Long Engagement

By the time we get married we will of had a 30 month engagement. I rather love it as it gives me more time with the little details and saving vs. going into debt. I still picked my colors and theme and started ordering things a bit at a time. Now I have over a year still left to go and only really need to order the items I need the actual count of guests for.

We have been engaged for 3ish years and I have another year to go before my big day and its driving us both crazzy because alot of our friends are getting married this summer so i have alot of envy and I have been planning for so long that is annoying

I definatly know what you mean

Our engagement is just shy of three years but time has definitely been flying by!

I've taken a lot of time to budget, research and find the best options for the wedding. I didn't rush anything and have enjoyed almost every moment of it! There were a few times that weren't so 'enjoyable' but they were expected.

My FI's cousin met a guy online, we're not sure how long they talked for, but we had never heard about him and suddenly one day she up and moved 12 hours away to live with him, this was in late September 2012, a few days before Christmas he proposed and they just got married in early April! From what she talked about it sounded like she didn't get to enjoy ANYTHING about the planning process. Same went for a girl friend of mine that was engaged less than a year, she seemed so stressed out that I felt bad.

We've been engaged for nearly 2 years (July) and our wedding is in October.

Use Pinterest for awhile... that really kept me going a bit. Figure out how many people you're going to invite and you can start working on Save-the-Date cards (figure out some DIY stuff you might want to do and do some trial runs).

Now that I'm down to the wire I wish there were a few things I did ahead of time. Deciding exactly what I want for favors is one of them- the other is centerpieces and last- the invitations.

But seriously, you'll change your mind a few times. You have PLENTY of research you can do to keep you busy, and I know it's not the most fun and actually putting dresses on- but it will definitely keep you preoccupied.

ME! He's stationed overseas so its hard to just plan a wedding in a year. He wants me to move with him, so I want to finish college before we get married. But then again, I just want to be with. AHHH! so complicated. I have everything planned on paper. I want to book a venue, and try on dresses.

After this summer, I should have all the money for the deposits.

Honestly, our engagement is 13.5 months, and to me, that felt too long. Once I hit the year mark, I was just so over the planning and ready to get married already. Luckily, we only have to wait 33 days at this point. If you could shorten the engagement and do a more modest wedding and do it in the summer so you'll be off from school, that's my honest suggestion. Of course, do what works for yoU!

Three year engagement here too. I didn't really do the waiting thing though.. haha I bought my dress 2 years before the wedding. I'm getting married in an area that books up really early too so I've been able to book most things over a year in advance.

When did you get engaged Courtney?

Yes! Just got engaged last month, but as you can see, it will be 2.5 years before we marry. We're waiting until FH finishes school. There's a chance he won't graduate until fall 2015, so in that case, we'd be looking at 3 years!

I don't want to wait so long, but at the same time, I love calling him my fiancé. He proposed so early so that when we move across the country in a month, I'll have a tangible proof of his commitment. He's sweet like that

My cousin is getting married this October and I'm her MOH so I can live vicariously through her for a while. I'm just wondering how many engagements and weddings will happen before our wedding happens.

I fully expect to slow down with the wedding stuff in a few months and not get excited again until 1.5 years out.

Me me me. It will be 3 years

Oh dear, I thought my year and a half engagement was long.

Good luck, ladies! You are far more patient than me. =)

Hi Courtney!!!! You are one of the few people that are getting married in 2015 with me. Nice to meet you!!

I understand, I want to finish school before my nuptuals as well. I will be earning my degree next year, and I know how hectic everything will be leading up to graduation.

I feel the exact same way you do, inpatient and excited, and wanting to have the money that we want being that we are paying for our own wedding too.

8month engagement here and I hate myself for it. No time to.enjoy being.engaged. Just went straight for planning. Be grateful.you get to take some time stress free and plan the fun things. We're in such a hurry, we're missing all.that :-(

We've been engaged 4 years (9yrs together). We waited for FH to finish school and once he did, we decided to buy a house. So the wedding got pushed back, and that's ok. We're paying for it ourselves, so we needed to save. There was no rush, and now we're ready and we can enjoy planning our big day! The long engagement also gave me plenty of time to research dresses and styles of weddings I liked, etc, so the planning as been pretty easy as I know exactly what I want

Happy researching/planning!

Thank you so much ladies for the advice and kind words! They make me feel much better! I'm so glad hearing these things rather than "OH MY GOD why are you guys waiting so long, OMG how can you wait so long, etc etc". It gets irritating!

Sarah- I have been engaged since last valentines day. So already a year and a few months.

Future Mrs. F- Yay! We definately have things in common!

I'm a 2015 bride as well Only been engaged for a few weeks, so I haven't done ANY planning whatsoever. We chose summer of 2015 because we're both in school. FI will be done by then, but I won't. I will be taking the bar exam next summer and I just thought having a wedding and studying for the bar was just insane. This summer, we're planning on checking out venues and booking one so we at least have a date. We've already put together a tentative guest list and got together a budget. I think once I have the venue I'll start being more obsessed about decorations. And I agree--whenever I say we're waiting until summer of 2015, I get the strangest looks, like "Then why are even engaged?"

All of us 2015 brides need to stick together and keep each other sane in these next few years

Our engagement is a total of 21 months, and so far 11 of them have passed by. We are down to ten months and counting down the days. Ive changed venues so it releases some of the stress, and now im just finalizing details and waiting on my day to get here. i got a lot of those "why wait so long" looks and comments when we first got engaged, i told them i wanted our house to be done first, and at the time it was nothing but studs and siding. Nearly done now.

Yep we got engaged august of 2011 were getting married september 2014

I felt the same way as you at first. I got engaged in 2011 and my wedding is June 2014. At first I couldn't way and started planning details and I was obsessed. Now it is a year away where I can finally start putting the details in stone in a few months and I feel indifferent. I'm excited to marry my FH but as for the planning itself my obsession has definitely died down a lot.

I'm right there with you! We got engaged Sept 2012 and set the date for Oct 2014 and it feels like forever but I know we have plenty of time to plan and have a wonderful wedding