were married less than one year after my brother and SIL - they had been dating for 10 years! We're all still together. I don't think its the time before marriage but how well you know yourself and each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Ours is a long story.:001_smile: We met at freshman orientation in college. We dated our jr year, but never broke up. Just kind of stopped dating. Always stayed friends, though. After college, he went into the Navy, and I moved around quite a bit. We kept in touch loosely for the next 14 years. We'd see each other when he was on leave, but just as friends. Then one night he called out of the blue. Things moved quickly after that. In less than a month we knew we were going to get married. Because of his duty station, though, we didn't get formally engaged for 6 months, and got married 2 months after that. Friends from college, who knew us both, said they were wondering when we would finally get married! Although neither one of us had ever gotten married, we'd each been engaged to other people. 18.5 years, 8 moves, and 3 kids later, here we are! So, to answer your question, we knew each other 15 years before we got married.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 We met when I was 19, got married when I was 22 (so 3-4 years on the poll) We have just celebrated our 25th Wedding anniversary. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I met dh 4 days after I got out of boot camp, at the ripe old age of 18. He was 21. That was Aug. of 1998. We were married in Feb. of 2000. We started discussing marriage after 3 months of dating. I don't like to wait.;) We have been married 10 1/2 years and have enjoyed 99.9% of those years. No one else in this world would deal with either one of us, so we are happily stuck with one another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootsnwings Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I "knew of" my dh from... I guess when I was in 9th grade, so 7-ish years before we were married. But, we didn't hang out in highschool (I really did NOT like him the first time I met him, lol)...Fast Forward to my senior year and my bf was dating his roommate. We spent a LOT of time at thier house and we were NOTHING but friends. I would even go so far as to say "aquaintances", lol... then, after my ds was born (I was 20, no baby-daddy in the pic) my bf & his bf broke up... and we went like 3 weeks without seeing each other. He called me up and we laughed about how we guessed we'd never see each other again unless we made a concerted effort. :tongue_smilie: And, that was the beginning of the end! :001_smile: 6 months later we moved in together, 6 months after that, we were married. :) We just celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary. :001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpidarkomama Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 We were casual acquaintances for 2-1/2 years before DH got the bright idea to ask me out. My first thought was that I wasn't interested. THANK G-D THAT WASN'T MY LAST THOUGHT! We had two dates and pretty much decided we were 100% compatible. After 8 weeks he proposed, and after 9 months we were married. I've been grateful ever since that I didn't say no. We were definitely meant to be together. It's been a very lovely 8 years. Looking forward to lots more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thea Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 9 months. In Jan we celebrate our 19th anniversary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Four years. We met in Taiwan, then four years later moved to California and almost immediately got married. We've been married for over eighteen years. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Knew each other as friends for about a year. Dated two months before we were engaged. Married 2 months after we were engaged. I knew the moment I saw him. It took him longer to get with it. ;) Happily married 22 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 We were best friends for 7 years before we married. We are pushing year 24. Time is just zooming by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Met in September of '95, married in December of '98. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Well, it's complicated. We met and dated for a few months and then HE broke up with me (I'll never let him forget this). While we were dating though, we set up our BFF's and they were still dating and ended up getting engaged, so we were kind of always around each other. We (read: I) learned to get over the upset feelings and we became good friends. We dated other people and it was all good. We ended up getting back together 2.5 years later on the weekend of our BFF's wedding. We were married a year later. We've been married for 15.5 years. Our BFF's ended up getting divorced after 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knit247 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 My husband and I met on a blind date while he was home (he lived in HI and home was NC) in August of 1995. I believe that I saw him a grand total of three days. We spoke on the phone daily until Nov. when I flew to HI for a week. He put me up in a hotel and never, ever "made a move" on me the entire week that I was there. I was in love :D We were engaged a month later, when he came home for Christmas, and were married the following June ('96). In all, I believe that I physically saw my husband less than 21 days before our wedding day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Four weeks and one day from the day we met to the day we married. We eloped. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2J112903 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 DH proposed exacty 5yrs to the day we started dating, we are High School Sweethearts :D We have been married 7yrs now and together since Feb. 2, 1998. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeFe Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I met him on January 31, 1997 and we were married June 6, 1997. I had a baby on January 7, 1997. If you do the math you'll know why he's a pretty awesome guy. :) Well, that's just one reason he's awesome. We were just talking last night about how so many people said we'd never make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 14 months from the day we met until our wedding day :) We celebrated our 19th anniversary a few weeks back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I've known my husband since I was 14yo and he was in my Algebra class in school. We dated a couple times when I was 17yo then began dating exclusively when I was 18. We got engaged on my 19th birthday then waited until I had almost finished my master's degree before getting married when I was 23. We've been married for 17 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Seven years (we lived together for more than five of those), and married for 20. