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Kia9
Super August 2017

Quick path to engaged

Kia9, on March 15, 2017 at 8:31 AM

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I feel like I am always reading articles that say you should date two or three years before being engaged (which was not my case, at all). Did anyone else get engaged under the "recommended" time? ETA: FH and I are in our 30s and are both 100% confident that we are each other's "person," I just like...

I feel like I am always reading articles that say you should date two or three years before being engaged (which was not my case, at all). Did anyone else get engaged under the "recommended" time? ETA: FH and I are in our 30s and are both 100% confident that we are each other's "person," I just like hearing stories from other people who knew right away they found their forever Smiley smile

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  • Jane38
    VIP September 2018
    Jane38 ·
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    FH and I got engaged after 4 years of dating (but we were also young). Don't read too much into this... it's all BS if you ask me!

    My cousin dated her husband for 4 months before they got engaged...and got married 2 months later!! Then got pregnant 2 months after that lol. They've been happily married for 15 years and they have one of the best relationships (at least from an outside perspective) that I have ever seen.

    ETA: grammar

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  • Allison
    Super May 2017
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    FH and I got engaged after 1 year... but we had known and talked about marriage much before that. We just knew that it felt right.

    My aunt met her husband, a month later they were living together, at 3 months engaged, 6 months married...they are together now 20 years. When you know, you know

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  • Rocio
    Dedicated September 2017
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    Its so different for everyone.. We dated 8 almost 9 years before we got engaged but I have friends who dated 3 months and got engaged and at 9 months they were married and are so happy.

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  • Rachel
    Super October 2017
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    I knew my FH for a while before we were a couple. He gave me a promise ring after one year of dating and we started talking about and planning the wedding. After two years of being a couple, he proposed. We are getting married the same month that will mark 3 years as a couple. We knew from the beginning we were going to end up getting married but we didn't feel rushed to get engaged.

    It's funny because it is completely opposite of my parents. My dad knew my mom was the one from the beginning and proposed two weeks after starting to date her. They have been married 25 years now.

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  • FutureMrsAF
    Super August 2017
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    Dated for 1.5 years, and the wedding will take place 4 days after what would be our 2 year anniversary. I expected him to want to wait longer, but we had been living together for almost the entire time we'd dated (I moved to a new city, where he lived and the roommate I found was AWFUL, and it was either I move back home because I couldn't afford an apartment on my own at the time since I'd spent my "moving money" on the other place, so it was move home or move in with him. He picked him Smiley smile

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  • Cy
    Super October 2017
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    Got proposed on our one year anniversary and we are getting married on out second year.

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  • Jennifer
    Expert October 2017
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    FH and I got engaged at 6 months. My mom's best friend called that one. It was fast, but I've never felt anything so RIGHT before. Our engagement has been over a year long, so we didn't rush that.

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  • reirei
    Super June 2017
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    We got engaged after a little over 3 years of dating, one of which was long distance. It'll be a little less than 5 years together on our wedding day.

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  • Seale
    Master November 2017
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    FH and I dated for about eight months before getting engaged but we had the marriage discussion two months into the relationship. We both just knew that this was it. Honestly, if he had, had the money to buy a ring before eight months, he probably would have. Our engagement will be longer than what we were dating for but that's just because we're wanting to save for everything.

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  • Katelynn
    Devoted October 2017
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    My parents got engaged in 4 weeks and married in 5 months. They've been together almost 27 years.

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  • Espadas
    Devoted June 2018
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    I knew about a year after we started dating. He had helped me heal from a lot, and he also treated me with more respect than every ex before him combined. He rarely ever raises his voice to me, never calls me names, and does not rest when we argue until we work it out.

    We did break up for about 3 years and got back together last year. Once I moved in with him in October, we pretty much knew that this was going to be a forever thing. A few days before my move in date, I found out that my college boyfriend had been violently killed, and FH was there every step to help me through the grieving process and I don't think I would've been able to begin healing without him.

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  • lyla
    Master July 2017
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    We got engaged after 11 months of dating. Some people were definitely shocked at how fast it was. We'll be getting married after 2.5 years together. Where I'm from, people tend to date for like 4 years before getting married so we're definitely an outlier, but we're both serious people and eager to start a family (he's a bit older) so the timeline makes sense for us.

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  • Amy
    Super September 2015
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    Sometimes you just know! Esp as one gets older. My husband and I are both in our 40's... we met online and dated for 9 months before getting engaged. We were married 9 months after that.

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  • Giselle
    Dedicated February 2019
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    We met September 2015 on tinder (hahahaha) and started dating in November, FH proposed to me after dating for a year and 3 months. Smiley smile

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  • FutureMrsW
    VIP March 2018
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    My FH and I got engaged about 4.5 years after beginning to see each other. Our engagement will be 16 months. We moved in with each other and bought a house after 3 years together, and adopted a dog a year after that. I knew when we moved in together that I wanted to marry him but he wanted to take his time.

    On the other hand, my best friend from high school met a guy when she was 20 and married him like 8 months after meeting him. They've been together almost 6 years now and just had a baby.

    People are just different.

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  • SuYa
    Master April 2017
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    FH and I were engaged after 10 months of dating, but we talked about marriage after 5 months. We were both in very long relationships before we met each other. FH just got out of a 9 year relationship and I was coming out of a 6 year relationship. We had about 1-2 years to ourselves to be single, but when FH and I met, we both just knew and here we are. We are about to get married in 22 days after almost a 2 year engagement. I can't wait!!

    ETA: 21 days. Boy does time move fast during this last month

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  • FutureMrsM
    Devoted January 2018
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    I knew right away that he was the person that I wanted to marry but I was only 15 and he was 22 so that was off limits. Fast forward 20 years later and we are together for the past 4 years happy as ever and getting married.

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  • Lucio@Last
    Super June 2018
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    My FH and I have been together since we were 14. People can say whatever they want about age, but I knew right from the start he was the one. We will be getting married on our 9 year anniversary. We will be 23.

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  • JustAnotherJessica
    Dedicated October 2017
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    We got engaged 4 months after meeting and will be married a year after. I think that when you know, you know. I was married before and was with him 4 years prior ro getting married and it didn't work out. My FH was with someone else for 7 years and never had the desire to propose. I hate it when people say "it's different" but I can honestly say this one is.

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  • Caleb
    Devoted May 2019
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    My FS proposed to me after four months. They were in a car crash and proposed the night after they got back. We did a handfasting ceremony and a year and a half later I proposed "for real". They were comfortable waiting until I was ready to buy a ring, whether that had taken a year or ten years. We'll be married a month before our three year anniversary.

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