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Maggie
Champion October 2025

Over or Under: 14 Month Engagement?

Maggie, on March 12, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Posted in Planning 226

There’s a lot of time between your #justsaidyes moment and saying “I do”! In fact, the average couple is engaged for 14 months. How long will your engagement be? Are you over or under the 14 month average? Photo from Melissa Koren Photography in New Hampshire Did you know: nearly a fifth of all...

There’s a lot of time between your #justsaidyes moment and saying “I do”! In fact, the average couple is engaged for 14 months. How long will your engagement be?

Are you over or under the 14 month average?


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Photo from Melissa Koren Photography in New Hampshire


Did you know: nearly a fifth of all engagements happen in December around the holidays?


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226 Comments

  • Formerbride
    VIP June 2019
    Formerbride ·
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    Under, June 2018 engagement and June 2019 wedding
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    Dedicated February 2021
    Anastasia ·
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    Over. We have been engaged for a while already, and we arnt getting married until 2021. We both went to college and decided to wait until we were out and financially settled before we started wedding planning.
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  • Danielle
    Master June 2019
    Danielle ·
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    13 month engagement...so we are just under (barely, lol).

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  • Tara
    Master May 2020
    Tara ·
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    Over for me, it will be a 23 month long engagement!
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  • Laura
    VIP November 2019
    Laura ·
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    Over. We’ll be engaged about 20 months by the time we get married in November.
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  • Becca
    Super August 2019
    Becca ·
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    Under! When we get married, it’ll be about a 10 month engagement.
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  • Laura
    Master October 2019
    Laura ·
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    Over. We got engaged November 27, 2017. We'll probably be at the 2 year mark by the time we get married

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    Master October 2019
    Jolie ·
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    Under just by 1 month!

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  • Tamara
    VIP August 2019
    Tamara ·
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    Under, our engagement was 11 months

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  • Maggie
    Champion October 2025
    Maggie ·
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    Omg, I misread this as your engagement was one month and I was like, "holy moly, I am stressed out on your behalf." Smiley laugh

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  • Expert May 2021
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    Over. Engagement December 26th, 2018 and wedding November 21st, 2020. Just under 2 years.
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  • Selena
    Super September 2019
    Selena ·
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    Over, 1 year 7 months.
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  • Alyssa
    Super July 2019
    Alyssa ·
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    Under. 12 month engagement for us.
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  • Erica
    Dedicated April 2019
    Erica ·
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    Under. I am not patient. Heck no am I waiting over a year to get married. We'll have had a 9 month engagement when all is done.

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    Dedicated June 2019
    Erika ·
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    Over! We will have had a 24 month engagement. I cant believe we're only 3 months away!!!
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  • Future Mrs. K
    VIP June 2019
    Future Mrs. K ·
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    Over! 18 months

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  • Maggie
    Champion October 2025
    Maggie ·
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    You're so close now, Erika!! You can make it these last three months!!

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  • Hailey
    Just Said Yes September 2020
    Hailey ·
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    Engaged Sept. 15, 2018 getting married Sept. 19, 2020
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  • Mrs.
    Super May 2019
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    Under, our engagement will be under 6 months.

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  • M
    Just Said Yes June 2019
    Madison ·
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    6 months exactly!!
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