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Relationships

How long did it take you to get married after being in a relationship?

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Inexperiencedchick · 03/06/2015 20:07

Just wandering how long have you been in the relationship before marriage.

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insancerre · 03/06/2015 20:08

A year
28 years later we are still together

Mrsfrumble · 03/06/2015 20:09

5.5 years. We were quite young when we got together (students).

Inexperiencedchick · 03/06/2015 20:09

Happy for you :)

Did you live together during that first year?

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Inexperiencedchick · 03/06/2015 20:11

The question was to insancerre

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Pensfriends · 03/06/2015 20:11

We were married a year after we met too. We lived together for four months before we married.

WorldsBiggestGrotbag · 03/06/2015 20:12

Moved in together after 3 months, engaged after 2 years, married after 3. Been married 3 years now.

RobinandRowena · 03/06/2015 20:12

2 years (lived together for 1) I was only 25 and we are still together.
Why do you ask?

Joysmum · 03/06/2015 20:12

DH and I had been best mates for about 5-6 years before we became a couple. We lived together straight away and married 3.5 years after that.

We've been living together for nearly 22 years.

DueInFebruary · 03/06/2015 20:13

Exactly one year to the day

RobinandRowena · 03/06/2015 20:13

PS: That was almost 25 years ago!

Laska42 · 03/06/2015 20:13

13 years ( we didnt want to rush into it blindly!!)

Inexperiencedchick · 03/06/2015 20:13

Does it always happen like that?

You live together and then get married?

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6LittleOnes · 03/06/2015 20:14

Moved in after 9 months, together for 3 years before we got married

dementedpixie · 03/06/2015 20:15

lived together for about 7 years before getting married. married for 15 years now

BoeBarlow · 03/06/2015 20:15

Moved in together after 2 years, engaged 4 months later, married 15 months after that. Been married nearly 2 years.

BeeInYourBonnet · 03/06/2015 20:15

Met at 21. Moved in together at 22. Bought a house together at 23. Married at 28.

perfectlybroken · 03/06/2015 20:16

Marriage and beginning of relationship occurred on the same day.

Inexperiencedchick · 03/06/2015 20:16

@Robin

I'm in crossroads with my belief system...

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Mrsfrumble · 03/06/2015 20:17

We lived together for 2 years before getting married, but I know a few couples who didn't move in together until after their wedding.

GemmaTeller · 03/06/2015 20:17

We were togther 18 years before we got married 5 years ago.

BoeBarlow · 03/06/2015 20:17

I think most people these days live together 1st. I still lived with my parents so moved into his flat, we didn't actually buy a house together until a year after we were married.

pleasebenice · 03/06/2015 20:17

Met when I was 18, moved in 6 months later, engaged at 19 married at 20. We have just celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary.

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MirandaWest · 03/06/2015 20:20

I got married to XH after nearly 5 years. Met at university and didn't live together until we got married.

Have been with DP 3 years - we've recently moved in together and we're planning to get married next year.

Mrsfrumble · 03/06/2015 20:20

Do you want to tell us more inexperiencedchick? I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that it matters not one bit what others do and what is considered "normal".

Inexperiencedchick · 03/06/2015 20:21

@Miranda My congrats :)

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