Is a year and a half too long to wait to get married?

It depends on how involved you want your wedding to be, if the venue you want is available and your budget. FH did not want a long engagement and neither did I. I also devised a savings plan to get us the money needed under a year. We toured a couple venues in April and early May. One was available in November so jumped on it. My coworker was engaged for almost two years but her wedding was more elaborate and had approximately 150 guests.

OMG! I got engaged in June too! I'm actually having my wedding in March as well. I think it's a great time. I completely understand about your family which is why I believe a year and a half is a great time. It allows you to get through all of the situations that are occurring, it allows you to save up your money for a beautiful wedding, and not feel rushed in the planning process. I can relate to your situation and honestly I feel less stressed knowing my wedding would be in March so if anything happened within that time I would still have room for any bumps in the road. Hope everything goes well moving forward. Congrats on your engagement!

We got engaged almost 2 years ago and it's been great. I'm not stressed and we've enjoyed it.

Nope! I got engaged January 2017 and don't plan on getting married until Spring 2019. Gives you extra time to just enjoy being engaged, save money, and research ways to save money too! It also gives you time to schedule out the right venue for the right date. Honestly, I don't know how people do it in less than a year and a half!

Not at all! Take your time and enjoy the planning process. There will be stressful times for sure but there's no reason to add to it with a short timeline.

It seems to be pretty common. I'm glad we went with 7 months. It keeps the momentum moving, whereas, my friends with longer engagements had to wait to start planning details.

My engagement was a year and a half. Things did change, but that doesn't mean anything except that some people won't be coming who I thought would.

I'm doing a 1.5 year engagement, there's plenty of time to get things done and research vendors!

My husband and I got married within that time frame and its not too long. planning and expenses take time to accumulate for what will be needed to get done. Stick with your decision and as one said about the venue, that can happen based on availability as well.

My fiance and I have been engaged for 1 year and 4 months. There's nothing wrong with waiting however long you feel is the best. We weren't supposed to be married until 2018, but my fiance changed his mind and decided he wanted to do it 2017.

Ours was 1.5 years. I didn't really have time to plan until a year into the engagement. We had a smaller wedding, so once a reception place and church were booked, it was easy. Take your time. No one is in a rush.

Nope! 2 year engagement here, and I think its working out great so far!