Bearcat Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Four months. About average for an LDS couple having a temple wedding. Six months would be pushing the outer limit of acceptable. LOL We were engaged 6 months and attending Ricks college (BYU-I) at the time. We were surrounded by people getting married in a 6-8 week time period after getting engaged and they all thought we were nutters for "waiting so long." We got engaged in November and there was no way I was getting married during Christmas break so we waited for the next semester to end and got married in May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I'm surprised you people remember all these details?! I have no idea. A year or something? I don't really remember the specifics about getting engaged, but it was roughly a year. But I wasn't proposed to or anything so maybe that's why it was not particularly memorable. We just agreed to get married. :iagree: We dated about a year, we were engaged about a year. I needed awhile to organize everything, my family is pretty big and spread out over the globe, so to get everyone there was a big deal. Then we had to have more than a wedding as so many people were traveling. There was a big family reunion the night before the wedding (that I also had the joy of organizing), finding hotels and transportation and helping with travel arrangements. It was great though, our family still talks about it as the greatest family party ever (that I happened to get married during:D) To me though (and this is just me, everyone looks at their own wedding differently) the most important part was family, I loved having them all there with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Findley2 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 About 2 months. We met Memorial Day, got engaged sometime in June, I got pregnant in Juy, and were married the middle of September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paintedlady Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 About 2 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 9 months for me too. We dated for 9 months and then he proposed, and then it was 9 months after that when we married. 18 months total from meeting to marriage. I knew by the 2nd date. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Started dating 6/5/04, engaged 9/5/04, married 10/26/04 so pretty quick. We knew each other casually about a year before we started dating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0mmaBuck Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 One month. We had dated for 15 mos before getting engaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We met *briefly* in late April 1987. First date- May 11, 1987. Engaged in July 1987. Married Sept. 1987. So dated for 2 months, engaged 2 months = 4 months total. First baby born in 1993. This year will be our 25th anniversary (but that first year of marriage was a DOOZY! :D). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 3.5 months :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We had known each other for years, but only dated for three weeks before getting engaged. :D Then we had a four month engagement before the wedding. We were 21 at the wedding. We celebrated 15 years in January. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinaBlue Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 8 months. We just celebrated our 8th anniversary! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom4him Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We became officially engaged on my birthday, Dec. 4th 1966. We married on May 27, 1967.:001_smile: It has been 45 yrs.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 (edited) TWO. LONG. YEARS. Yeah, I'm not for long engagements. Especially if you believe in waiting till marriage. The combination is called TORTURE. (and this was after courting/dating for two years...so four years from meeting and going steady to married :svengo: ) Edited August 5, 2012 by mommaduck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacie Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Ummm...We met Oct 26th. Engaged Dec 16th. (6 wks, 5 days after we met) Married Apr 3rd. (5 mths, 6 days after we met). Ours was about the same. We met in march, were engaged in may, and married in August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassy Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We met *briefly* in late April 1987. First date- May 11, 1987. Engaged in July 1987. Married Sept. 1987. So dated for 2 months, engaged 2 months = 4 months total. First baby born in 1993. This year will be our 25th anniversary (but that first year of marriage was a DOOZY! :D). That sounds very similar to my parents; they met and married in a matter of a couple months. Everyone thought they had to get married, but I didn't arrive for another 11 years :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornelia9805 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We were engaged just under 3 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We met April 2, 2011, had three dates that week and by the third one he was saying he wanted to marry me. I told him he was out of his mind and almost never saw him again. :-) We were engaged by sometime in June (I don't remember the date) and married on April 4, 2012. :001_wub: So, about a 9.5 month engagement after dating about 2 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 8.5 months. Dd's will be 21 months unless he gets a job in his field really, really fast post graduation and they bump it up to next summer....kind of hoping they don't because there are some logistics here and not a single venue in this county even has a Saturday opening to host a wedding for 2013! YIKES!!!! Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We met in March, engaged in June but didn't get married until the following June as I had to finish school first. If it hadn't been for that, we would have been married much faster. I am not big on long engagements. That year was a very long year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We started dating in Feb 2008 I PCS'd in July 2008 He came to visit in September 2008 we were engaged before he flew home We were married December 20, 2008 This is very similar to Dh and I. We met in March 1999 I PCS'd in June 1999 We got engaged in August 1999 while he was on TDY in my state. In September 1999, I met his parents for the first time and had a whirlwind weekend of premarital counseling. We got married December 17, 1999 So funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspasia Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We did it "Mormon style"--dated for two months, engaged for two months. And that was difficult enough. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We had ours pretty short, less than five months. It couldn't be done in less than four months, because back then we were Catholics. We had already been a couple for three years before we were married and we had been planning to marry after my dh graduated. But, since my mom was not expected to live that long (and she didn't, dying about three weeks before he graduated), and I wanted to have a living parent at my wedding (my dad had died when I was 13), we planned it once we knew what my mom had and what the prognosis was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We dated for 4 months, and were engaged for 3 months. (We're LDS, also.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowWhite Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 "Officially" met in February '95, one restaurant trip after church with youth. "Asked me out" May 30, '95 "First date" June, '95 "Found the ring" July 13, '95 (Dated one month before engagement) "Official Proposal" July 20, '95 "Wedding day" Nov. 11, '95 (Engaged for under 4 months) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We dated/courted for like 5-6 months and were engaged for 4 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 6 months. We met in Jan, got engaged in May, married in November. I turned 21 in October. My mom was less than thrilled, to say the least. We've been married almost 11 years! Another one here who had less-than-thrilled parents. :p I was 19 and we got married exactly 1 year after our first date. We had our 12th anniversary this summer. :D (Everyone thought I'd drop out of college, etc....well, just to thumb my nose at them, I graduated a semester early and with a 4.0. So there! :p) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We were very close friends until the day we decided to get engaged. We decided we did NOT want to ruin our friendship and it was all or nothing, so we got engaged. That was around Christmas of '94. We married July 1st of '95, so 6 months? The only reason we waited so long is because my parents were overseas and couldn't get back to the States until then! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 10 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I've been "dating" fiance for 4 years, 10 months. We got engaged Feb. 4th. We won't be getting married until Spring of 2015 (probably May). Looooooong engagement, but we both want him to graduate college first (I'll still be in college). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 7 months, 7 days. Was supposed to be about 3 months longer, but we moved it up because we did not like living 7 hours apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniBlondes Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 6 months. It was the longest 6 months of my entire life. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 11 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 3 months. My mom almost killed me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 We were engaged for 18 months before we got married, and dated 4 years and 2 months before engagement. We'd been together a little over 5 1/2 years total before we got married. DH was still only 20 on our wedding day. :tongue_smilie: Our 7th anniversary is next weekend. December will be 13 years together total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Almost 3 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnaM Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 9 months but only that long because we had to deal with getting his VISA. We "dated" for 3 weeks before we got engaged. We have been married 11 years this past May. I was just over 18 when we got married. He was 22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 3 months. My mom almost killed me. I remember slowly sneaking things out of my house to DH's. Then one day I think she realized I wasn't living there anymore :lol:. I lived with my parents until we were engaged, which was basically 2 months after meeting. This thread is really makin me feel better about our crazy short courtship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjmakmom Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Ummm...We met Oct 26th. Engaged Dec 16th. (6 wks, 5 days after we met) Married Apr 3rd. (5 mths, 6 days after we met). Sounds like us! We met Sept 28 Moved in October 19 3 weeks after we met Engaged Nov 28 8wks 4 days after we met Married May 9th 7 months 1 week and 1 day after we met Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 6 years. I was in college and wanted to finish my Master's Degree before getting married. Didn't quite wait until the end but pretty close...just had a few months of internships left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 About 18 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Sunday, Talking about getting married and whittled down dates for family obligations over the next few months. Monday/Tuesday called a couple people who would want to be there to make sure they could make it in time. Wednesday, made official announcement and everyone made travel plans Thrursday, engagement ring on finger and formal "will you marry me" Friday, shopping Saturday, wedding. From one ring to two....2 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 We got married about 2 years after DH proposed. We were living together and neither of us really cared about a wedding. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 We were engaged 3 months, and dated a total of 8 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mélie Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Four weeks. We had been together for four years and were moving to Oman together. We thought things would go a little smoother if we were married, so we flew to my home town and had a tiny wedding at my parents' house. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I got engaged in June and married in August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna in Texas Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 This one's kind of hard. If we go from when I got the engagement ring, it would be nine months. If we go from when I told him we were getting married (he agreed) then 26 mos. We were still in high school for the latter and couldn't afford an engagement ring, though he did get me a cute little sapphire ring the same month we got together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELITEANDLOVINGIT Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Mine was about 9 months as well...:lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlorih Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Engaged third week of June.. married 2nd week of September. Had dated 2 years before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 We were engaged for almost 7 months. The wedding was originally going to be 16 months later. But afrer a few months we moved the wedding up. That left us 4 months to plan the wedding. Thank goodness my mom helped so much, as I was away at college that whole time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugsMama Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 4 days. We got engaged, and then decided we didn't want to wait. It was AWESOME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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