ShannonS Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 April 98 - we met Oct 98 - cohabitation Mar 2000 - engagement Oct 2002 - Wedding 10 year anniversary in 2 months! :001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyNellen Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 3 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodhaven Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I'm not a big fan on long engagements. We were married in church with a small reception four months after we met. : ) We were very certain we were right for each other! We just celebrated 14 years!! Woohoo!!!!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 June to October. Dh was on a deadline and cutting it close. Everyone expected him to ask at Christmas. I was already 30 and told him the day after (we'd been dating 2 years by this time) that he had six months to make up his mind. He waited until 2 days before is deadline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 7 months. At our church, the minimum is 6 months, unless there are special circumstances. Most people I knew were engaged for a year or more. However, I was 27 and we didn't see a point in waiting any longer than necessary. It was the soonest we could get the church and the banquet hall. My sister was engaged for over 18 months, but her fiance had to finish school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 It was seven months from engagement to wedding day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I met him an AOL chat room 3-4-2007 Met him in person on 4-10-2007 (and spent 10 das T his house on RI, I few there from WI) Got my engagement ring via US certified mail 5-6-2007 along with a note proposing. Married on 6-13-2007 (it was Friday the 13th) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 A week or two. We decided to get married, booked a spot and a hotel room, and eloped. :D We'd been together for 1 1/2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Met in December. Really started getting to know each other the following September and became very close friends. Had one official "date" on Valentine's Day 3 years later. Moved in together April 1 of that year. Handfasted on April 2 (only because Apr 1 was a Friday and the friends officiating weren't available until Saturday:))--very small and private, only two friends involved. Started planning a legal and church wedding in June and announced that to friends and family. Married legally the following May because the date of a Saturday that year matched the month and day inscribed in my engagement ring (which had belonged to my husband's great-grandmother). So, as far as we're concerned, we've been married for 18 years, but it's been legally recognized for only 17. I don't know at what point in that process it would have been called an engagement in the traditional sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 It was short! Met Aug 11, 1995. Got engaged Aug. 17, 1995. Got married Nov. 19, 1995. A lot of people said it would never last, or that I had to be pregnant. It's been almost 17 years! And my first child was born in 2001, so that was a loooong pregnancy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 About 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 We dated for 11 months and were engaged for 11 months. It would be hard to have a wedding of any size local to us faster than that unless you were doing it on your own property or at a courthouse. We married in November just to have more options for venue. We would not have had many options October or earlier. 11 months later we had our oldest! (who was pushing a month early) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 4.5 months we were in our mid 30's big church wedding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyhappymama Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 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:. This sounds very familiar! We met in late September, were engaged in November and married the following June. So, two months of dating and seven months engaged. I was only 18 when we married and so many people assumed we "had" to get married. In actuality, our first baby was born 12 days before our 10th anniversary. And we just celebrated our 20th anniversary (also with a new baby!). :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juelle Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Met Dec 1993. (2 months til) Engaged Feb 1994. (6 months til) Married Aug 1994. (13 months til) 1st baby born Sept 1995. Lots more babies after that. 18 years of marriage next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singingmom Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 4 or 5 months...I forget exactly ;) . Basically, only as long as it took to plan the wedding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) Our engagement was four months. If I had known how difficult my mother was going to be during that time (for the record, dh and I were paying for the entire wedding), we would have eloped immediately. Oh, and we got the "It'll never last ... you haven't had time to get to know one another well enough" speech, too. This year marks our 27th wedding anniversary. When it's right, it's right. :) Edited August 7, 2012 by Maverick_Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloquacious Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Met beginning of June, Engaged end of September, married end of February, so nine months start to finish. ;) My mother-in-law had expressed concern when her daughter met and married within 11 months. Two years later, we were 9 months... and then she remarried that same year. Her timeline? About half as short as ours. I think she's changed her tune. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Met August 16, 1990 First date August 17, 1990 Engaged February 14, 1991 Married October 26, 1991 That engagement length wouldn't work in our parish now. They require a minimum of twelve months before the wedding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jar7709 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Two months. Engaged mid-June, married August 27. We'd been dating virtually for about a year and a half with a couple in-person visits of a week or two. Small home wedding. Timing was somewhat dictated by visa/INS requirements. That was 12 years ago this month. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Ummm, about 12 hours?!?!? We met in March and married in June. We talked about it one night and were like "I'd marry you right now!". So, we drove to Lake Tahoe and did just that. Just celebrated 10 years:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 7 weeks, from the time he asked until we said "I do"... which was 8 months from the day we met. Still married, almost 25 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Met: August 25, 1985 First Date: October 6, 1990 Engaged: January 22, 1991 Married: June 29, 1991 We were engaged 5 months and 1 week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsong Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Met in February, became engaged in April, planned a wedding from 3,000 away, and married in August after determining that if not then, the wait would have needed to be at least a year. My poor mom's initial response was, "What! Four months to plan the wedding!" But with my parent's on-site help, it came together beautifully. Prior to meeting my dh, I wouldn't have dreamed of marrying someone after only a few months. I was equally surprised that I had no reason not to say, "yes" (kept waiting for the other shoe to drop - never did!). We went through pre-marital counseling and sought the wisdom of others who knew us. We said if our pastor, friends or family said we weren't ready, we'd take heed and wait. No one did. When my dad, who flew across the country to meet my dh, gave his blessing that sealed it. God was so in it all. We'll celebrate 21 years together next week. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralloyd Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Engagement -2 months If you include how long we "dated" it was 3 months from first date to wedding day.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) Our engagement was about a week shy of 6 months. We met August 20, 1978, and began dating pretty much immediately. Dh was 18 years old & I was still 17. We got engaged December 28, 1979 (1 year, 4 months, 1 week, 1 day after we met). We were married June 20, 1980 (1 year, 10 months after we met & 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days after we got engaged). We were both 19 years old. We were just kids, but we're still together; we celebrated our 32nd anniversary in June of this year. Today is dh's 52nd birthday. :) Edited August 7, 2012 by ereks mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyB Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 It was one year from our first date to our wedding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpoy85 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 we were engaged about 4weeks. We sat randomly and decided to get married, we had to rush things to get married, but it was good. I wish we had a longer engagement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristiana Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 We did it "Mormon style"--dated for two months, engaged for two months. And that was difficult enough. :tongue_smilie: Mormons here too--met in September, started dating the next May, got engaged 2 weeks later, and got married 3 months after that! I always said I'd never do it that quickly, but when the Spirit is telling you it's right, you know it's right, he knows it's right, why wait?! And we'll celebrate 15 years next week. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Dating to marriage-- six years. :svengo: Engaged to married-- two years. :001_cool: :bigear: We started dating at the end of my sophomore year of high school. :drool: We got engaged at the end of my sophomore year of college. :w00t: He was one year ahead of me (we went to the same university) and we wanted one "engaged" year together to enjoy being fussed over :Angel_anim: before he headed off :auto: to his first year of grad school while I finished up my undergrad. We got married two weeks after I graduated. :cheers2: ...to be continued, as the board is complaining about my smileys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 ...continued from previous post... awww, nuts, it didn't copy to my clipboard properly :(. It was fun, too, but it's too late at night to rewrite it. ::::shucks:::: stupid board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Is there such a thing as a normal engagement period? If there is mine certainly wasn't. We got married 3 and a half weeks after the proposal. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 About 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 :blushing: I don't remember when we got engaged. We met in February, he met ds in April, we got married in October. So, maybe Junish? Which would be 4 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susann Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Announcement to wedding day was a little under four months. Our wedding was on the ten year anniversary of our first date. And, contrary to my dear mil's talk, it wasn't shotgun:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 We were engaged for 2 years almost to the day. It was for financial reasons; we would have preferred a somewhat shorter engagement. I was under the impression that 1 year was average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 we were engaged for 6months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tristangrace Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I think about five and a half months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 We dated for about 6 years, but our engagement was about 2 months. The time it took to make settlement on our house and throw together a wedding in the back yard. People seemed to enjoy the wedding and told us it was the most relaxed and best wedding they had been to in a while, but if I had to do it over, I think I might have just done Justice of the Peace. Other unusual tidbits---I have no engagement ring. I would not allow Dh to buy me one b/c we needed the money for the house and wedding--which we paid for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Friends or 8 years, engaged for 13 months. We never actually dated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Mac Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I think mine is going to throw out the averages somewhat :lol: Started dating June 1996 Engaged Nov 98 1st child March 2000, 2nd child Jan 2003, third child Aug 2005 Married Nov 2006 Our engagement was two weeks short of eight years :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 4 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropymama Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 7 months. We had known each other (same circle of friends) for a year or two before we started 'going out'. That was Nov. 98. We were 17. By the next Feb. we knew. Got engaged Nov. 99 and would have gotten married over Christmas but my dad said I had to finish my AA or he wouldn't pay for the wedding. :tongue_smilie: So we waited until June 2000. We were 19 and I'm not sure anyone thought it would last. 12 years this summer! ETA: Hey Impish - what happened to your blog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I'm not sure how long our engagement was. He never really asked me to marry him. One day we decided that if we ever got married it would be on our birthday (we have the same birthday). After that we just had to pick a year. It was probably close to two years before we flew away to Vegas to be married just after midnight, but not by Elvis - he doesn't do weddings after 9pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommie_Jen Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 We dated for 6 weeks before we were engaged, then were engaged from Sept that year to December the next year, so 15 months. But DH didnt turn 18 until a few months before the weeding, he went through his entire senior year of hs engaged while I did some college and worked my tail off. 2 weeks after our wedding we moved across the country for him to go to school. That was all nearly 15 years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachrose Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 We were only dating 6 mths when we got married so we had a super short engagement to wedding period. Maybe 2 mths? Just long enough to plan a church wedding of 300ish. We kept it simple though and I couldn't get some of things I wanted because of the short notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 10.5 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 we dated 6 months and got engaged at that time. married 4 months later (so together 10 months total, but engaged 4 of those months). we had a church wedding with a couple hundred people & a nice reception afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyB in TN Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Dated for a couple of months, he went back to college so we dated other people and only talked a couple of times, he came back in May, we moved in together in June, married in August. Crazy, I know. I would kill my kids if they acted like we did. We have been together for 22 years and are very happy even if our beginnings were a little crazy. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puma Mom Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 1½ years, but only that long because we wanted to have only one year of college left when we got married. Started dating 5/82, engaged 2/83, and married 9/84. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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