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I met my husband on a blind date - set up by friends. We dated for 18 months before he asked me to marry him (the 2nd time - he asked me after about 9 months, but I didn't think I knew him well enough yet.) We married 7 months later. Our church requires a 6 month waiting period in order to go through pre-marital counseling (pre-cana.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Dh and I were together for 4 yrs before marriage. We've been married 18 yrs now. My parents knew each other since they were 10, dated for a year or 2 before marriage, and have been married 42 years next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Got engaged 6 months after meeting and married 6 months after engagement. We have been married for 6 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I met my husband while on vacation. After spending a couple of days together I went home and we kept up on the telephone. Within the week we decided he should move across the country to be with me, and a couple of weekend visits and a one-way trip later, there he was. We were committed and living together two months after we met. That was a little over 12 years ago. :D (About 4 yrs later we took off to Las Vegas and did the ceremony marriage bit, but I consider our committment to have been from the beginning when we started co-habitating.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 We started dating 14 months after we met. We were just friends before that. We got engaged 5 months after we started dating and married 3 months later. That was 29 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHASRADA Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 9 months. In Jan we celebrate our 19th anniversary. Ditto here! We met at a cafe in April, met his parents in May, started talking marriage in July, waited for me to turn 18 in October ;), and were married in December. I am certain I didn't have the maturity to *know* we were meant to be together at that point in my life, but I truly believe that God knew, and brought us to each other. There are too many twists of fate involved for it to be chance. Looking forward to celebrating our 20th next year...with a 1 year old! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) I dated my first husband 6 months before we got married and we were married for 9 years. The first time I think I was more in love with the idea of being in love than actually being in love with that person. He was a romantic though and cetainly knew how to woo a woman. Turns out, I am not such a romantic though. I dated my current hubby less than three months before we got married and we will be married 20 years next month. I knew I was attracked to him the moment I laid eyes on him. I think I actually saw sparks fly. He took a little bit longer to come around but I am nothing if not a persistant woman. Once I got him on our first date, he was mine. Edited November 12, 2010 by KidsHappen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiobrain Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 My husband and I bought a house together within 6 months of dating, got pregnant right after that, his mother moved in, we had a second child, THEN we got married 6 months after that. So, we have been married for 10 years, but have been together for 13-14 years. Barely any "dating" before we got right down to business. The marriage was an afterthought. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabrett Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) We dated 8 months then were engaged. We were engaged for a year. I started dating my dh the week after I initially met him. So a grand total of 20 months from when we met/started dating and were married. We have been married for 19 years and 5 months.:D We have been together for 21 years:thumbup: Edited November 12, 2010 by Tabrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabrizia Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 DH and I met in college at a game club, in October 1996 and started dating then. We got married in August 2001. We knew within 3 or 4 months that we would get married one day, we just weren't ready to get married before we did. We've been married for 9 year now, and still going strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I shoulda read the directions. We dated/were engaged for 16 months. We knew each other for 3 years before we started dating, and I voted 3-4 years.. Our 10th anniversary is in December :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I voted 6-12 months because we technically dated for about 7 months before we got married. But, I knew him as an acquaintance and coworker for about 5 years before we officially started dating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I met Dh in College the last week of August 1986, began dating January 1987, engaged September 1987, and married June 1988. So, almost two years and we've been married 22 years this past June. I look forward to many more years. He's the best guy in the whole world even if he does annoy me occasionally! Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 We dated 6 months, got engaged, and married within 6 months. We will have been married 20 years in March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 We got married just under two years after we met, though only 16 months after we officially started dating. We've been married for 7 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in SJ Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 We dated for 4 years before getting married. The reason we dated so long is we were high school sweethearts. We dated in highschool for a year, did the long-distance thing for a year after he left for college, dated in college for a year and then were engaged for a year. Although in a very 50's high school moment, he gave me a promise ring after we had been dating for 6 months and we considered ourselves engaged from that moment on. The rest of the dating/ waiting seemed to be to get his family to shut up about how young we were, how unsuited we were for each other, and how if you marry a girl from "that" religon your children will go straight to hell! :D We celebrated 20 years of married life this summer with our very first child-free vacation. Amber in SJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Dh and I were friends for 1.5 years before we started dating. We got engaged 6 months after we started dating and then married 1.5 years after that. This Sunday is our 12th anniversary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalom22 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Less than 3 months, been married for 25 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvToRead Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I actually met DH when I was 14, but we didn't start dating until I was 16. We dated for 6 years, (engaged after 4) before we married. I was young, and went to college out of state, so we waited until I graduated before we got married. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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