how long into your relationship did he propose?

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

18 months, and married six months after that

5 and a half years, we got together age 20 though!

First date. We now have three teens and are still not married lol

2 weeks. We got married a year later and week after next will be our 27th anniversary.

5 years but we moved in together after 6 months. We got married when we we're ready for children really.

My DH said asked me to marry me when he was 7 , so I don’t think that counts. He again asked me when he was 14 saying if I didn’t he would not let me share his school sandwiches I suppose I can’t count those two times. After that he always said so when do we get married so he never actually asked me, we just were out shopping and saw a ring in an antique shop and went in and bought it. It was 13 years Since we first me. But we met at aged 4.

About 2WEEKS🥴, we had moved in together in that time as well. Sounds mad but we’d known each other for about 10 years. We’re celebrating 24 yrs of marriage this summer. Sometimes you just know it’s the right one.

2 weeks

Never. I proposed after 15 years. I'd previously said I wasn't interested but changed my mind.
It's a bit old fashioned to assume it'll be the man proposing, but then many people take their husband's surname which is old fashioned too.

16 years and neither of us has bothered yet.

Of course, we decided mutually to get married.

He did bring the subject up though. On one knee while proffering a diamond ring.

About five years.

He didn't.

We talked about it like grown ups before we moved in together, then again after living together for about a year.

We chose the ring together.

It isn't 1870 you need to be clear about your expectations and agree important issues in advance

Cannot believe how many answers are measured in weeks or months!

I wasn't ready to commit long-term until a good three years had passed.

(No proposal, I did say on our first date that I didn't believe in marriage and have reiterated that many times since.)

6 weeks. We got married 4 months after that, still married 12 years later!

2 years, just over. It was a surprise in that I didn’t know when or how it was coming but we knew we wanted to get married in the nearish future, have kids thereafter etc.

No proposal, more of a discussion. 6 years in, married after 8.

9 months but we were older and knew what we wanted in a partner and what would for us.

5 years

2 1/2 years. but I was already (planned!) pregnant.

3 months. Married 2 years later. Been together 14 years.

Getting on towards 8 years

8 months, and got married 11 months after that.

2 years.

We decided to get married after 6 months. (Conversation rather than proposal.) Was with my late dh for 20 years until he died.

2.5 years but it was 7 years before we married. Every time we started planning a wedding, other priorities came up. Moving house, renovations, building up substantial emergency funds when redundancy looked likely. Eventually we decided to have a registry office wedding with two witnesses. The commitment and legalities were more important than the cost of a wedding. I wish we'd done it sooner but the length of time we were engaged meant family didn't feel like they'd missed out.