May 2012 Weddings
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How long were you with H before you got married?

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Re: How long were you with H before you got married?

  • We started dating in grade 11, it so almost nine years ago!

    We waited to get engaged until I graduated university, I would tease him a bit that I was waiting for the ring after I was done school... He obviously took me seriously because he proposed on Christmas Eve 2010, 3 days after my last exam!

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  • imageMelisMC:

    Also cringed at the month and a half mark. Did they at least know each other before dating?

     

    We were together for 4 years before getting married.

     

    Umm...so I am an avid facebook stalker and I'm not sure if she knew him or not before they were dating...but she just got out of a relationship right before she was with him...

     I am such a guilty facebook stalker...hahaha

     

  • Well.....Hubby and I can out do all of you!  We got married on our 15th year anniversary!    (pick chins up off the floor now....)

    I think all of our family and friends were completely shocked when we got engaged, resigning themselves to the fact we were never going to get married.  H had been married before and honestly was completely burned out on marriage.  She had done him so wrong and I think he was just not ok to saddle up and do it again for a long time.  We had talked about it for years, but we have such a perfect relationship for us that we were kind of afraid to mess with it!  We have seen a lot of friends and family breakup and/or get divorced and just didn't want that for ourselves.  Basically we were afraid of some mysterious marriage curse....hehehe

    I would do it all over again though.  Those 15 years were fantastic and I am so excited for this stage in our lives together.  Besides, saying "I DO" on your 15th year anniversary was kind of awe inspriring to us.  It brought a whole different level of committment to our wedding.

    1 month?? Have her talk to me!

     

  • We got engaged after 9 months and had an 11 month engagement. We knew VERY early that this was it.

    I agree with the pp that it can really vary by couple...

    DH's twin actually got engaged after 3 months, and he's been married for two years, expecting a baby in December (my 10th niece/nephew!).  One of my coworkers got engaged after 2.5 months, and he's already said more than once that b/c of the statistical data out there, there's a good chance that his marriage will end in divorce (WTH). I've seen people from my highschool that have been with their S/O for years, lived together most of their relationship, had multiple kids, then got married, and divorced a couple of months later.  And then I've heard of couples, like pp, that dated a short amount of time and spent a lifetime together.

    Crazy. I learned very quickly not to based my relationship decisions/judgements on other couples b/c no couple is the same.

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  • Me and my husband got married two years after we started dating. But we moved fast at the beginning.

    We dated for 3 months and we decided to take the next step and move in together. He already had a house so I just moved in with him. That was in May 2010. We got engaged December 2010 that was only 11 months of even knowing each other. But we just KNEW :) And then we had a 17 month engagement and got married May 12, 2012.

     

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  • We met in July 2010, became 'official' in December 2010, got in Engaged in March 2011, and Married in May 2012....so fairly short time lines, but the overall time line is still nearly 2 years since we met.

    I freaked out for the first couple months of being engaged because I knew it was the right person, but it felt wayyy too short for me and kept panicking, but once I got over that, it was a relief to know that yes, we are sure, and yes we are commited even though it was ealier then I expected.

     

  • *biting nails*...well Im kind of afraid to post considering such hesitation on short term before engaged...DH and me got engaged 3 months after dating...mind you we did just celebrate our 2 yr together annv in july...but still...his family Flipped when they found out he had popped the question..but his parents "knew" when they met me that it was just a matter of time...im just that lovable hehe...

    But in all seriousness...I was nervous as crap because I had been married before..and belive me...week of wedding I had jitters just a little cuz I really had it hit me that I was doing this all over again...but FINALLY to the right guy..which helped ease all worries hehe :) 

     A month does seem verry quick..but im from the when you know you know...only time will tell  for her :)

  • He was one grade ahead of me in school and we even had a class together (which I don't remember) but were both in long term relationships that lasted into college. When we started dating after seeing each other out with friends after the highschool homecoming football game, we dated for a year and half before we got engaged then had a six month engagement and got married on May 5th :) 
  • We dated for 5 yrs and 2 months before our wedding date....We lived together for 4.5 of those years.
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