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

[Inexperiencedchick]

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

perfectlybroken are you still together?

7 years. Moved in after 6. Already had a crap marriage of 22 years and was making sure. Still happy after 10 years marriage. Together 17 total.

3 1/2 years. That was 18 months of dating, then a 2 year engagement.
All in all we've been together 10 years so far.

3 years.

9 years. Was living together and engaged for most of it but kept putting it off, partly because we just weren't that bothered and partly because MIL was desperate for a big church wedding which I absolutely wasn't willing to do.

In the end we got married when I was 6 months pregnant and way beyond hiding it so she was suddenly keen on a low key do, the only complaint she had in the end was my flat refusal to carry a bouquet to hide my bump in the photos.

@Mrsfrumble you are quite right here :)

We met in the August and got married the following March, so 7 months We were only 22.

Looking back we realise we were absolutely mad to get married so quickly, we really didn't know each other very well at all. And not one single person said "aren't you being a bit hasty? Everyone thought we were made for each other.

We are still together 26 years later and love each other to bits so they were right!

We were together for 3 years almost to the day when we got married, we were engaged after a year. We chose not to live together until we were married though.

We met 20 years ago (high school sweethearts). Have been living together for about 11 years. We have 3 (soon to be 4) beautiful children. Not married yet!

We got engaged after 6 months of dating and married 8 months after that. Never lived together until married and that was 15 years ago, though we were good friends for 6 years before dating.

I guess it takes a lot of work and appreciation that he/she is in your life...

WorldsBiggestGrotbag those are exactly my timings too

I met him, went back to his house, stayed the night, brought him back to my place, he never left and 3 months later we were married. (2 months after that we moved down south and a year later we were parents.)

That was 17 years ago.

DP and I got engaged 3 months after we met, moved in together after about 4 months, and 21 years later we're still together, and still not married..

5 years, 1 child, still not popped the question the cheeky beggar! (lived together 4.5 years)

Does it really matter if you are married or not?

And how did you understand that he/she was the one?

We have been together for 7 months and are planning our wedding for the day after our 1 year anniversary. Excited!

So many posts tonight with the word "wandering" in them. I'm not criticising anyone's spelling. It's just uncanny that's all lol.

Engaged after 2.5 months and married 2 years 3 months after that. Baby 7.5 months later.
We had known each other as friends for years beforehand though.

Matter to who though?

People who want to get married, do and probably because it matters to them. People who don't care, don't get married. Both are absolutely fine. It's what's right for the couple and what they want and that's a personal choice.

It mattered to me that we were married, I wanted (and still want) that legal protection for us both. We aren't very romantic but we are pragmatic.

We were in a relationship for 2 years before we got married. Didn't live together or sleep together until we married. Still married 28 years on.

We married 3 years ago after being together 12 years.

@coffee thanks for the comment :)

I've seen it after posting... English is not my 1st language ;) but it doesn't excuse it :)

We'd been together 2 years ten months when we got engaged and three and a half years when we married. Together twenty years in January. I knew after two months I loved him.