Is two years too long for an engagement?

I don’t think two years is bad at all. I got engaged on September 13th of this year and we are planning our wedding for 2022. But we are also in the process of buying a house and saving for a wedding so it’ll give us more time to save so we can afford to have the wedding we want.

I’ve been engaged for a year now and our wedding is set for 10.16.20. I wanted to rush things and everything because we’ve been together 6 years but I am SO glad we did a two year engagement!! We are able to save up for the wedding, house, and anything else we truly want

No I got engaged on October 5th and our wedding is October 2021. One-two year is perfect timing in my opinion.

Not too long at all! We got engaged 2/2/2018 and are getting married 4/18/2020. It gave us a ton of time to make decisions and even change some things up without the time stress! Plus, we were able to save to fund the whole thing ourselves!

Once we get married, it will have been almost 3.5 years since we were engaged. I don't think it's too long, because we didn't have money when we first got engaged & we just needed time to settle. An engagement is just a promise to marry someone, there's no time limit on it.

Me and my fiancé got engaged September 1st 2019, our wedding is planned for April 20th, 2024 after our graduation from college. We’re taking these next few years to really plan the wedding and save money so it will be perfect.

Your so cute. Get married 8-8-2020 better

Christine I am also getting married in 2021!! We choose that date because we are paying for everything but it's not a long engagement to me at all I am loving the smooth approach n dates aren't booked for most venues so everything is open for me!! I am getting married Aug 2021 I plan on taking engagement photos May 2020 due to the fact I will be in Chicago at that time and I want to take photos at the skyline. After I receive the photos back I was going to submit a few for save the date invites and once I got those back lol I planned on sending mine out Feb 2021. Based on what I have read u are supposed to send save the date's out 6mos before the wedding

We are having a 2 year engagement, gives me more time to figure it all out and save save save!!

I don't think that's too long of an engagement at all! That's actually what I preferred, but the FH is in a rush to marry and what's to within the year. We've been together for 7 years, he proposed on our 7 year anniversary so it's been long enough. The longer you wait, the more time you have to plan and save which is always a plus.

That would be too long for me but many do that and longer. It's really just what works for the two of you and what you want to prioritize. My FH and I are financially stable and in our mid-30s, so we opted to have a 9 month engagement, as we didn't need a ton of time to save or plan and getting married sooner is better for us if we choose to have kids.

Heck no, I future husband and I have been engaged for going on three years now our wedding is October 2020 so I have seen those numbers being the 900s and now I'm finally in the 300's.

We got engaged February 2018 and will be getting married February 2020. Some days it felt like it was dragging but mostly it has flown by. We are 99 days out now 🙌🏼

I'm having a 7-month engagement -- we got engaged at the beginning of this past May and we're getting married at the end of December. For me, there was no way I wanted the event planning to hang over my head that long; I make too many decisions in my job as it is -- I don't want to be constantly thinking about the wedding decisions for YEARS, too! We sat down before we got engaged and figured out what we could realistically save in the time between first looking at rings and when we wanted to get married and found it was doable, especially if we prioritized saving. (We're also not having a SUPER spendy wedding -- it will come out to around $10,000, and that's after splurging on a videographer.)

We’ve been engaged for two years and the longer you have to plan, the better. You’ll be able to enjoy it without stressing (too bad).

I don't think two years is too long of an engagement! We are doing almost a year and a half which isn't that far off from two years so I totally understand!! It feels so long but there's SO much that goes into planning and you will be so preoccupied with that I think it will go by quickly!!

We intentionally are having a two year engagement and I would highly recommend it!! Not as stressful and plenty of time to plan!

Hi just wanted to say I just had my dream wedding bc I was patient and had a two year engagement I highly recommend

Great date. I recently Got engaged on 10/16 at 10:16 to my high school sweetheart and we’ve been together for “21” years and choosing the same time frame before choosing a date. We are almost “40” definitely DONT think there’s a need to rush what you’ll have for a lifetime. Congratulations

Within the US, I have never been unable to book things with 4-5 months notice. And keep in mind, that saves are not necessary. If just a few need notice way out, and the rest don't, an email or a phone call to say, we are marringi g Oct 4, and will be sending you and Bob a formal invitation in late July, is all that is needed. A Save is an informal communication, only in use relatively recently, and quite often not necessary. 2 years would have seemed an eternity to us when age 26, so we had a five months engagement. There is such a thing now for booking way in advance, that a lot of places are completely booked at 18 and 12 months out. Then available again between 5-9 months, as people change their minds, put of weddings, elope, or swap dates with the same venue. Almost half of the venues we screened as worth looking at, in the Catskills of NY, had at least 2 Sat open in October. Friends who looked a the same places at 13 moths, found everyone full, settled on a place they did not want. And when we came back at 5 months with open dates, they jumped to one weeks from ours.
If you want Oct of 2020, keep checking for cancellations. The best time for choosing a wedding party is 6-9 months, usually if you get a dress, and there are multiple places you like, you can get a cancellation at one. People said we lucked out. Then hubby's brother had a 6 month engagement, 2 of my cousins had 4 months and 6 months, then some friends. In NH, NY, Penn, WA. Venue's tell you, these very early bookings are the bane of their existence. People booking at 18-24 months, have too much time to change their minds, and cancel. And once people hear a place is booked at 15 months or a year, they never come back, even though 20-40 weekend dates will come open again after cancellations. So if you want to Wed sooner, just get a dress, and make plans for a certain size wedding. And book after regularly checking for cancellations. And new venues in spring open with no advance bookings at all.