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Just Said Yes August 2012

How long were you dating before you got ENGAGED? and how long did it take to set a wedding date?

Tammy, on July 29, 2011 at 1:31 PM

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Just curious how long people were dating before he popped the question - and after getting engaged, how long did it take you to set a date? What were some of the things that you took into consideration when setting a date? We were engaged in May of 2011 (this year) and still have not set an exact...

Just curious how long people were dating before he popped the question - and after getting engaged, how long did it take you to set a date? What were some of the things that you took into consideration when setting a date? We were engaged in May of 2011 (this year) and still have not set an exact date yet!(we have a general idea - but......) (By the way - we had been dating almost a year and half when he proposed..)

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  • Stephanie
    Super June 2012
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    Dated 4.5 years. Will be engaged for 1.5 year so 6 years together when we get married

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  • Mrs. Robinson
    Expert August 2011
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    We have been together 19 years. Got my first e-ring in 1995 and my second one Valentine's Day 2010.

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  • Amanda
    Just Said Yes June 2012
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    Dated 2 years before getting engaged and we are having a 2 year engagement.

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  • Amber
    Super February 2012
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    We dated just shy of 2 years before he proposed. we picked a date about 2 weeks later and gave ourselves almost a year and a half to plan. The really cute thing is though is that I'm the only girlfriend he ever had. I was the first girl he even held hands with. And he said before we even started dating that he didn't wanna date someone that he wasn't going to marry. I thought it was just that goofy pre-dating talk, but i guess he wasn't joking!

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  • Kim
    Devoted November 2011
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    We were together three weeks when he asked. We have now been together two years and we had a date but I got pregnant so I wanted to put the wedding off cause I wanted to look pretty lol. So now we are planning again (just praying I don't get pregnant again before the wedding lol)

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  • Mrs. Fornasty
    VIP May 2012
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    He Proposed on our 11 year anniversary.... I had the date set 2 days later LOL

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  • A
    Just Said Yes November 2011
    Ashley ·
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    I have been with my now fiance for 5 years, before he proposed. and we set a date before he even officially proposed to me! haha

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  • Mrs Miller (Zahra)
    Super July 2011
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    We had been dating a little over 6 years before we got engaged, and it took us a few months to set a date but we didn't jump right into planning. We also had a 2 yr engagement. Our families were exasperated with us with how slow we took everything but it worked out for the best in the end.

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  • Tammy
    Super May 2012
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    We had been dating 6 years before he popped the question, about another year to set the date. We'll be together a total of eight years when we finally tie the knot. Our save the dates read... we decided to scratch our seven year itch and say i do.

    Thought it was appropriate and funny.

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  • Cayla
    Super August 2011
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    We were dating for 2 yrs & 3 1/2 mths(june 2010) when we got engaged & we were originally gonna wait until 2.25.12(we already knew that before we got engaged) because that was the anniversary of when we started dating(wouldve been 4 years by then), but in august 2010 we decided to get married sooner so we chose august 27 2011...venue we checked out in feb this year didnt have our date, so we chose the day before

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  • H
    Beginner October 2012
    Heather ·
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    We were dating 2 years almost exactly (we don't have a dating anniversary--just a general idea haha) and we chose a date within the first week. That was my first priority so we could let our families and friends know as soon as possible. Plus it just felt like the first order of business :-) October 6th, 2012 yay!

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  • Ebony
    Super October 2011
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    Dating for 2 years and took us about 2 weeks to set a date. 10 month engagement

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  • C
    Expert June 2012
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    Dated for a year and a half. Set the date a few days afterwards. Getting married 11months from engagement date.

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  • Julie
    Devoted April 2013
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    We got engaged after 3 months of dating. I later found out he bought the ring 2 weeks after our 1st date and had it hid in the safe at work!! We set our date a month after we got engaged. We are getting married on my mom & dad's 45 wedding anniversary.

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  • Patricia
    Master December 2011
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    We'd been together for 4 years when we got engaged and that same night we kinda settled on getting married in 2 years from that night and we both knew it had to be in december but we chose the date around october last year but then had to change it twice and finally got it all together back in January of this year

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  • Katey W
    Dedicated August 2011
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    We were dating about 8 months before he popped the question - though he'd already had the ring for close to 3 months! Set the date the day we were engaged and will be married after 1 year and 8 months of being together. 24 more days!

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  • Lorren
    Dedicated November 2012
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    We were dating for about three months when he asked, we'll have been dating for close to a year and a half once we get married. People have given us a lot of crap for it, but hey, when you know, you know. It took us about two weeks to set a date.

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  • VIP August 2020
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    We knew we were going to get married before we even started dating. We could just tell. He proposed 6 months into it (August of last year) and we picked a date officially this past January. We have been together for a year and a half this month and will have been together for 2 and a half years once we get married! :-)

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  • Leslie
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    Dated 9 months before he propose and i already new that i wanted our wedding date to be on our anniversary. we will make 2 years when we marry

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  • D
    Beginner December 2011
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    We dated for 5 1/2 years before getting engaged. Once engaged, it took us 4 months to pick a wedding date, because we live in one state and BOTH of our ENTIRE families live in another. We weren't sure what we were going to do. We will be married 3 months after our 6 year anniversary, but we have been close friends since we were in the 7th grade...I will pause for the "awwwww's" Smiley smile

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