How Long Did you Date Before Engagement?

[sarita]

fun fun quizzes

How old are you? 23

How long did you date before getting engaged? 5 years, 1 month to the day!

How did you meet your finance? Internet message board... brooding teen angst kinda place

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? 1 yr hopefully! (We both got into the planning pretty soon after the engagement and are shooting for early next year.. 1.5 yrs max)

How long do you want to wait to have kids? 1-3 years

 

[KBerly]

How old are you? 29, 30 in May...FI is 27

How long did you date before getting engaged? Almost 4 years

How did you meet your finance? Lived in same apartment complex, met out one night randomly, decided to leave a note on his car the next day, and we've been together since (sounds scary but much more to the story

)

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? 14 months

How long do you want to wait to have kids? 2 years

 

[sunkist]

I''m sooon to be engaged, but I still wanna play!!


How old are you? 24, he''s 25

How long did you date before getting engaged? 6 years and some months

How did you meet your fiance? college

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? 3-4 months

How long do you want to wait to have kids? 1-2 years

 

[CareBear]

How old are you? 27 fiance is 28

How long did you date before getting engaged? 10 months

How did you meet your fiance? through friends

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? 1 year 3 months

How long do you want to wait to have kids? 3-4 years

 

[Shay]

How old are you? 24, he''s 25
How long did you date before getting engaged? 2 years

How did you meet your fiance? at an under 18''s club when I was 14 years old

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? 8 months.

How long do you want to wait to have kids? 3 - 4 years, we want kids before I am 30.

 

[Caribou]

How old are you? I am 33, he is 25...I like to say I'm Demi to his Ashton, our ages are not that different but I certainly wouldn't mind having her body when I'm her age.

How long did you date before getting engaged? We dated, almost 12 months before we got engaged, not long compared to alot of PS'ers but I waited 33 years and had a few bad apples before him !!!!!

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? We will be engaged 1 year 5 month 26 days (from engagement day)....not that I'm counting.

How long do you want to wait to have kids? Our plan is to start trying after our 1st wedding anniversary, I'll be an old lady by then

(36) so we will need to get to gettin'

ETA: I met him through mutual friends.

 

[appletini]

Date: 1/25/2006 6:29:05 PM
Author:vivosogno
How old are you?

How long did you date before getting engaged?

How did you meet your finance?

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married?

How long do you want to wait to have kids?

26

2 years and 11 days

his sister introduced us

5 months and 5 days

at least 5 years

 

[saturn]

How old are you?

I''m 25. He''s 28.
How long did you date before getting engaged?

We got engaged on our 5th anniversary.
How did you meet your finance?

We lived in the same dorm in college.
How long are you going to be engaged before getting married?

14 months (several years ago, my mom told us that she would need 14 months advance notice if my sister or I ever wanted to get married. FI and I joked about this a lot, so he waited until 14 months before our target wedding date to propose.)
How long do you want to wait to have kids?

At least 2 years.

 

[Kit]

How old are you?

29, J is 32.

How long did you date before getting engaged?

We dated 1.5 years long distance before moving in together, which I don't consider dating. We will celebrate 5 years in March.

How did you meet your finance?

We worked on a film together.

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married?

Probably just shy of 2 years--tentative date set in November of 2007.

How long do you want to wait to have kids?

Oh god. At least 3 years...maybe longer. I have not yet discovered my biological clock.

 

[JDgirl]

How old are you? 25

How long did you date before getting engaged? It''ll be about 9 months

How did you meet your finance? At school

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? Haven''t decided, maybe a year

How long do you want to wait to have kids? 5 years or so

 

[eks6426]

How old are you? 34. Husband just turned 47.

How long did you date before getting engaged? 8 months but we were ringing shopping by 4

How did you meet your finance? at work...I started then he left...both married at the time. flash forward 6 years...ran into each other through HIS work (he sells Nextel) and then both single

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? 5 months

How long do you want to wait to have kids? We have 2 kids from our first marriages. My son is 8. His is 16. There''s a part of me who would like to have a baby with him, but 2 kids are hectic enough and I''m not sure I want to start the whole baby thing over again. Plus he''s now 47...

 

[aphisiglovessae]

How old are you? 25 (Fiance is 2

How long did you date before getting engaged? about 1.5 years

How did you meet your fiance? match.com and college

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? about 1.5 years

How long do you want to wait to have kids? about 1-1.5 years after wedding

 

[njc]

How old are you? Both just turned 26

How long did you date before getting engaged? 4 years

How did you meet your fiance? College, our dorms were next to each other

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? We were engaged for almost 8 months

How long do you want to wait to have kids? Another year or two.

 

[blodthecat]

I like direct questions...here we go.

How old are you: 40-yrs my husband is 36-yrs

Where did you meet: Work

How long before you got engaged: 5-months

How long before you were married: About 14-months after the engagement.

When do you plan to have children: Our first daughter was born 5-months before we were mairred.

WHAT??? I''m not in a hurry, it''s just a short life!

Bloddie

 

[selflove]

How old are you? 34

How long did you date before getting engaged? 1 yr, 4 mos.

How did you meet your finance? I was working at business school in Slovenia and he was an alum of the school. We met at one of their alumni events.

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? 13 long months!! We''d have liked to have done it sooner but we couldn''t coordinate a sooner date.

How long do you want to wait to have kids? Immediately!!! I''m too old to wait any longer! I''ll go off the pill 2 mos. before the wedding and if it happens on the wedding night, that will be the BEST wedding gift we could ask for!!

Thanks for this thread--how fun!

