Is it too long to be waiting?

I’m in a similar boat! We’re waiting till we’ve settled career wise and financially, it’s totally understandable. But give your little “deadlines” for fun things for you and your partner to do. As well as you can have every little piece in place when you start looking for specific services and prices for your wedding.

Do what works for you guys. I got engaged in December of 2018 and am getting married in 2020 even though I offered the idea of a long engagement. The 3 year gap gives you time to celebrate, travel, and save for the big day so enjoy every single moment of it.

There is nothing wrong with a long engagement I'm in one.

I got engaged 31.7.19 and i am not getting married until june 2022. Loving the planning. I am getting married at the platinum hotel las vegas it isn’t booked yet we are booking soon. But it is great because most venues in vegas u can only book 12 months in advance

The reason I had chosen December 2022 is because it gave me and my fiancé enough time to spread our wings one last time if needed. But also save because we are paying for our wedding.

I am waiting just because I want to try and save money by giving myself time and also I plan on doing majority of it diy. My fiancé’s nephew is also going to be getting married and his nephew’s mom is going to be one of our bridesmaids so I didn’t want to overwhelm her with two weddings in one year so I had no problem pushing ours out to 2022.

I think the timeline is different for everyone! Sometimes it makes more sense for certain couples to wait whether it’s due to finances or work. My fiancé is in the army and we plan to elope in February when he is home on leave. We want to have a traditional wedding but not for another few years so that we can plan the wedding while living together as well as get our finances in order. I don’t think there’s any problem in a long engagement and think it might even help lessen the stress of planning due to having plenty of time to get everything figured out. It will allow you guys make sure you can include everything you both want to make it the day of your dreams

I got engaged 7.31.19 and not getting married until may 2022 too! We need time to save

Hey! I am right there with you. I got engaged in July and we are waiting until spring of 2022. It is best for our personal timeline

We were engaged for 17 months. I could have had 2 years but 3 would make me go crazy. Too much obsessing and probably would lead to spending too much for a wedding.

By the time of our wedding, we would be engaged 3 & 1/2 years. We didn't plan that but its a good long time to work on other things, take your time, not procrastinate and save! We are about to hit our 1 year left mark!

We did two years. I dont think 3 is too long. Do what's best for you guys!

However long you want to wait is never too long. At the end of the day you need to be happy with the day itself and the preparations that goes in to it. Whether you're doing it then for convenience to you or your family members / friends, you need time to save for it or just because there's a special day that year that will mean something to you.... The choice is all yours.

People are going to hate and ask why you are waiting but you gotta do what's best for you.


We have been together 10 years, and got engaged last December, we talked about marriage for the last atleast 5-7 years yet we are still waiting another year or two to get married due to money. For us its right, we want to do whats right for us and that's waiting until we have the money saved up. I don't feel the need to rush to have a wedding because whether we get married in two years or tomorrow, my love doesn't change.

I think waiting is a wonderful idea. I got proposed to in 2017 and we set our date for 9.17.22 to first save up money but also we wanted a house first. I believe it’s a wonderful thing to wait because since I first got engaged to now I went from 8 bridesmaids to 5... because some don’t talk to me anymore I don’t talk to them. Plus my fiancé and I want to pay for our wedding ourselves without our parents help.. granted of course they will insist on paying for some but we want to do the majority of it all... every is different tho, but I say rock on with waiting !

We have been together since 2009( so we are going on 11 years together) he proposed last year, we are waiting until summer 2021. So we are having a 2.5 year engagement.


Everyone I know is like "just get married, you can't wait until you are more financially stable because something will always come up" I get it but it's not enough to be like okay let's get married this year.

Personal preference. We were engaged for 1.5 years and it felt like an eternity. We had a nice wedding but we didn't want to wait YEARS to save up for a party. The point of being engaged is to marry, so we wanted to marry as soon as possible.

I think it’s whatever works for you and your future hubby. I had a long engagement just because I wanna finish school before I started planning. We were engaged for about 2 years before we got married.

I think that's fine. Your decision honestly. You guys will do what's best for you. Its takes time an enough money to plan for things like this and u guys deserve the best. I'm doing the same. I got engaged in dec 2019 and we decided to have it in 2022 in the springtime. Have fun and be well !

I got engaged on 12/24/19. We mutually decided that we wanted to wait until 7/2023. There are a few things we want to get taken care of before the wedding. Plus we wanted time to save for a glamorous wedding and still have savings etc...