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how long into your relationship did he propose?

169 replies

Ialwaysgetbulliedonmumssnet · 16/06/2023 14:23

How long had you been together before your partner proposed to you?

OP posts:
Conkersinautumn · 16/06/2023 14:59

Minutes! It was a conversation about how we already knew we 'fit' and he said hed have to be crazy not to marry me at some point. He claims he was always serious on that, still.

Though it wasn't a 'proposal' we were together for a few years before we actually decided to marry. Only been married 11 years so far so early days as I keep saying.

gwenneh · 16/06/2023 15:00

Five months.

ChorltonWheelie · 16/06/2023 15:00

2 months

GeraltsBathtub · 16/06/2023 15:00

We’ve been together for 7 years and agreed a couple of years ago that we would look into getting married when certain other life events had happened. We already own a house together for example. Do people still care that much about him proposing? It’s a bit 20th century

Blossomtoes · 16/06/2023 15:03

Three months.

EsmeSusanOgg · 16/06/2023 15:04

2 years. Friends for years before dating though.

CaloundraBlues · 16/06/2023 15:04

Don't waste your breath guys, this is a PBP and she's hardly being discreet - check out the user name 🙄

Blossomtoes · 16/06/2023 15:05

Do people still care that much about him proposing? It’s a bit 20th century

Yes, they do. My stepdaughter’s just got engaged and it was huge for her. Of course some of us received our proposal in the 20th century.

PlainJaneSuperbrainthe2nd · 16/06/2023 15:05

We were married within 2 years of meeting/21 months of getting together. No proposal - like others we just knew we wanted to be together and get married. Honestly can't pinpoint when it was decided, it was just known. We got married more quickly in order to move abroad together but it had already been discussed and we would have probably have married 6 months later if we hadn't been travelling.

Sissynova · 16/06/2023 15:07

Together about 10 years before the wedding. Met as teenagers and neither of us wanted marriage before we did it. We grew up together and wanted to be sure we kept growing together rather than getting married because it was the ‘next step’. Late 20s when married.

Ialwaysgetbulliedonmumssnet · 16/06/2023 15:07

CaloundraBlues · 16/06/2023 15:04

Don't waste your breath guys, this is a PBP and she's hardly being discreet - check out the user name 🙄

what does this mean? I googled pbp and still not sure?

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WonderDays · 16/06/2023 15:08

I’m not sure if was a proposal as I told my now DH I wanted an engagement ring for Christmas . We’d been together just over three months that Christmas.

LadyJ2023 · 16/06/2023 15:08

3 days and got married 21 days later lol

mrsneate · 16/06/2023 15:08

Just over a year. We will have been together just over 3 years when we finally get married next year!

CaloundraBlues · 16/06/2023 15:09

Ialwaysgetbulliedonmumssnet · 16/06/2023 15:07

what does this mean? I googled pbp and still not sure?

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GulfCoastBeachGirl · 16/06/2023 15:09

Six months, though we didn't actually marry until a few years later.

Honestly we both knew almost immediately that we wanted to get married. Been together now for 30+ years, married for 28. I've been very, very fortunate (and happy!). Believe me, I know how lucky I am.

lastminutewednesday · 16/06/2023 15:09

2 years

jackstini · 16/06/2023 15:10

I proposed to him on 5th anniversary of meeting

Ialwaysgetbulliedonmumssnet · 16/06/2023 15:10

CaloundraBlues · 16/06/2023 15:09

Previously banned poster

I’ve never been banned but I always get nasty comments for some reason, must attract them. user name is for that reason and also so nobody in real life would ever realise who I am😊

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ABugWife · 16/06/2023 15:10

9 months

847arc · 16/06/2023 15:11

Mutually after two years.

inky1991 · 16/06/2023 15:12

3.5 years. We bought a house together before this though

imsureineverdo · 16/06/2023 15:13

8 weeks ish

Thepeopleversuswork · 16/06/2023 15:13

He didn't. We talked about it for some time and discussed it like adults and then in the end I said "let's crack on with it" and we did.

The idea of sitting around waiting to be proposed to by a bloke is absolutely Byzantine.

WeWereInParis · 16/06/2023 15:15

After about two years we decided to get married. Didn't do a proposal.

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