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How quickly did you get engaged?

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Embelline · 12/05/2023 15:12

Just being nosy. A friend has recently got engaged after five weeks - which sounds insane but they knew each other throughout childhood and growing up, and stayed in touch then got together casually, broke up and reconnected again recently. And they're absolutely perfect for each other, we all said they would always end up together so it doesn't feel crazy...

Whereas I was with my other half for ten years before we got engaged! It just got me thinking about how it's so different for everyone and I wondered what the average kind of time is - I'm guessing we are both very opposite ends of the spectrum!

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WeightInLine · 13/05/2023 07:50

@SoonToBeinSpotlight Sorry, not 3+ months, that was a typo - 3plus years.

It is a stereotype, but that’s just my experience. The women wanted the proposal - that’s why they say yes when the man asks. Loads of my friends were ‘made to wait’ by men who they were already living with.

SallyWD · 13/05/2023 08:18

Engaged (and married) after 9 years. We already had a house and a child by then.

SoonToBeinSpotlight · 13/05/2023 08:22

WeightInLine · 13/05/2023 07:50

@SoonToBeinSpotlight Sorry, not 3+ months, that was a typo - 3plus years.

It is a stereotype, but that’s just my experience. The women wanted the proposal - that’s why they say yes when the man asks. Loads of my friends were ‘made to wait’ by men who they were already living with.

Ahhh I thought 3 months was quite extreme! GrinGrin

HashBrownandBeans · 13/05/2023 08:29

Got engaged after 4 months. We’d have got married the day we met if we’d been able to. We both just knew.

CreamTeaThievery · 13/05/2023 09:25

Proseccoagain · 12/05/2023 21:19

DH proposed after 6 weeks. I was 24 and he was 2 years older. We were married three years later, and had 49 years together (including our engagement) before he died. It's been 5 years now and miss him so much.

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Denise82 · 13/05/2023 19:39

Denise82 · 12/05/2023 15:48

6 month's, that was back in 2007.

And Married in 2011 🙂 Still going strong

I8toys · 13/05/2023 19:54

After 3 months and I asked him. Been together 32 years, married 27.

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