How Long Is Your Engagement?

View Quoted Comment Oh wow, a long engagement for sure! Did you already have your wedding date picked out when you got engaged? Valentine's Day is such a romantic day for an engagement!

View Quoted Comment That seems like a wonderful length for an engagement! Enough time to comfortably plan everything, but soon enough to where you don't have to wait too long.

View Quoted Comment Good to hear that you've got the biggest pieces done, and that everything is going well! I feel like booking vendors was the most overwhelming part for me, since we booked them all within a month or two of each other. Once that was done, it was a sigh of relief lol. What's next on your wedding planning to-do list?

View Quoted Comment We were supposed to get married 2020 but Covid ruined it!

2 years, 8 months and 11 days ☺️🤍

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That's my wedding date too! :-)

13 months!

View Quoted Comment That makes sense! Gives you more time to plan and save up, as well as enjoy the engagement!

View Quoted Comment Sorry to hear that you had to move your date due to COVID! We also had to postpone ours from 2020 to 2022 for the same reason, but it honestly worked out for the best. Your wedding will be totally worth the extra wait! Best wishes to you!

View Quoted Comment Thanks! ♥ I think one of the biggest things I wish I knew from the beginning is don't stress about the small things. Anticipate that it will be a good day, and acknowledge that there will be minor things that go wrong, but anything that goes "wrong" can be laughed about later (for example, our ring bearer refused to walk down the aisle, I forgot to wear my veil for the first look, and we accidentally left out parts of our centerpieces and part of our cake topper). A day of coordinator is also a really helpful vendor to have and totally worth the cost, in my opinion! Don't be afraid to do things differently if it suits you better than something traditional. Otherwise, just enjoy the day and focus on your new spouse and those who are there with you!


For preserving my dresses (I had 2), I dropped them off at a local shop that specializes in cleaning and preserving wedding gowns. They cleaned and preserved mine, I think it took like 2 months? They're currently stored in a box in my closet, though I'm trying to think of other ideas to where I can display them or even opportunities to wear them again.

I also had my bouquet preserved! There is a local company near me that puts together beautiful arrangements. It took her around a month and a half to complete it. She has multiple different frame styles, but my husband liked the circle frame best, so we went with that. My bouquet filled two frames. Here is how they turned out (along with a photo of what the bouquet looked like on my wedding day):




Are you planning to preserve your bouquet and dress? If so, what preservation styles are you considering for your bouquet?

View Quoted Comment Oh wow, very cool! I totally understand not wanting to wait any longer lol. 13 months seems like an ideal length for an engagement!

We are going to be just shy of 6 years! We got engaged in July 2017, and then I encountered some health issues. We finally started talking dates in February 2020, with the idea of a fall 2020 wedding, and well 2 weeks later we stopped talking dates. We considered doing a courthouse wedding during Covid but our bare minimum family only guest list was 25 people, once you add the officiant, we couldn’t have a gathering that size. We finally got back to discussing dates last summer, and we’re getting married July 2023. Our Save the Date postcards literally say “We’re finally tying the knot?!” 🤣 But at least we’ve got a good long track record to know this is it for us.

I had a one year engagement, and it felt very long. Due to the need to plan, definitely needed the entire year but I would not have wanted to draw it out any longer due to the family coming in and inserting more and more ideas leading up to the day. It wound up beautiful, including added suggestions. But I was so happy the process had a clear end date! Emotionally, if I could have accomplished it in 8 months I would have.

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We are working on the "Day Of" timeline now. And once our engagement photos come we plan on sending out invitations by Feb since we aren't doing Save the Dates. I feel like there is so much to do still!!

View Quoted Comment Time definitely flies by!! That sounds like a good length for an engagement. How is your wedding planning going?

View Quoted Comment Your wedding is coming up quick!! How is your planning going? What do you have left on your wedding to-do list?

View Quoted Comment Oh wow, that's a long engagement! I agree with you though, the extra time can be super helpful. My engagement ended up being 3 years (instead of the 1 year we planned for initially), and I was so glad to have the extra time.

View Quoted Comment I got everything all settled until my 2 bridesmaids backed out december. So im keeping whatever i have then so be it. Just completing payments for reception, church and some other stuffs.

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Congratulations!! We are on the 30th. How about you?

View Quoted Comment Indeed, it is.