Engaged?

[Dunit35]

To all the married people on here. How long were you with your partner before you got engaged? Did you live with your partner before you got married? Just curious as to how long people waited.

Originally Posted by acesn8s

I dated her for a month before she moved in, I married her five months later, and divorced her five years later. I now live with my girlfriend and have for 2 1/2 years. I am happier now but if my girlfriend reads this thread, she will once again claim that I am dragging my feet.

Nothing wrong with that.

I married my wife almost 5 years after I met her. We lived together nearly the entire time so marriage didn't change much.

[Simplex3]

My wife and I had known eachother for one day shy of a year on our wedding. We lived together for about a month before our engagement, then were engaged for about 5 months.

[StcChief]

Dunit.... Don't do it.

[Chief Faithful]

Can't figure out how to vote. Engaged 9 months and never lived together before marriage. Married 20 years and running.

[Rain Man]

I met her in February, and we knew that our time together was limited. She was moving in August, so our romance was merely meant to be a spring fling. But love blossomed in those rainy days of April, and our summer was spent frolicking in fields of daisies, running towards each other in slow motion. As the time came for her to leave, our eyes locked, and we knew we would be together forever unless for some reason Bruce Springsteen also fell in love with her, in which case she would leave me in a heartbeat, but at least was honest about it.

We got engaged in late summer, probably five months after we ment, and she left me temporarily, going to her new city while I finished up business in the old city. The plan was for me to arrive a year later, sweep her off her feet like Richard Gere and that woman in that movie where he's wearing the white navy uniform, and get married then. However, I got laid off and I had nowhere else to go, nowhere else to go, so I moved there early and we lived together for about four months while we made the wedding arrangements, which were actually pretty easy since we had a three-person wedding.

And the rest is history.

[ChiTown]

I was with my wife for 18 months before we got engaged, and we lived together for 2 years before we were actually married.

[acesn8s]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I met her in February, and we knew that our time together was limited. She was moving in August, so our romance was merely meant to be a spring fling. But love blossomed in those rainy days of April, and our summer was spent frolicking in fields of daisies, running towards each other in slow motion. As the time came for her to leave, our eyes locked, and we knew we would be together forever unless for some reason Bruce Springsteen also fell in love with her, in which case she would leave me in a heartbeat, but at least was honest about it.

I have the same arrangement with my girlfriend. Except that it's with Dale Earnhart Jr.

[Iowanian]

Every person is different.

I personally, don't think you really know someone for at least a year.

I think I dated brideowanian for 3+ years before I hitched. We lived together for about a year, which was pretty unpopular with the families.

Being married isn't always easy, even with someone you know and get along with well.

Life isn't a race, I'd never advise someone to marry quickly, but thats just me.


Have you played the field all you need to? sewn enough wild oats? Are you done going out and doing what you want all the time? Are you ready to start going to bed at reasonable times, pay property taxes and talk about hedges and landscaping with your neighbors? Are you ready for half of the marital relations you're having now? Are you ready for her opinion on Everything, including how you dress? Are you fully prepared to be WRONG all of the time?

If so, jump right in III.

[wutamess]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

I remember when I was young and wildly in love. Those were the days when I didn't need jimmy beam to get through the day working at the gas station on 87th and blue ridge

There's no gas station on 87 & Blue Ridge.

[Redrum_69]

Play the field until you are 30. by that time you should have been with about 40 or 50...and thats shooting low. on the high side, over 200


Always lie about how many you been with, fake virginity if possible...that will work in every new town that doesnt know you...GUARANTEED

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Dunit35

To all the married people on here. How long were you with your partner before you got engaged? Did you live with your partner before you got married? Just curious as to how long people waited.

IIRC, you're in the middle of your education. If so, finish school first. If you still feel the same way about her, you can ask her then.

I didn't start dating my wife until after I graduated and had a decent job. We dated for a little over 1 year before getting engaged. She moved in with me and I think it was a little before we got engaged, but I'm not sure of the timing on that point. We got married after about 1 year of engagement.

Later, I went back to school for a graduate degree and I can tell you that it was a lot harder to be a student after getting married than it was when I was single.

[ChiefsOne]

Dated for 6 months, moved in together and if the math is correct she got knocked up that first weekend. Married 3 months later and have been for almost 13 years.

[Fish]

If you "think" you're ready for marriage..... add 5 years.... If you're absolutely positive.... add 2 years...

Dear Alvis I wish someone had told me.....

[crazycoffey]

I didn't know same sex marriages were allowed in Kansas or Oklahoma

[luv]

Originally Posted by crazycoffey

I didn't know same sex marriages were allowed in Kansas or Oklahoma

If they were, how long before you would decide to get hitched?