 

[AsscherGirl]

How old are you? 22, he''s 24

How long did you date before getting engaged? 6 years, 10 months

How did you meet your fiance? he was best friends with my older bro. in kindegarten. We became friends ourselves in high school.

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? 1 year & 10 months approx.

How long do you want to wait to have kids? not sure, but a while .

 

[flopkins]

How old are you? 25


How long did you date before getting engaged? 3 yrs


How did you meet your finance? at a club... he came up to me while I was dancing... hehe!


How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? 16 mo. (too long!!)


How long do you want to wait to have kids? hopefully as soon as I finish school (phD) in about two years we will start trying!!

 

[Tybee]

I am so glad to see other brides who are in their 30''s (or above!

)
Sometimes I feel like such an old lady!
But I too dated a few too many bad apples in my time.
Glad I found the one I have!

 

[icekid]

How old are you? 24 - FI is 25

How long did you date before getting engaged? 2 years

How did you meet your fiance? at a party of a mutual friend- playing beer pong

(I won)

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? it''s looking to be almost 2 years to the day

How long do you want to wait to have kids? not sure if we''ll have any yet, but at least 6 or 7 years

 

[aljdewey]

How old are you? 40/37 now; married at 38/35

How long did you date before getting engaged? Dated for 16 months, but had agreed on marriage path and moved in after 4 mos.

How did you meet your fiance? Work

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? We were engaged 7 mos.

How long do you want to wait to have kids? Not having them.

 

[JCJD]

How old are you?
24, he's 26 (23 and 25 when married)

How long did you date before getting engaged?
Seven years and 2 months

How did you meet your husband?
High school.

How long were you engaged before getting married?
7 months

How long do you want to wait to have kids?
At least another year, no more than 4 years from now. We want to start before he's 30.

 

[jaysonsmom]

Date: 1/25/2006 6:29:05 PM
Author:vivosogno
How old are you? We''re both 33 now, married at 27.


How long did you date before getting engaged? About 5 months, but we were coworkers for about 2.5 years.


How did you meet your finance? Through work.


How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? We were engaged for 1.5 years because we got engaged really early in the relationship, and wanted to wait longer to make the parents feel better (they thought we rushed into the engagement thing).


How long do you want to wait to have kids?

We both loved kids, and started tryhing right away. We found out we were pregnant with my son on our first anniversary. We have 2 kids now.

 

[snow_happy]

Cute Thread!!

How old are you? 24

How long did you date before getting engaged? 3 years, 3 months

How did you meet your finance? We both worked at a ski resort (Snow Summit). He had his students throw snowballs at me

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? Two years and one month

 

[lilyinct]

How old are you? I just turned 30, he''s 34.

How long did you date before getting engaged? Friends for a year, and then dated for a year.

How did you meet your finance? Through work.

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? We were engaged on April 27, and married 4 months later.

How long do you want to wait to have kids? Uhhh.....we found out we were pregnant the morning of the wedding. My period was a day late....our first son will be born May 17th.

 

[lmurden]

Date: 1/25/2006 6:29:05 PM
Author:vivosogno
How old are you?

How long did you date before getting engaged?

How did you meet your finance?

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married?

How long do you want to wait to have kids?

Today I'm 34 and he's 38

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1 year

 

[Mimikins24]

How old are you?

I am 25 and he just turned 26 yesterday

How long did you date before getting engaged?

We are currently at the 4.5 year mark. The plan is to be engaged by our 5th anniversary in August of this year.

How did you meet your fiance?

We were introduced by a mutual friend. He dated my best friend for a while and he was good friends with my then BF. We ended those relationships, and all told we were friends for about 2 years before we both admitted that we were interested in more.

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married?

We are holding off on the wedding until after we are both finished our second degrees (next spring!) for financial reasons. By the time we move, start new jobs and do a bit of planning, it will likely be in 2008.

How long do you want to wait to have kids?

I could wait forever, but my BF would really like to have kids. Ideally, we will start a family at around 30 or so, but we are both flexible in this area depending on our circumstances.

 

[IndiBlue]

How old are you? 24, He''s 27

How long did you date before getting engaged? 3 months shy of 5 years

How did you meet your finance? @ The Gap

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? 2+ years

How long do you want to wait to have kids? 2 years after we are married- 28/29ish.

 

[cutes814]

Date: 1/25/2006 6:29:05 PM
Author:vivosogno
How old are you? 24 years old

How long did you date before getting engaged? 4 years

How did you meet your finance? Through mutual friends

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? 10 months

How long do you want to wait to have kids? We already have a 2 year old together, but after the wedding, we will probably wait 2 months before making Alyssa a baby sibling.

 

[ChargerGrrl]

Date: 1/27/2006 4:11:31 PM
Author: Tybee
I am so glad to see other brides who are in their 30''s (or above!

)
Sometimes I feel like such an old lady!
But I too dated a few too many bad apples in my time.
Glad I found the one I have!

Another 30-something here!

How old are you? 34, he''s 29

How long did you date before getting engaged? 1 year, 6 months

How did you meet your fiance? Friend''s Bday party. I''ve known her since Nursery School, he''s her co-worker.

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? About 10 months

How long do you want to wait to have kids? The clock is ticking, but at least 3 years!

 

[Selkie]

And another:

How old are you? I'm 33, he's 40

How long did you date before getting engaged? Five years, on the nose

How did you meet your fiance? At a "surprise" birthday party that turned into a surprise wedding for a couple I had met earlier that day. Hey, it's California. Weird things happen here. We met again several months later, sailing, and started dating a couple months after that.

How long are you going to be engaged before getting married? A year and a halfish.

How long do you want to wait to have kids? Probably won't have kids