Long Engagement - 1 Month to go!

Aww that's great. It will soon be over and you'll be able to start your lives together. Congrats!

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Thank you! Yes, it is coming up quick! Some times it felt like forever but the last few months have picked up quickly!

I had a year engagement which is average but I totally feel you when you said having more time allowed you to have more time to plan and less stressfully.
Because although I had a good amount of time there were times I wish I had more.
I've a friend who did hers in three months but she told me she wish she had more time to do things so she could do it better or research more and save money

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Yeah, I agree! My friend planned her wedding in 8 months a few years ago. It was stressful for me as a bridesmaid so I assume it was stressful for the bride!

Congrats. We had (what I consider) average. We were engaged for 1 year and 1 month. I felt as if it gave us plenty of time, and was stress free. Any more time, I think I would have gone crazy with anticipation. Any less time, I think I might of stressed a bit more.

We technically will have a year engagement but we decided on forever about 7 years ago and have been slowly talking, planning and saving all that time. We put a deposit on our banquet hall 1 year before our engagement and 2 years before the wedding date. Things book up fast where we are. I bought the ring bearer tea cup probably 2 or 3 years ago because I saw the idea and fell in love. My 5 close friends knew they were going to be my bridesmaids since before I met FH so that was a done deal. And I knew our first dance song since it came out in 2013. Sometimes when you know, you know, 100 days until I marry my favorite weirdo!

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Yeah, it seems like 1 year is pretty typical! I think a year would have been fine for me if we didn't have to do so much while planning. More than half our guest list is out of state, so having more time to prep hotel blocks & help with travel plans was great too.

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Oh wow! Longer than me, haha! We booked our venue, florist, HAMU, photographer, and DOC all more than 1 year out. We are in Denver so summer is super popular for wedding since some venues aren't even open in the winter. Yay! So glad you are getting so close!

We also got engaged December 2017 and are getting married Sept 2019. I wanted to wait until after I graduated from college. I'm super happy with my decision. Planning for the most part has been stress free!

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Yay! Same here. I'm happy we did. Planning didn't take away from my fiance's final semester of school & graduation, or us buying a house.

Date twins!! We got engaged last June, so we had a 1 year & 1 month engagement. It went by so fast though! For me, I'm not sure that more time would've helped because I probably would've pushed it all until the last year anyways.

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Yay, congratulations! True, that's a good point!

We are in a long engagement too! Got engaged May 31st, 2018 and getting married this October! So about a year and a half which feels so long lol. I'm super ready to get into the thick of it right now HAHA

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Hahahaha I understand! We had times were I didn't have much to do and it felt like it was taking forever (somewhere around 12 months out then somewhere from 6-10 months out). But the past few months have flown by, especially after invites went out!

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Yes! I haven't felt a drag until May--once we got to the five-four months out it's moved as slow as molasses LOL I think once July hits and we get our invites out it will speed up hopefully! Although I am trying to enjoy my last few months with my name!

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I'm sure the rest will come SO quickly!

Yay! We also got engaged in December 2017 and have been married just over 2 weeks now so very similar length engagement to yours. I was really only planning the wedding for a year though, because I was in my last semester of college when we got engaged and didn't want to even think about planning until I graduated (really all that I did the first 6 months was ask my MOH--who's been my best friend since 7th grade--and go dress shopping, lol).

If you asked me a few months ago, I would've said I actually wished our engagement was shorter. I'm a very efficient planner and I got most of the major things done within about 3 months of planning, and then waiting another 9 just allowed me all that time to obsess over my decisions and doubt everything, and basically plan and re-plan over and over

Though, at this point, now that we had such an amazing wedding I feel like I have a very different perspective on everything because all I want to say now is "it was perfect and I wouldn't change ANYTHING" hahaha.

The last month went unbelievably fast so enjoy every moment and make sure to schedule in some time to take a break and relax so you don't burn out! I love all your posts and I can't wait to hear about your day and see your pictures

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Yay! I'm glad you think it was a good length. I'm thinking so too. I feel SO organized & prepared & confident that if anything goes wrong, I'll know I couldn't prevent it so it would happen regardless haha! Thank you! I've scheduled a spa day prior & am trying to relax at least a little!

I completely agree! We have been engaged since July 2017 and we are 101 Days away! I 100% agree that the last few months have flown by and feel like these next 3 will as well! I have loved a long engagement because as much as it has been frustrating sometimes with still being so far away it has made planning so much easier as you said! I also just graduated with my bachelors in Accounting in May so there was no way I could've had a "normal" length engagement on top of school.

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Exactly! We had a weirdly busy time during our engagement so we were able to take month breaks here & there for things like his graduation from his masters of accountancy program & buying our home!